Cycad Names | Zamia pungens L.f.

Zamia pungens L.f. [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Hort. Kew. (W. Aiton) 3: 478. (1789). [BHL]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): HT: Tab. 45 in Till. Pis. 1723
Type notes: In his description of <em>Zamia pungens</em>, Linnaeus filius cited in synonymy the pre-Linnean name 'Palma fobolifera, aegyptia, foliis levioribus, fructa nigro' published in Till. Pis. 129, Tab. 45. 1723, with <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Catalogus_plantarum_horti_Pisani_auctore/IhG1IfmXzXcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA128-IA2&printsec=frontcover" target="_blank">the illustration (Tab. 45)</a> being the only original material cited. As the description and illustration refer to the palm known as <em>Phoenix dactylifera</em> L. the name is therefore considered a synonym of this palm. in Pisano and actually refers to the palm Phoenix dactylifera. See illustration below:

This name is considered a synonym of Phoenix dactylifera L.

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Reference Links (3)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1789
Aiton W. 1789. Palmae. Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3 : 473-479.
Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London
Protologue description
1834
Lehmann JG. 1834. De plantis cycadeis, praesertim Africae Australis. Nov. Stirp. Pug. 6 : 1-14.
Novarum et Minus Cognitarum Stirpium Pugillus
1842
Miquel FA. 1842. Monographia Cycadearum. Monogr. Cycad. : 1-82.
Monographia Cycadearum. Trajecti ad Rhenum
As synonym of Encephalartos pungens