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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Cycadophyta |
Class: | Cycadopsida |
Order: | Cycadales |
Family: | Zamiaceae |
Genus: | Zamia |
Species: | Z. portoricensis
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Binomial name | |
Zamia portoricensis |
Z. portoricensis is part of the Zamia pumila species complex.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bösenberg, J.D. (2022). "Zamia portoricensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T42117A69835475. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ NRCS. "Zamia portoricensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ 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.