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Zamia pygmaea Sims [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bot. Mag. 42: t.1741. (1815). [BHL]

Etymology: rom the Latin pygmaeus (‘pygmy’ or ‘dwarf’), apparently referring to the small stature. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): HT:BM

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Distribution: Cuba (W Cuba, Isla de la Juventud)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v)

Reference Links (15)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1849
Miquel FA. 1849. Epicrisis systematis cycadearum. Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 2 (4) : 1-302.
Tijdschrift voor de Wisen Natuurkundige Wetenschappen,...
1868
Miquel FA. 1868. Noveaux matériaux pour servir á la connaissance des Cycadées. Cinquiéme partie, Cycadées de L'Amérique. Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 3 : 417-427.
Archives Neerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles
1989
Schutzman B. 1989. "Least Zamia" - I disagree!. Cycad Newslett. 28 (1) : 10.
Cycad Newsletter
1815
Sims J. 1815. Zamia pygmaea. Least Zamia.. Bot. Mag. 41 : 1741.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1876
Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4 (4) : 275-320.
Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani
2005
McDaniel I. 2005. Notes on Zamia pygmaea. Cycad Newslett. 28 (1) : 11.
Cycad Newsletter
2001
Stevenson DW. 2001. Orden Cycadales. Fl. Colombia (1983+) 21 : 1-91.
Flora de Colombia
2002
Whitelock LM. 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 374 p.
1815
Sims J. 1815. Zamia pygmaea. Least Zamia. Bot. Mag. 42 : 1741.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine