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Zamia cunaria Dressler & D.W.Stev. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Brittonia 45(1): 5-6, fig. 2. (1993).

Etymology: Honoring the Cuna (now Kuna) Indians of Panama, who inhabit the area of endemism and who use the seeds to make necklaces. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector:
D.W. Stevenson et al. 1153
Locality:
Panama: San Blas, Cuna Yala
Date:
18 Jan 1989
Type location(s):
HT:NY; IT:F,FTG,K,MO,NY,PMA,U

Distribution: Panama (Colón, Panamá, Kuna de Wargandi, Kuna Yala)

IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii,v)

Phylogenetic placement:

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References (4)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Zamia cunaria. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42182A69844130. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Calonje M, Stevenson DW, Calonje C, Ramos YA, Lindström AJ. 2010. A new species of Zamia from Choco, Colombia (Cycadales, Zamiaceae). Brittonia 62 (1) : 80-85. WLoC DOI JSTOR
Stevenson DW. 1993. The Zamiaceae in Panama with comments on phytogeography and species relationships. Brittonia 45 (1) : 1-16. WLoC JSTOR
Protologue Pages: 5-6
Notes: Protologue description