Zamia portoricensis

Zamia portoricensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Cycadophyta
Class:	Cycadopsida
Order:	Cycadales
Family:	Zamiaceae
Genus:	Zamia
Species:	Z. portoricensis
Binomial name
Zamia portoricensis Urb.

Zamia portoricensis, also known in Puerto Rican Spanish as marunguey,[2] is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the Susúa State Forest region of western Puerto Rico.

Z. portoricensis is part of the Zamia pumila species complex.[3]

References

1. Bösenberg, J.D. (2022). "Zamia portoricensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T42117A69835475. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
2. NRCS. "Zamia portoricensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 August 2015.
3. Calonje, Michael; Meerow, Alan W.; Knowles, Lindy; Knowles, David; Griffith, M. Patrick; Nakamura, Kyoko; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (April 2013). "Cycad biodiversity in the Bahamas Archipelago and conservation genetics of the threatened Zamia lucayana (Zamiaceae)". Oryx. 47 (2). Introduction. doi:10.1017/S0030605312000129.