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Fruits by Rafaël Govaerts, Powo.science.kew.org.

Author: Carl Linnaeus Jr. 1789
Family:  ZAMIACEAE
Origin:  Florida + Georgia; USA, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic (Caribbean; Puerto Rico and Haiti)
Soil:  Mix - Sand
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium - Maximum
Thickness:  12 Centimetres
Height:  40 Centimetres
Flower Cones: Red - Brown
Propagate:  Seeds
Names:  Florida Arrowroot, Coontie
Synonyms:  Encephalartos prunifer, Sweet.
Palmifolium floridanum,
Kuntze.
Palmifolium integrifolium,
Kuntze.
Palmifolium medium,
Kuntze.
Palmifolium tenue,
Kuntze.
Zamia angustifolia
var. floridana, Regel.
Zamia floridana,
A.DC.
Zamia floridana
var. purshiana, J.Schust.
Zamia floridana f. silvicola,
J.Schust.
Zamia floridana
var. umbrosa, D.B.Ward.
Zamia integrifolia var. broomei,
D.B.Ward.
Zamia integrifolia var. floridana, D.B.Ward.
Zamia integrifolia
var. silvicola, D.B.Ward.
Zamia integrifolia
var. umbrosa, D.B.Ward.
Zamia media,
Jacq.
Zamia media f. brevipinnata,
J.Schust.
Zamia media f. calciola,
J.Schust.
Zamia media
var. commeliniana, J.Schust.
Zamia silvicola,
Small.
Zamia subcoriacea,
H.L.Wendl. ex J.Schust.
Zamia tenuis,
Willd.
Zamia umbrosa,
Small.

This member of the Zamiaceae was described by the young Carl Linnaeus in 1789. It is found in Florida and Georgia, central Cuba, Dominican Republic and Bahamas. It was found on Puerto Rico and Haiti. It grows in sand or sand loam mix with some water and some to lots of sun. It is a rather low Zamiaceae; only 40 centimetres high. It tend to form the stem underground.

The genera name from the Latin zamia, for 'pine nut'. The species name means 'leaves entire' - undivided.


Found this rather skinny plant at Göteborg Lustgårdar.