Zamia chigua

Zamia chigua is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Colombia (Choco Department and Valle del Cauca Department) and Panama (Chiriqui Province). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[3]

Zamia chigua
Zamia chigua, Illustration.

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia
Species:
Z. chigua
Binomial name
Zamia chigua
Synonyms[2]
  • Aulacophyllum ortgiesii Regel
  • Palmifolium chigua (Seem.) Kuntze
  • Zamia lindleyana H.L.Wendl.
  • Zamia lindleyi Warsz.
  • Zamia princeps Dyer

References
  1. Donaldson, J.S. 2003. Zamia chigua. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
  2. The Plant List
  3. Seemann, Berthold Carl. 1854. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. ~Herald~ 2: 201–202, t. 43


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