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skinneri

Taxon

Zamia skinneri Warsz. ex A.Dietr.

Protologue Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 19: 146. 1851BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Endangered
Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. CDavidson 6904. 004.JPG

Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. CDavidson 6904. 004.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. CDavidson 6904. 1978.  001b.JPG

Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. CDavidson 6904. 1978. 001b.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. C Davidson 6904. 003.jpg

Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. C Davidson 6904. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. CDavidson 6904. 002.JPG

Zamia skinneri--Costa Rica. Limon. Hda. Tapezco-La Suerte. CDavidson 6904. 002.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Zamia skinneri, male strobilus 1--Costa Rica.  Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. .jpg

Zamia skinneri, male strobilus 1--Costa Rica. Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. .jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Zamia skinneri, male strobilus 2--Costa Rica.   Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. .jpg

Zamia skinneri, male strobilus 2--Costa Rica. Costa Flores. 28 Feb 02. .jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 6904

March 13, 1978

Location

Costa Rica, Limon (Pococí Canton, Rita)

10.5, -83.78

Location Remarks

Hacienda La Suerte, NE of Guapiles.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, J. Donahue

No collection number

February 28, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Limon (Guácimo Canton, Costa Flores)

10.235556, -83.683056

Location Remarks

Guápiles. 3.5 km north of Guácimo on road to Río Jim‚nez.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Zamia

Specific Epithet

skinneri

Authorship

Warsz. ex A.Dietr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 3.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.4

Global rank

#292 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 3 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →