Taxon: Zamia pumila L.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• comptie   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• coontie   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Florida arrowroot   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• sago-cycas   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Seminole-bread   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• sammetszamia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba [c.]; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico [s.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Calonje, M. et al. 2010. The typification of Zamia erosa and the priority of that name over Z. amblyphyllidia. Taxon 59:(in press).
• Eckenwalder, J. E. 1980. Taxonomy of the West Indian cycads. J. Arnold Arbor. 61:715.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [mentions].
• Hill, K. D. & D. W. Stevenson. The cycad pages; World list of cycads (on-line resource).
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
• Jones, D. L. 1993. Cycads of the world, ancient plants in today's landscapes.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Stevenson, D. W. et al. 1990. A world list of cycads. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57:206.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Zamia pumila.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Zamia pumila.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Zamia pumila.

Check other web resources for Zamia pumila L.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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