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Zamia pygmaea Sims [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bot. Mag. 42: t.1741. (1815). [BHL]

Etymology: rom the Latin pygmaeus (‘pygmy’ or ‘dwarf’), apparently referring to the small stature. [source]

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

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Distribution: Cuba (W Cuba, Isla de la Juventud)

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

References (15)

Comment(s)
2005
Broome T. 2005. Zamia pygmaea in Central Florida. Cycad Newslett. 28 (1) : 10-11.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2003
Jones DL. 2003. Cycads of the World. 2nd Edition. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 456 p.
2005
McDaniel I. 2005. Notes on Zamia pygmaea. Cycad Newslett. 28 (1) : 11.
1868
Miquel FA. 1868. Noveaux matériaux pour servir á la connaissance des Cycadées. Cinquiéme partie, Cycadées de L'Amérique. Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 3 : 417-427.
1849
Miquel FA. 1849. Epicrisis systematis cycadearum. Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 2 (4) : 1-302.
1842
Miquel FA. 1842. Monographia Cycadearum. Monogr. Cycad. : 1-82.
1861
Miquel FA. 1861. Prodromus systematis cycadearum. Prodr. Syst. Cycad. 10 : 1-27.
1876
Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4 (4) : 275-320.
1989
Schutzman B. 1989. "Least Zamia" - I disagree!. Cycad Newslett. 28 (1) : 10.