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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)

Location Privacy Notice: This map is provided to show a rough estimate of the distribution of this species based on georeferenced localities on the WLoC database. The points may not be comprehensive of the species distribution and may contain errors. To protect the precise locations of populations of this highly threatened plant group, coordinates displayed on this map have been denatured to 0.1 degree precision (approximately 11 km accuracy). Map zoom levels are also limited for conservation purposes.

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References (6)

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Calonje M, Griffith MP. 2022. Zamia lucayana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42167A69841922. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
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. WLoC DOI
Whitelock LM . 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. WLoC
Description, Etymology
Stevenson DW. 1987. Again the West Indian zamias. Fairchild Trop. Gard. Bull. 42 (3) : 23-27. WLoC
Synonym Pages: 25
Notes: As synonym