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Zamia restrepoi (D.W.Stev.) A.Lindstr. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Taxon 58(1): 268. (2009).

Etymology: Honoring Padre Sergio Restrepo (1939–1989), Colombian botanist who discovered this species, accompanied and guided Knut Norstog and Dennis Stevenson during their field work, and was subsequently assassinated. (Stevenson 1990) [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): BAS: Chigua restrepoi
Basionym: Chigua restrepoi D.W.Stev.

Taxonomic Synonyms:

  • = Chigua bernalii D.W.Stev., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57: 169-172, fig. 1i. (1990).

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

  • ≡ Chigua restrepoi D.W.Stev., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57: 169-172, figs. 1a-h. (1990).

Distribution: Colombia (Córdoba)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered A2ac+4ac; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(ii)

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Colombia (Córdoba)

References (4)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2009
Lindström AJ. 2009. Typification of some species names in Zamia L. (Zamiaceae), with an assessment of the status of Chigua D. Stev.. Taxon 58 (1) : 265-270.
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2007
López-Gallego C, López-Alvarez N. 2007. A rescue, propagation and reintroduction program for one of the most endangered cycad genera: Chigua in northwestern Colombia. Cycad Newslett. 30 (4): 34-35.
2001
Stevenson DW. 2001. Orden Cycadales. Fl. Colombia (1983+) 21 : 1-91.