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Zamia amazonum D.W.Stev. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Fl. Colombia (1983+) 21: 33, fig. 3. (2001).

Etymology: Referring to its distribution throughout the upper Amazon basin. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: D.W. Stevenson 886
Locality: Brazil, Amazonas, confluence of rio Tauri and rio Icana
Type Location(s): HT:INPA, I:COL, MO, NY, U

Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia, (Amazonas, Vaupés), Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Sucumbíos), Peru (Loreto), S Venezuela

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Peru (Madre de Dios)

Reference Links (5)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
2010
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.
Brittonia
Compared to Zamia pyrophylla
2003
Calderón E, Stevenson DW. 2003. Una nueva especie del género Zamia L. (Zamiaceae), de los Andes de Colombia y clave actualizada para las especies del género en Colombia. Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 27 (105): 485-490.
Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales
Included in key
2006
Tang W, Lindström AJ. 2006. Focus on Zamia amazonum. Encephalartos 86 : 12-19.
Encephalartos
2001
Stevenson DW. 2001. Orden Cycadales. Fl. Colombia (1983+) 21 : 1-91.
Flora de Colombia
Protologue description