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Zamia spartea A.DC. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2): 539. (1868). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin spartea (‘resembling grass’), referring to the leaflets being of a broom-like consistency (stiff). [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): HT:G-DC

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered A2ad

Image Gallery (6 observation records)

Mexico (Chiapas)

Mexico (Chiapas)

Mexico (Chiapas)

Mexico (Oaxaca)

Mexico (Oaxaca)

Mexico (Oaxaca)

References (6)

Comment(s)
1868
de Candolle AL. 1868. Cycadaceae. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16 (2) : 522-548.
Protologue description
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2009
Nicolalde-Morejón F, Vovides AP, Stevenson DW. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Zamia in Mega-Mexico. Brittonia 61 (4): 301-335. [JSTOR]
1876
Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4 (4) : 275-320.
1986
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Zamia L. and Aulacophyllum Regel (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3): 134-144.
1884
Thiselton-Dyer WT. 1884. Cycadaceae. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3 : 190-195.