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Zamia chigua Seem. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bot. Voy. Herald 6: 201-203, t. 43. (1854). [BHL]

Etymology: From chigua, a Spanish rendering of the indigenous name for cycads in its native Colombia. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): LT:t. 43

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Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle del Cauca)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened B1b(iii)+2b(iii)

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Geographic Distribution

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Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

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Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

References (12)

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Lopez-Gallego C. 2022. Zamia chigua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T213253349A69843485. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Calonje M, Taylor AS, Stevenson DW, Holzman G, Ramos YA. 2012. Zamia lindleyi: A misunderstood species from the highlands of Western Panama. In: Stevenson DW, Osborne R, Taylor Blake AS, editors . Proceedings of Cycad 2008, The 8th International Conference on Cycad Biology. p. 419-437. WLoC
Calderón E, Stevenson DW. 2003. Una nueva especie del género Zamia L. (Zamiaceae), de los Andes de Colombia y clave actualizada para las especies del género en Colombia. Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 27 (105) : 485-490. WLoC DOI
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Stevenson DW. 2001. Orden Cycadales. Fl. Colombia (1983+) 21 : 1-91. WLoC
Pages: 37-38
Notes: Description