Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Zamia
acuminata Oerst. ex Dyer
ENGLISH : Nicaragua palm.
Zamia angustifolia Jacq.
FRENCH : Zamia des iles Bahamas.
According to some authors this would be a synonym of Zamia pumila L.
SYNONYM(S) : Palmifolium chigua Kuntze
FRENCH : Cycadale de Choco.
SPANISH : Chigua, Chigua de Choco (Colombia), Chigua de Chiriqui (Panama).
JAPANESE : Usuba zamia.
JAPANESE :
Furorida sotetsu,
Furorida zamia, Hosoba zamia.
Zamia furfuracea L. f.
SYNONYM(S) : Palmifolium furfuraceum Kuntze, Zamia furfuracea Aiton, Zamia maritima xxx
JAPANESE : Hiroha zamia.
KOREAN : Mek si k'o so ch'eol.
SPANISH : Zamioculatas.
Zamia maritima is supposed to be the preferred name for this plant but it is not yet recorded on any of our reliable taxonomic reference sites, and no authority name has been found so far for that name. Help !
SYNONYM(S) : Zamia integrifolia Ait., Zamia media Jacq.
CHINESE : Quan yuan da su tie.
ENGLISH : Coontie (Seminole), Florida arrowroot, , Seminole bread (USA), Smooth zamia.
JAPANESE : Zamia integuriforia.
According to some authors this would be a synonym of Zamia pumila L.
SYNONYM(S) : Encephalartos latifolius Sweet, Zamia loddigesii Miq. var. latifolia J. Schust., Palmifolium latifolium Kuntze
JAPANESE : Nagaba zamia.
SYNONYM(S) : Zamia floridana A. DC.
ARABIC : Zâmyah.
CHINESE : Da su tie (as Z. floridana).
ENGLISH : Coontie (Seminole), Florida arrowroot, Florida zamia, Jamaica sago tree, Sago zamia, Seminole bread (USA).
FRENCH : Zamie, Zamier.
GERMAN : Zapfenpalmfarn.
ITALIAN : Zamia.
RUSSIAN : Zamiia.
TURKISH : Zamia.
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USDA, ARS, 2002, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?zamia (27 March 2003).
Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.
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