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Species of plant

Zamia portoricensis
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia
Species: Z. portoricensis
Binomial name
Zamia portoricensis
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Zamia portoricensis, also known in Puerto Rican Spanish as marunguey, is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the Susúa State Forest region of western Puerto Rico.

Z. portoricensis is part of the Zamia pumila species complex.

References

  1. Bösenberg, J.D. (2022). "Zamia portoricensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T42117A69835475. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. NRCS. "Zamia portoricensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. Calonje, Michael; Meerow, Alan W.; Knowles, Lindy; Knowles, David; Griffith, M. Patrick; Nakamura, Kyoko; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (April 2013). "Cycad biodiversity in the Bahamas Archipelago and conservation genetics of the threatened Zamia lucayana (Zamiaceae)". Oryx. 47 (2). Introduction. doi:10.1017/S0030605312000129.
Taxon identifiers
Zamia portoricensis


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