Zamiaceae
Zamia

Zamia lecointei Ducke

First published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: 9 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Venezuela to N. Peru, Brazil (Pará). It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42165/10671163

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Zamia lecointei is rated as Near Threatened (NT) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -3.8, which places it in position 611 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.6, ranked 583. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Colombia
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia. Elevation range: 100–300 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): NT. National Red List of Colombia (2021): EN B2ab(iii). Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0