Zamiaceae
Zamia

Zamia oligodonta Calderón & D.W.Stev.

First published in Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 27: 486 (2003)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia (Risaralda). It is a perennial or subshrub 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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178882/7634293

Conservation
DD - data deficient
[IUCN]

Distribution
Endemic to Colombia.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): DD. National Red List of Colombia (2021): CR.
[UPFC]

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

Conservation
Zamia oligodonta is rated as Data Deficient (DD) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 1.73, which places it in position 132 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.82, ranked 663. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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  • 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

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