
Belongs within: Cycadophyta.
Zamia is a Neotropical genus of cycads in which leaflets lack a discernible midrib and sporophylls are borne in vertical rows.
<==Zamia | i. s.: Z. floridana de Candolle 1868CD07 | Z. vazqueziiTK01 |--Z. hymenophyllidiaNM11 `--+--+--Z. standleyiNM11 | `--+--Z. paucijugaNM11 | `--+--+--Z. pictaNM11 | | `--Z. variegataNM11 | `--+--Z. katzerianaNM11 | `--+--+--Z. furfuraceaNM11 | | `--Z. lawsonianaNM11 | `--+--Z. loddigesiiNM11 | `--Z. sparteaNM11 `--+--+--Z. lacandonaNM11 | `--Z. purpureaNM11 `--+--+--Z. angustifoliaNM11 | `--+--Z. pygmaeaNM11 | `--+--Z. integrifoliaNM11 | `--+--Z. portoricensisNM11 | `--+--Z. kickxiiNM11 | `--+--Z. amblyphyllidiaNM11 | `--Z. pumilaNM11 `--+--Z. elegantissimaNM11 `--+--+--Z. acuminataNM11 | `--+--Z. fairchildianaNM11 | `--Z. pseudomonticolaNM11 `--+--Z. obliquaNM11 `--+--Z. chiguaNM11 `--+--Z. dressleriNM11 `--+--+--Z. lecointeiNM11 | `--Z. muricataNM11 `--+--Z. neurophyllidiaNM11 `--+--Z. skinneriNM11 `--+--Z. ipetiensisNM11 `--+--Z. poeppigianaNM11 `--+--Chigua bernaliiNM11 `--Z. manicataNM11
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[CD07] Cantino, P. D., J. A. Doyle, S. W. Graham, W. S. Judd, R. G. Olmstead, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis & M. J. Donoghue. 2007. Towards a phylogenetic nomenclature of Tracheophyta. Taxon 56 (3): E1–E44.
[NM11] Nagalingum, N. S., C. R. Marshall, T. B. Quental, H. S. Rai, D. P. Little & S. Mathews. 2011. Recent synchronous radiation of a living fossil. Science 334: 796–799.
[TK01] Tagashira, N., & K. Kondo. 2001. Chromosome phylogeny of Zamia and Ceratozamia by means of Robertsonian changes detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique of rDNA. Plant Systematics and Evolution 227: 145–155.