Zamia lucayana is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae, part of the Zamia pumila species complex.[2][3] It is endemic to the Bahamas, and is endangered by habitat loss.[1] Z. lucayana is known locally as "bay rush".[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Zamia |
| Species: | Z. lucayana
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| Zamia lucayana | |
All of the known populations of Z. lucayana are in a 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) by 100 metres (330 ft) strip of coastal scrub dominated by Coccoloba uvifera (sea grape) on the east coast of Long Island. In the early 2010s Z. lucayana was found in three major populations (240 to 400 adult plants each) at the settlements of Buckley's, Petty's, and Hamilton's, and two minor populations of 10 adult plants at Galloway Landing and 20 adult plants at Mangrove Bush, for a total of about 980 adult plants. The coastal scrub habitat is 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi) in area, with the Z. lucayana plants covering just 0.06 square kilometres (6.0 ha; 15 acres) of the habitat.[5]
Z. lucayana has sometimes been listed as a synonym of Zamia integrifolia,[6] As of 2013[update] it is regarded as a valid species.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b Calonje, M. & Griffith, M.P. (2023) [errata version of 2022 assessment]. "Zamia lucayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 (2): e.T42167A243406960. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Zamia lucayana". The World List of Cycads. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Salas‐Leiva et al. 2017, p. 758.
- ^ "Zamia lucayana: A living treasure from The Bahamas" (PDF). montgomerybotanical.org. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Calonje et al. 2013, Results: Distribution patterns.
- ^ Haynes 2008, p. 32.
- ^ Calonje, Stevenson & Osborne2013, p. 109.
- ^ Calonje et al. 2013, p. 190.
Sources
edit- Calonje, Michael; Stevenson, Dennis Wm.; Osborne, Roy (2013). "The World List of Cycads" (PDF). Cycads. 5 (1): 77–119.
- Calonje, Michael; Meerow, Alan W.; Knowles, Lindy; Knowles, David; Griffith, M. Patrick; Nakamura, Kyoko; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (April 2013). "Cycad biodiversity in the Bahamas Archipelago and conservation genetics of the threatened Zamia lucayana (Zamiaceae)". Oryx. 47 (2): 190–198. doi:10.1017/S0030605312000129.
- Haynes, Jody L. (2008). World List of Cycads: A Historical Review (PDF) (Report). IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group.
- Salas‐Leiva, Dayana E.; Meerow, Alan W.; Calonje, Michael; Francisco‐Ortega, Javier; Griffith, M. Patrick; Nakamura, Kyoko; Sánchez, Vanessa; Knowles, Lindy; Knowles, David (May 2017). "Shifting Quaternary migration patterns in the Bahamian archipelago: Evidence from the Zamia pumila complex at the northern limits of the Caribbean island biodiversity hotspot". American Journal of Botany. 104 (5): 757–771. doi:10.3732/ajb.1700054. ISSN 0002-9122.
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