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	과명 Cycadaceae (소철과) 속명 Zamia (자미아속) 전체학명 Zamia furfuracea L. f. 추천명 멕시코소철 이명   외국명 Cardbpardpalm
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Palmifolium furfuraceum

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Zamia furfuracea is a cycad native to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree (Arecaceae), its growth habit is superficially similar to a palm; therefore it is commonly known as cardboard palm or cardboard cycad. Other names include cardboard plant, cardboard sago, Jamaican sago and Mexican cycad (from Mexican Spanish Cícada Mexicana). The plant's binomial name comes from the Latin zamia, for "pine nut", and furfuracea, meaning "mealy" or "scurfy".

 

 

Zamia furfuracea is a member of the cycad family, one of the world’s oldest plant groups, evolving 300 million years ago. Today, only around 300 cycad species remain, and many are threatened by overexploitation for horticulture and habitat loss . Zamia furfuracea grows in a large rosette shape, with clumps of tightly overlapping leaves emerging from a thick, fleshy trunk. Owing to rigid, cardboard-like leaves and a resemblance to the visually similar, but otherwise unrelated palms, this cycad is often referred to as the cardboard palm. In common with other cycads ...

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