PLANTS Profile for Zamia pumila (coontie)

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PLANTS Profile

Zamia pumila L.
coontie

Symbol:

ZAPU

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Zamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Cuba. Usage Requirements.

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Zamia pumila L.

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Distribution:
Zamia pumila L.


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USA (FL, GA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Zamia pumila L.

View 3 genera in Zamiaceae, 2 species in Zamia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Zamia pumila ssp. pumila
coontie

Zamia pumila ssp. pygmaea

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Zamia pumila L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Cycadophyta – Cycads
Class	Cycadopsida
Order	Cycadales
Family	Zamiaceae – Sago-palm family
Genus	Zamia L. – zamia
Species	Zamia pumila L. – coontie

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Zamia pumila L.

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
Zamia
coontie		Commercially Exploited

More Accounts and Images:
Zamia pumila L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18019.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 04:00 AM MDT