Zamia stevensonii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Cycadopsida
- Order
- Cycadales
- Family
- Zamiaceae
- Genus
- Zamia
- Species
- Zamia stevensonii
- Scientific Name
- Zamia stevensonii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zamia stevensonii
Zamia stevensonii (blanco) is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in the vicinity of the Panama Canal and the Chagres River in central Panama.
Z. stevensonii was described in 2012 by Taylor Blake & Holzman from plants that had previously been identified as variously belonging to Z. elegantissima, Z. fairchildiana, and Z. pseudomonticola. While Z. stevensonii and Z. elegantissima in particular are similar, the authors found sufficient differences in vegetative and reproductive structures and in pollinators to separate Z. stevensonii from the other three species. The specific name srevensonii honors Dennis W. Stevenson, who has worked extensively on cycads in Panama and elsewhere in the Americas. The common name, also used in the horticultural trade, is blanco, because the emergent leaves are white.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Zamia erosa
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- Zamia fischeri
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- Zamia gomeziana
- Zamia grijalvensis
- Zamia hamannii
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- Zamia huilensis
- Zamia hymenophyllidia
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- Zamia ipetiensis
- Zamia lacandona
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- Zamia pseudoparasitica
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