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Zamia lucayana Britton [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO]

First published in: Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5(18): 311. (1907). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring the Lucaya Indians, who originally inhabited the Bahamas. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): HT:NY

Distribution: Bahamas (Abaco, Long Island)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)

References (5)

Comment(s)
1907
Britton NL. 1907. Contributions to the flora of the Bahama Islands. Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5 (18) : 311-318.
2013
Calonje M, Meerow AW, Knowles L, Knowles D, Griffith MP, Nakamura K, Francisco-Ortega J. 2013. Cycad biodiversity in the Bahamas Archipelago and conservation genetics of the threatened Zamia lucayana (Zamiaceae). Oryx 47 (2): 190-198. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605312000129. [DOI]
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1987
Stevenson DW. 1987. Again the West Indian zamias. Fairchild Trop. Gard. Bull. 42 (3) : 23-27.
As synonym
2002
Whitelock LM. 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 374 p.