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Zamia

Cycadopsida - Cycadales - Zamiaceae

Taxonomy
Zamia was named by Linnaeus (1763). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cycadaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Zamiaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Zamia Linnaeus
1919Zamia Knowlton
1976Zamia Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
classCycadopsidaBrongniart 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderCycadalesDumortier 1829
familyZamiaceaeHoraninow 1834
genusZamiaLinnaeus 1763

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Zamia Linnaeus 1763
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Zamia macrophylla Lindley and Hutton 1834
Zamia mississippiensis Berry 1916
Zamia wilcoxensis Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Clarkforkian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 56.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Z. coloradensis (57973 57991 57992) Z. wyomingensis (57930)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Z. coloradensis (40059)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Z. colorodensis (11373)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina Z. tertiaria (32201)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro) Z. australis (31543)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Chile Z. tertiaria (32459)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Z. sp. (31280)