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Zamiaceae

Zamia floridiana A. DC.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Coontie, Comptie, Seminole-Bread
  • Family: Zamiaceae Reichb.

  • Country of Origin: Florida
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Palm-like, dioecious, low-growing plant with trunk short, sometimes underground, tuber-like; pinnae to 6 inches long and 1/4 inch wide, margins revolute.
Restrictions:

  • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200222
  • Source: Alan Wachtel
  • Accession Date: 06-22-1992
  • Bench: 2113 -
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-01-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Cycadophyta
  • Class: Cycadopsida
  • SubClass: cycads
  • Order: Cycadales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zamiaceae
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