Zamia portoricensis, also known in Puerto Rican Spanish as marunguey,[2] is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the Susúa State Forest region of western Puerto Rico.

Zamia portoricensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia
Species:
Z. portoricensis
Binomial name
Zamia portoricensis

Z. portoricensis is part of the Zamia pumila species complex.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bösenberg, J.D. (2022). "Zamia portoricensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T42117A69835475. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Zamia portoricensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ 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). Introduction. doi:10.1017/S0030605312000129.