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Zamia acuminata Oerst. ex Dyer [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 194. (1884). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin acuminatus (‘to taper gradually to a narrow point’), referring to the shape of the leaflet tip. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: A. Oersted s.n.
Locality: Nicaragua, ad flumen S. Juan
Type Location(s): HT:C
Type notes: Although the holotype label lists "Rio San Juan, Nicaragua" as the type locality, this is believed to be an error and the species is considered a Costa Rican endemic by Lindstrom et al. in Phytotaxa 98(2): 27–42 (2013).

Distribution: Costa Rica (San José)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)

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Costa Rica (San José)

Costa Rica (San José)

Costa Rica (San José)

Costa Rica (San José)

Costa Rica (San José)

Reference Links (7)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1986
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Zamia L. and Aulacophyllum Regel (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3): 134-144.
Taxon
1982
Gómez P. LD. 1982. Plantae mesoamericanae novae II. Phytologia 50 (6) : 401-404.
Phytologia
1998
Schutzman B, Vovides AP, Adams RS. 1998. A new Zamia (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) from central Panama. Phytologia 85 (3): 137-145.
Phytologia
2003
Merello M. 2003. Zamiaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica (Vol. 2), B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92 : 14-16.
Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1884
Thiselton-Dyer WT. 1884. Cycadaceae. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3 : 190-195.
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin. Botany.
Protologue description
1993
Stevenson DW. 1993. The Zamiaceae in Panama with comments on phytogeography and species relationships. Brittonia 45 (1) : 1-16.
Brittonia