Scientific name Zamia wallisii | Order Cycadales Genus Zamia Rank Species | |
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Similar Zamia roezlii, Zamia chigua, Zamia poeppigiana, Zamia obliqua | ||
Zamia wallisii is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its common name is chigua.
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History
Zamia wallisii was described in 1875 by Alexander Braun from material collected by Gustav Wallis in Colombia. The species was collected once again in 1888 by Guillermo Kalbreyer and then not seen again for 100 years. Both the Wallis and Kalbreyer collections were lost and no type specimen was extant resulting in some doubt about the existence of the species until its rediscovery in the 1980s.
Conservation
There is only one known population of this plant, comprising fewer than 50 individuals. It is located in habitat that is being consumed by deforestation.
References
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