Zamiaceae
Zamia

Zamia montana A.Braun

First published in Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1875: 376 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia (Antioquia). It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

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

Conservation
Zamia montana is rated as Critically Endangered (CR) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 1.69, which places it in position 145 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.57, ranked 698. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42113/10651120

Conservation
CR - critically endangered
[IUCN]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1800–2000 m a.s.l. Endemic to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Risaralda.
Habit
Shrub.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): CR. National Red List of Colombia (2021): CR. Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

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