Zamia soconuscensis--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 098.jpg
Endemic to Mexico Southeast (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
soconuscensis
Authorship
Schutzman, Vovides & Dehgan
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 6.6
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
2.5
Global rank
#157 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 5 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →