Zamia pumila L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Zamiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Zamia pumila L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Caudex stout, 2 dm. long or longer, the upper part usually exposed, but sometimes completely buried. Basal scales ovate, acute or acuminate, villous, 2-3 cm. long; petiole silky-villous below, glabrous above; leaves 3-10 dm. long; leaflets 20-50, coriaceous, shining, 5-15 cm. long, 7-15 mm. wide, entire, or few toothed at the obtuse apex, the pairs separated 0.5-2 cm.; peduncles stout, villous-pubescent, 5-10 cm. long; male cone oblong, 5-8 cm. long, 2-2.5 cm. thick, its scales tomentose, broader than high or the lower nearly equally broad and long; ripe female cone ellipsoid, 7-11 cm. long, 5-8 cm. thick, short-tipped, its hexagonal scales tomentose, broader than high; seeds angled, 2-2.5 cm. long.

  • Distribution

    Thickets and woodlands among rocks, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence : Florida ; Cuba. Bay-rush.

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