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Cycad

Zamia fischeri

Cycad
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Zamiaceae (Cycad family)
Grows as
Shrub
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Mexico (Tamaulipas to Hidalgo)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Zamia fischeri is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. It is often confused with Zamia vazquezii. Zamia fischeri is named after Gustav Fischer, a cycad enthusiast of the nineteenth century.

Z. fischeri is the namesake of the Fischeri clade.

How to grow it

Zamia fischeri is rare in cultivation. It has been collected from the wild only a few times before.

Where it grows

It is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental of northeastern Mexico, in the states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.

Other Zamia plants

Zamia acuminata · Zamia amazonum · Cycad · Cycad · Cycad · Zamia boliviana · Zamia brasiliensis · Zamia chigua · Cycad · Zamia cunaria · Zamia decumbens · Zamia disodon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zamia fischeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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