Zamia lindleyi Warsz. ex A.Dietr. (1851:146)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Zamia lindleyana H. Wendl., Index Palm.: 53. 1854 [nomen nudum]
For much of its history, Z. lindleyi has been considerd as synonymous with Z. chigua (Calonje et al., 2012), including within the last couple of decades (e.g. Haynes, 2008; Humphreys et al., 2019). But Calonje et al. (2012) presented a detailed case for its validity and survival in the wild.
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (by implication) (cf. Calonje et al., 2012; see below)
Humphreys et al. (2019) created a dataset of recently globally extinct taxa including those now considered to be invalid in virtue of being synonyms of extant taxa, and listed Z. lindleyi as a synonym of Z. chigua, thus implying that it was previously thought to be extinct prior to being regarded as a heterotypic synonym of the latter. Given that it has been argued to be a valid species extant in the wild by (Calonje et al., 2012), it is best treated as a rediscovered taxon.
Distribution
Bocas del Toro & Chiriqui, Panamá
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dietrich, A. (1851). Bericht ûber zwei neue Zamien, nebft ubbilbung berfelben. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 19: 145-146.
Other references:
Calonje, Michael A. et al. (2012). Zamia lindleyi: A misunderstood species from the highlands of Western Panama. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 419-437.
Calonje, M., Stevenson, D. W. and Osborne, R. (2023). The World List of Cycads, online edition [Internet]. 2013-2023. Available from: https://www.cycadlist.org/ [Accessed 20 October 2023]
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Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
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