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Zamia
Zamia furfuracea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Subtribe: Zamiinae
Genus: Zamia
L.[1]
Type species
Zamia pumila
Synonyms[2]
  • Aulacophyllum Regel
  • Chigua D.W.Stev.
  • Palmifolium Kuntze
  • Palma-filix Adans.
Phylogeny of Zamia[3][4]

Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia.[2][5][6][7] The genus is considered to be the most ecologically and morphologically diverse of the cycads, and is estimated to have originated about 68.3 million years ago.[8]

Description

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Zamia furfuracea leaves

The genus comprises deciduous shrubs with aerial or subterranean circular stems, often superficially resembling palms. They produce spirally arranged, pinnate leaves which are pubescent, at least when young, having branched and simple, transparent and coloured hairs. The articulated leaflets lack a midrib, and are broad with subparallel dichotomous venation. Lower leaflets are not reduced to spines, though the petioles often have prickles. The emerging leaves of many Zamia species are striking, some emerging with a reddish or bronze cast (Z. roezlii being an example). Zamia picta is even more distinctive, being the only truly variegated cycad (having whitish/yellow speckles on the leaves).[9]

Reproduction

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Zamia sporophylls are born in vertical rows in cones, and the megasporophyll apices are faceted or flattened, not spinose. The fleshy seeds are subglobular to oblong or ellipsoidal, and are red, orange, yellow or rarely white. The endosperm is haploid, derived from the female gametophyte. The embryo is straight, with two cotyledons that are usually united at the tips and a very long, spirally twisted suspensor. The sperm of members from the genus are large, as is typical of cycads, and Z. roezlii is an example; its sperm are approximately 0.4 mm long and can be seen by the unaided eye.[10]

It was long believed that Zamia plants, like all cycads, relied completely on wind pollination. In the 1980s it was discovered that at least some Zamia species were pollinated by beetles of the Pharaxonotha and Rhopalotria genera. Further studies have found that pollination by beetles is widespread in Zamia and other cycads.[11]

Seed-dispersal in Zamia is poorly documented for most species, but there are reports of birds and/or small and medium mammals dispersing the seeds of a few Zamia species.[12]

Habitats

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With one exception, Zamia species are found only in the Neotropical realm in the Americas. The exception is Z. integrifolia, which has a range that extends into the Neartic realm in northern Florida, and formerly into the southeastern corner of Georgia.[13]

Ecology

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At least one species, Z. pseudoparasitica, grows as an epiphyte in the branches of trees.

Phylogeny

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Despite the ancient history of cycads, species diversity in Zamia is geologically recent. Calonje et al. found a stem age for Zamia of 68.28 million years ago (mya), and a crown age of 9.54 mya.[14]

Geographic groups

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As early as the 1930s, authors recognized three biogeographic groups in Zamia, Caribbean, Mesoamerican, and Central and South America. In the 21st century, phylogenies of Zamia based on genetic analyses have found stronger correlation with geographic regions than with morphological features.[15]

Zonneveld and Lindström (2016) measured genome size in 71 species of Zamia and found support for three geographical groupings. Variation in genome size of Zamia species is fairly small compared to other many other genera, with the ratio of largest to smallest just 1.36, but the authors found significant differences in genome sizes between three geographical areas. Species in Mega Mexico, including the northern part of Central America, had the largest average genome size. Species in South America, plus Costa Rica and Panama, had the smallest average genome size, while species in the Caribbean Islands and Florida had an intermediate genome size.[16]

Calonje, et al. (2019) analyzed the DNA from 70 species of Zamia, finding support for five geographically distinct clades. A clade including the species found on the Caribbean islands and in Florida is sister to the rest of the genus. The species of the Caribean clade have diverged within the last 1.9 million years. The Fischeri clade includes three species found in Mexico, and is sister to the rest of the genus. It has a divergence age of 2.59 mya. The Mesoamerica clade includes all species found in Mesoamerica (north of Costa Rica), except for the Fischeri clade and the single species Z. sosonuscensis. It has a divergence age of 5.79 mya. The Isthmus clade includes species found in Costa Rica and Panama, and has a divergence age of 2.35 mya. The species in South America form another clade, which is sister to the Isthmus clade. It has a divergence age of 2.62 mya.[17]

Lindstrom et al. (2024) analyzed transcriptomes from 77 species of Zamia finding support for seven clades of the genus occupying distinct geographical ranges. Clade I is a strongly monophyletic clade that includes all nine of the species of the Caribbean islands and Florida. Clade II (the Fischeri clade), consists of three species found in Veracruz, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas states in Mexico. This clade is a sister to Clades I and III. Clade III (Mega Mexico) is divided into the sub-clades III-A and III-B. Clade III-A includes 15 species found in Mexico and Central America. Clade III-B consists of seven species found in Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize, which are believed to have originated in southern Mexico. Clade IV consists of the single species Z. sosonuscensis found in cloud forests in Chiapas state in Mexico. Clade V (the Isthmus clade) includes 15 species found in Costa Rica and Panama. Clade VI includes 12 species found in southernmost Panama and west of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. Clade VII consists of four closely related species in northern Columbia (the Manicata clade) and 13 species east of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.[18]

Zamia pumila species complex

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All of the species in the Caribbean/Florida grouping/clade are also in the Zamia pumila species complex. The classification of the populations in the Greater Antilles, Bahamas, and Florida has been controversial. In 1980, Eckenwalder included all the Zamia populations in the Caribbean and Florida in the single species Z. pumila, incorporating 27 previously described species (not all of which were valid or accepted) into the subspecies Z. pumila subsp. pumila, and five such species from Cuba into the subspecies Z. pumila subsp. pygmaea.[19] Eckenwalder's classification is no longer generally accepted, and a monophyletic species complex consisting of nine species is now accepted, including Z. pumila, seven species corresponding to combinations of the species subsumed into Eckenwalder's Z. pumila subsp. pumila, and Z. pygmaea, consisting of the former species placed by Eckenwalder in Z. pumila subsp. pygmaea.[20][21]

Chigua

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Some studies have found the genus Chigua to be part of Zamia.[22]

Species

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Accepted species[23] Clade[18]: distribution IUCN status
Zamia acuminata Oerst.ex Dyer V (Isthmus): Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama Vulnerable
Zamia amazonum D.W.Stev. VII (East of Andes): Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Least concern
Zamia amplifolia Hort.Bull ex Mast. VI (West of Andes): Colombia Endangered
Zamia angustifolia Jacq. I (Caribbean): Bahamas, Cuba Vulnerable
Zamia boliviana (Brongn.) A.DC. VII (East of Andes): Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso) Least concern
Zamia brasiliensis Calonje & Segalla[24] (unknown): Brazil (Mato Grosso, Rondônia) Not evaluated
Zamia chigua Seem. VI (West of Andes): Colombia Near threatened
Zamia cremnophila Vovides, Schutzman & Dehgan III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Tabasco) Endangered
Zamia cunaria Dressler & D.W.Stev. VI (West of Andes): Panama Endangered
Zamia decumbens Calonje, Meerman, M.P. Griff. & Hoese III-B (Mega Mexico) Belize Endangered
Zamia disodon D.W.Stev. & Sabato VII (Manicata): Colombia Endangered
Zamia dressleri D.W.Stev. V (Isthmus): Panama Endangered
Zamia elegantissima Schutzman, Vovides & R.S.Adams V (Isthmus): Panama Endangered
Zamia encephalartoides D.W. Stev. VII (East of Andes): Colombia Endangered
Zamia erosa O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins I (Caribbean): Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Vulnerable
Zamia fairchildiana L.D.Gómez V (Isthmus): Panama, Costa Rica Near threatened
Zamia fischeri Miq. ex Lem. II (Fischeri): Mexico (Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Endangered
Zamia furfuracea L.f. cardboard palm III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Veracruz) Endangered
Zamia gentryi Dodson VI (West of Andes): Ecuador Endangered
Zamia gomeziana R.H.Acuña (unknown): Costa Rica Near threatened
Zamia grijalvensis Pérez-Farr., Vovides & Mart.-Camilo III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Chiapas) Critically endangered
Zamia hamannii A.S.Taylor, J.L.Haynes & Holzman V (Isthmus): Panama Vulnerable
Zamia herrerae Calderón & Standl. III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Chiapas), El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Vulnerable
Zamia huilensis Calonje, H.E.Esquivel & D.W.Stev. VII (East of Andes): Colombia Endangered
Zamia hymenophyllidia D.W.Stev. VII (East of Andes): Colombia, Peru Least concern
Zamia imbricata Calonje & Castro[25] VII (Manicata): Columbia Not evaluated
Zamia imperialis A.S.Taylor, J.L.Haynes & Holzman V (Isthmus): Panama Endangered
Zamia incognita A.Lindstr. & Idárraga (unknown): Colombia Endangered
Zamia inermis Vovides, J.D.Rees & Vázq.Torres II (Fischeri): Mexico (Veracruz) Critically endangered
Zamia integrifolia L.f. - coontie palm/Florida arrowroot I (Caribbean): Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United States (Florida, Georgia) Near threatened
Zamia ipetiensis D.W.Stev. VI (West of Andes): Panama Endangered
Zamia katzeriana (Regel) E.Rettig III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico Critically endangered
Zamia lacandona Schutzman & Vovides III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Chiapas) Endangered
Zamia lecointei Ducke VII (East of Andes): Brazil (Pará), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela Least concern
Zamia lindenii Regel ex André VI (West of Andes): Ecuador, Peru Endangered
Zamia lindleyi Warsz. ex A.Dietr. V (Isthmus): Panama Endangered
Zamia lindosensis Stevenson, Cárdenas & Castaño[26] (unknown): Colombia Not evaluated
Zamia loddigesii Miq. III-A (Mega Mexico): Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, Yucatán) Near threatened
Zamia lucayana Britton I (Caribbean): Bahamas Critically endangered
Zamia macrochiera D.W.Stev. (unknown): Peru Endangered
Zamia magnifica Pérez-Farr., Gutt-Ortega & Calonje[27] (unknown): Mexico (Oaxaca) Not evaluated
Zamia manicata Linden ex Regel VII (Manicata): Colombia, Panama Near threatened
Zamia meermanii Calonje III-A (Mega Mexico): Belize Endangered
Zamia melanorrhachis D.W.Stev. (unknown): Colombia Endangered
Zamia montana A.Braun VI (West of Andes): Colombia Critically endangered
Zamia monticola Chamb. III-B (Mega Mexico): Guatemala Critically endangered
Zamia multidentata Calonje, Segalla & R.S.Pimenta[28] (unknown): Brazil (Acre) Not evaluated
Zamia muricata Willd. VII (East of Andes): Colombia, Venezuela Least concern
Zamia nana A.Lindstr., Calonje, D.W.Stev. & A.S.Taylor Panama[29] V (Isthmus): Panama Endangered
Zamia nesophila A.S.Taylor, J.L.Haynes & Holzman V (Isthmus): Panama Critically endangered
Zamia neurophyllidia D.W.Stev. V (Isthmus): Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama Least concern
Zamia obliqua A.Braun V (Isthmus): Colombia Least concern
Zamia onan-reyesii C.Nelson & Sandoval III-B (Mega Mexico): Honduras Endangered
Zamia oreillyi C.Nelson III-B (Mega Mexico): Honduras Critically endangered
Zamia orinoquiensis Calonje, Betancur & A.Linstr.[30] VII (East of Andes): Columbia Not evaluated
Zamia paucifoliolata Calonje[31] VI (West of Andes): Colombia Not evaluated
Zamia paucijuga Wieland III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca) Near threatened
Zamia poeppigiana Mart. & Eichler VII (East of Andes): Bolivia, Brazil (Acre) Least concern
Zamia portoricensis Urb. I (Caribbean): Puerto Rico Endangered
Zamia prasina W.Bull III-A (Mega Mexico): Belize, Mexico (Tabasco, Yucatán) Least concern
Zamia pseudomonticola L.D.Gómez V (Isthmus): Costa Rica, Panama Least concern
Zamia pseudoparasitica Yates V (Isthmus): Panama Near threatned
Zamia pumila L. - guáyara / Dominican zamia I (Caribbean): Hispaniola (Dominican Republic), possibly Cuba; possibly extirpated in Puerto Rico and Haiti Vulnerable
Zamia purpurea Vovides, J.D.Rees & Vázq.Torres III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) Critically endangered
Zamia pygmaea Sims I (Caribbean): Cuba Endangered
Zamia pyrophylla Calonje, D.W.Stev. & A.Lindstr. VI (West of Andes): Colombia Critically endangered
Zamia restrepoi (D.W.Stev.) A.Lindstr. VII (Manicata): Colombia Critically endangered
Zamia roezlii Regel ex Linden VI (West of Andes): Colombia, Ecuador Least concern
Zamia sandovalii C.Nelson III-B (Mega Mexico): Honduras Endangered
Zamia sinuensis Calonje & Castro[32] VII (Manicata): Columbia Not evaluated
Zamia skinneri Warsz. ex A.Dietr. V (Isthmus): Panama Endangered
Zamia soconuscensis Schutzman, Vovides & Dehgan IV: Mexico (Chiapas) Endangered
Zamia spartea A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Oaxaca) Critically endangered
Zamia splendens Schutzman[33] III-A (Mega Mexico): Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz) Endangered
Zamia standleyi Schutzman III-B (Mega Mexico): Guatemala, Honduras Not evaluated
Zamia stenophyllidia Nicolalde-Morejón, Martínez-Domínguez & Stevenson[34] (unknown): Mexico (Michoacán) Not evaluated
Zamia stevensonii A.S.Taylor & Holzman V (Isthmus): Panama Endangered
Zamia stricta Miq. I (Caribbean): Cuba Vulnerable
Zamia tolimensis Calonje, H.E.Esquivel & D.W.Stev VII (East of Andes): Colombia Endangered
Zamia tuerckheimii Donn.Sm. III-B (Mega Mexico) Guatemala Near threatened
Zamia ulei Dammer VII (East of Andes): Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Least concern
Zamia urep B.Walln. VII (East of Andes): Peru Endangered
Zamia variegata Warsz. III-A (Mega Mexico): Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas) Endangered
Zamia vazquezii D.W.Stev., Sabato & De Luca II (Fischeri): Mexico (Veracruz) Critically endangered
Zamia wallisii H.J.Veitch VI (West of Andes): Colombia Critically endangered

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