Zamiaceae
Zamiaceae Horan., Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 45. 1834.
Characteristic Features:
Plants dioecious, perennial with rhizomatous or short palm-like unbranched stem.
Leaves large, pinnately compound, born in apical crown, leaflets with several parallel veins but no distinct mid-vein.
Microsporophylls compact in strobilus, each containing numerous microsporangia on abaxial surface.
Megasporophylls reduced, peltate, each bearing 2 ovules on adaxial side
Seeds large, often brightly coloured, fleshy.
Diversity:
World: 9 genera, 230 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 9 genera, 185 species (Mabberley 2017); 9 genera, 240 species (POWO 2021); 9 genera, 238 species (Roskov et al. 2021); 10 genera, 100 species (The Gymnosperm Database); 9 genera, 244 species (The World List of Cycads)
India: 8 genera, 21 species (Singh & Srivastava 2013; BSI 2021)
Uttarakhand: One cultivated species
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classification
Sporne 1974
Gymnosperms
Class- Cycadopsida
Order- Cycadales
Family- Cycadaceae
Cantino et al. 2007
[Phylogenetic and Rankless classification]
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Lignophyta
Apo-Spermatophyta
Spermatophyta
Acrogymnospermae
Cycadophyta
Christenhusz et al. 2011
Class- Equisetopsida
Subclass- Cycadidae
Order- Cycadales
Family- Zamiaceae
Mabberley 2017
Gymnosperms
Subclass- Cycadidae
Order- Cycadales
Family- Zamiaceae
Simpson 2019
[Phylogenetic and Rankless classification]
Gymnospermae (Acrogymnospermae)
Cycadophyta
Zamiaceae
The Gymnosperm Database (Earle 1997-2021)
Gymnosperms
Subclass- Cycadidae
Order- Cycadales
Family- Zamiaceae
Systematic Position in 2-Super kingdom 7-Kingdom Classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Gymnospermae, Class- Cycadopsida, Subclass- Cycadidae, Order- Cycadales
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Zamia furfuracea L.f.
Vernacular name: Cardboard palm, Cardboard Cycad
Nativity:Mexico (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Evergreen Perennial shrub. Stem subterranean. Leaves pinnately compound each leaf having 12-13 pairs of leaflets, oblong-obovate.
Flowering period: Throughout the year
Propagation Methods: Multiplied by seeds (Dave’s Garden)
Photographed @ Garden Section