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

First published in: Brittonia 45(1): 6, fig. 3. (1993).

Etymology: Honoring Dr. Robert Louis Dressler (1927–2019), botanist and taxonomist with the Missouri Botanical Garden, who aided in the study of cycads in Panama and who was the first to recognize it as a distinct species. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: D.W. Stevenson, I. Valdespinos, & H. Herrera 1145
Locality: Panama: Colón , 300 m , 7 Jan 1989
Type Location(s): HT:NY; IT:FTG, MO, NY, PMA, U

Distribution: Panama (Colón, Kuna Yala)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered B1ab(iii,v)

Reference Links (3)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
2001
Stevenson DW. 2001. Orden Cycadales. Fl. Colombia (1983+) 21 : 1-91.
Flora de Colombia
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1993
Stevenson DW. 1993. The Zamiaceae in Panama with comments on phytogeography and species relationships. Brittonia 45 (1) : 1-16.
Brittonia
Protologue description