ZamiaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Zamia pumila L.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Florida Arrowroot, Sago Cycas
- Family: Zamiaceae Reichb.
- Country of Origin: Fla., W. Indies, Mex
- Habitat:
- Description: [syn. Z. furfuraceae L.f.; Z. silvicola Small; Z. umbrosa Small]
Palm-like, dioecious, low-growing plant with trunk to 6 inches high or wholly underground; leaves 2-4 feet long, pinnae in 2-13 pairs, linear to lanceolate or oblong-obovate, margins toothed in the middle, often revolute, petioles prickly; male cones cylindrical, to 4 inches long, often clustered, female cones elongate-ovoid, to 5 inches long, the exterior faces of the ends of the scales hexagonal, horizontally elongated.
Florida, West Indies, Mexico
Additional Common Names: Coontie, Comptie, Seminole-Bread
Restrictions:- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198500599
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2102 - Melastomes
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-30-2008
Classification:- Division: Cycadophyta
- Class: Cycadopsida
- SubClass: cycads
- Order: Cycadales
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- Family: Zamiaceae
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References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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