Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 
• Zamia acuminata Oerst. ex Dyer
• Zamia angustifolia Jacq.
• Zamia calocoma Miq. -> Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A. DC.
• Zamia chigua Seem.
• Zamia cycadifolia Jacq. -> Encephalartos cycadifolius (Jacq.) Lehm.
• Zamia fischeri Miq.
• Zamia floridana A. DC. -> Zamia pumila L.
• Zamia floridana Miq.
• Zamia furfuracea Aiton -> Zamia furfuracea L. f.
• Zamia furfuracea L. f.
• Zamia horrida Jacq. -> Encephalartos horridus (Jacq.) Lehm.
• Zamia integrifolia Aiton -> Zamia integrifolia L. f.
• Zamia integrifolia L. f.
• Zamia loddigesii Miq.
• Zamia latifolia Lodd.
• Zamia longifolia Jacq. -> Encephalartos longifolius (Jacq.) Lehm.
• Zamia maritima xxx -> Zamia furfuracea L. f.
• Zamia media Jacq. -> Zamia integrifolia L. f.
• Zamia pumila L.
• Zamia spiralis Salisb. -> Macrozamia spiralis (Salisb.) Miq.

ENGLISH : Nicaragua palm.

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.

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.

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/login.jsp >.

Hill Ken D. & Stevenson D. W. , 1998, The Cycad Pages Version 1.0. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia. < http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/ >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Stevenson D. W. 1998. The Cycad Pages. Genus Zamia. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia. < http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/zamkey.html >.

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.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

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