Zamiafurfuracea is native to Southeastern Mexico, and it grows between sea level and 200 m, in sandy soils and limestone sea cliffs (Zamiafurfuracea 1).
The leaflets are oblong and have serrate margins (Zamiafurfuracea 2).
The male Zamiafurfuracea produces between 1 and 6 brown pollencones, the female of the species brown seedcones, and the seeds are red (Zamiafurfuracea 2).
Zamiafurfuracea is a cycad native to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico.
Although not a palm, it is sometimes given the confusing name "Cardboard Palm" as its growth habit is superficially similar to a palm; other names include Mexican Cycad (Mexican Spanish: Cícada Mexicana) and Cardboard Sago.
The plant'sbinomial name comes from the Latinzamia, for "pine nut", and furfuracea, meaning "mealy" or "scurfy".
Cycas revoluta and Zamiafurfuracea are alike in that both can be used in similar fashion in gardens or in decorator pots.
Zamia pumila) is native to Mexico, the West Indies and Florida.
Commonly called The Cardboard Palm because of its textured leaves it is used extensively in tropical and sub-tropical areas for its dramatic foliage and its ease of care.
Zamia pumila inhabits a variety of habitats with well drained sands or sandy loam soils throughout peninsular Florida.
Zamia floridana is an older name for this species so you may see coontie referred to by this synonym in some publications.
The coontie has a larger and more tender relative called the cardboard palm (Zamiafurfuracea).
www.floridata.com /ref/Z/zam_flor.cfm (598 words)
Zamia furfuracea risk assessment(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Negrón-Ortiz, V.; Gorchov, D. Effects of fire season and postfire herbivory on the cycadZamia pumila (Zamiaceae) in slash pine savanna, Everglades National Park, Florida.
furfuracea does not produce viable seeds if these pollinators are excluded from the female cones.
Negron-Ortiz, Vivian; Gorchov, David L. Population structure in Zamia (Zamiaceae) in northern Puerto Rico.
Cycad Sales(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Both varieties have soft leaves and are unarmed (they have no spines on leaf stems) and their emergent leaves are a soft bright green.
: Similar to the furfuracea in that the mature leaves are stiff and have a "cardboard" feel but the emergent leaves are soft and light green, their stems are moderately armed.
They are lower growing than the furfuracea and the leaves from the multiple heads tend to overlap and form a very attractive detail in the landscape.
Interested readers are referred to the excellent descriptions provided by The Cycad Pages for data on all species of Zamia.
Derivation of the name Zamia is "equivocal, perhaps from misreading of Latin azania, a kind of pine cone, or from Latinzamia, loss, from the "sterile appearance" of the pollencones" (Landry 1993).
Floristically, Zamia is represented in Panama by three elements: three Central American species, Z.
01feb22x-2 Zamia maritima formally known as Zamiafurfuracea Cardboard Palm
, Dypsis decaryi "Triangle Palm", and Zamia maritima formally known as Zamiafurfuracea "Cardboard Palm".
Today, I removed a Hibiscus and replaced it with a Zamia maritima (Cardboard Palm) I moved the Hibiscus to another spot in the garden spring clean up continues.
Zamiafurfuracea throwing new leaves - UBC Botanical Garden Forums
These are photographs of a Zamiafurfuracea (for the furry red hairs on the leaves and stem) throwing new leaves.
Also called "cardboard palm" because of their stiff leaves, these make great house plants as dry indoor conditions are similar to that of their native Mexico.
