Zamia pumila

Zamia pumila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia
Species:
Z. pumila
Binomial name
Zamia pumila

Zamia pumila, commonly known as guáyara in Spanish, is a small, tough, woody cycad native to the Greater Antilles. Z. pumila was the first species described for the genus and, therefore, is the type species for the genus Zamia and the family Zamiaceae.

  1. ^ Bösenberg, J.D. (2022). "Zamia pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T42177A69844815.