Zamia
Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia. The genus is considered to be the most ecologically and morphologically diverse of the cycads, and is estimated to have originated about 68.3 million years ago.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Coontie
speciesZamia integrifolia
cardboard cycad
speciesZamia furfuracea
Sinkhole Cycad
speciesZamia prasina
Zamia loddigesii
speciesZamia loddigesii
Coontie
speciesZamia pumila
zamia
speciesZamia erosa
Zamia paucijuga
speciesZamia paucijuga
Puerto Rican zamia
speciesZamia portoricensis
Zamia fairchildiana
speciesZamia fairchildiana
Zamia neurophyllidia
speciesZamia neurophyllidia
Zamia obliqua
speciesZamia obliqua
Zamia standleyi
speciesZamia standleyi
Zamia fischeri
speciesZamia fischeri
Zamia encephalartoides
speciesZamia encephalartoides
Zamia pseudoparasitica
speciesZamia pseudoparasitica
Zamia huilensis
speciesZamia huilensis
Zamia nesophila
speciesZamia nesophila
Zamia muricata
speciesZamia muricata
Zamia manicata
speciesZamia manicata
Zamia melanorrhachis
speciesZamia melanorrhachis
Zamia imperialis
speciesZamia imperialis
Zamia ulei
speciesZamia ulei
Zamia lindenii
speciesZamia lindenii
Zamia vazquezii
speciesZamia vazquezii
Zamia elegantissima
speciesZamia elegantissima
Zamia tuerckheimii
speciesZamia tuerckheimii
Zamia skinneri
speciesZamia skinneri
Zamia roezlii
speciesZamia roezlii
Zamia variegata
speciesZamia variegata
Zamia lacandona
speciesZamia lacandona
Zamia oligodonta
speciesZamia oligodonta
Zamia pyrophylla
speciesZamia pyrophylla
Zamia herrerae
speciesZamia herrerae
Zamia pseudomonticola
speciesZamia pseudomonticola
Zamia amazonum
speciesZamia amazonum
Zamia boliviana
speciesZamia boliviana
Zamia orinoquiensis
speciesZamia orinoquiensis
Zamia amplifolia
speciesZamia amplifolia
Zamia oreillyi
speciesZamia oreillyi
Zamia sandovalii
speciesZamia sandovalii
Zamia incognita
speciesZamia incognita
Zamia cunaria
speciesZamia cunaria
Zamia stevensonii
speciesZamia stevensonii
Zamia chigua
speciesZamia chigua
Zamia angustifolia
speciesZamia angustifolia
Zamia spartea
speciesZamia spartea
Zamia restrepoi
speciesZamia restrepoi
Zamia verschaffeltii
speciesZamia verschaffeltii
Zamia onan-reyesii
speciesZamia onan-reyesii
Zamia purpurea
speciesZamia purpurea
Zamia pygmaea
speciesZamia pygmaea
Zamia montana
speciesZamia montana
Zamia poeppigiana
speciesZamia poeppigiana
Zamia meermanii
speciesZamia meermanii
Zamia brasiliensis
speciesZamia brasiliensis
Zamia acuminata
speciesZamia acuminata
Zamia tolimensis
speciesZamia tolimensis
Zamia dressleri
speciesZamia dressleri
Zamia decumbens
speciesZamia decumbens
Zamia lucayana
speciesZamia lucayana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67326.