Low-growing cycad with pinnate leaves and fallen orange seeds
Low cycad clump with pinnate fronds and bright orange seeds
Clump of glossy pinnate leaves rising from leaf litter
Low cycad clump with emerging cone in mulch
Low-growing cycad with pinnate fronds spreading from the ground
Two erect cones emerging among leaf stalks and litter
Disintegrating seed cone with bright orange seeds on the forest floor
Erect cylindrical male cone emerging among leaf stalks
Detail of male cone showing microsporophylls and pollen sacs
Erect brown cycad cone emerging among leaf stalks and litter
Disintegrating seed cone with bright orange seeds at plant base
Disintegrating seed cone with bright orange seeds at plant base
Male cone emerging amid leaf stalks and litter
Velvety brown seed cone emerging from leaf litter
Erect cylindrical cone emerging among leaf stalks and leaf litter
Erect brown cone emerging amidst pinnate fronds and leaf litter
Male cone showing hexagonal sporophylls and exposed microsporangia
Seed cone breaking open to reveal bright orange seeds
Reddish-brown velvety cone emerging above leaf litter
Erect brown cone emerging amidst pinnate leaves and leaf litter
Rust-brown cone showing polygonal peltate scales
An erect brown cone among petioles
Seed cone emerging from leaf litter among fronds
Erect cylindrical cones among stiff leaves
Brown cylindrical cones emerging among pinnate leaves
Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Florida, Georgia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 1 country.
As seen in 5 garden occurrences, in Harry P. Leu Gardens, Bok Tower Gardens, Fairchild Garden (2 occurrences) and Marie Selby Gardens, Florida: In cultivated settings, the plants form low-growing clumps rising from leaf litter, mulch, or ground level. Leaves are pinnate with narrow, glossy green leaflets radiating or arching outward from the base. Erect, cylindrical brown cones emerge among the leaf stalks near the ground. Disintegrating seed cones at Harry P. Leu Gardens and Marie Selby Gardens expose bright orange fleshy seeds.
Cones erect, cylindrical, brown to reddish-brown, covered with peltate scales.
Location
United States, Florida, Polk (Bok Tower Gardens)
Location Remarks
1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida (Marie Selby Botanical Gardens)
Location Remarks
811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida, Orange (Anopoli, Harry P. Leu Gardens)
35.201611, 24.0825
Location Remarks
1920 N Forest Ave., Orlando
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Zamia
Specific Epithet
integrifolia
Authorship
L.f.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 4.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#548 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 4 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
