Zamia erosa
Appearance
Zamia erosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Cycadophyta |
Class: | Cycadopsida |
Order: | Cycadales |
Family: | Zamiaceae |
Genus: | Zamia |
Species: | Z. erosa
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Binomial name | |
Zamia erosa | |
Synonyms | |
Zamia amblyphyllidia D.W.Stev. |
Zamia erosa is a species of cycad native to the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, described by Orator Fuller Cook and Guy N. Collins in 1903.[2] The species formerly known as Z. amblyphyllidia (described in 1987) was determined in 2010 to be the same species as Z. erosa.[3] It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stevenson, D.W. (2010). "Zamia erosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187835A8637070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T187835A8637070.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Cook, Orator F.; Collins, Guy N. (1903). "Economic plants of Porto Rico". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 8: 267.
- ^ Calonje M, Meerow AW, Stevenson DW (2010). "The typification of Zamia erosa and the priority of that name over Z. amblyphyllidia". Taxon. 59 (2): 637–642. doi:10.1002/tax.592031. JSTOR 25677624.