| Zamia acuminata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Zamia |
| Species: | Z. acuminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Zamia acuminata Oerst.ex Dyer
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Zamia acuminata is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae which is threatened by habitat loss. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
The holotype of Zamia acuminata is a leaf collected by Anders Sandøe Ørsted in Costa Rica or Nicaragua between 1846 and 1848. It was described by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer in 1884.[2] While the label with the specimen has the note ad flumen S. Juan Nicaragua on it, suggesting that the leaf was collected near the San Juan River in southern Nicaragua, no other specimens of the plant have been found in Nicaragua or adjacent parts of Costa Rica.[3] In 1993, Dennis Stevenson published a description of Z. acuminata based on plants growing wild in Panama.[4]
- ^ Stevenson, D.W. & Calonje, M. (2023) [errata version of 2022 assessment]. "Zamia acuminata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T66910559A243401978. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lindström et al. 2013, p. 27.
- ^ Lindström et al. 2013, pp. 27–28.
- ^ Stevenson 1993, pp. 1–3.