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Zamia pumila

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Noun1.Zamia pumila - small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
zamia - any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads


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William Bartram discovered the evolutionary, primitive Zamia palm, today called, Zamia pumila growing near Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1773, reporting that it "grows in the open pine forests in tufts or clumps, a large conical strobile disclosing its large coral red fruit, which appears singularly beautiful amidst the deep green fern-like pinnated leaves.
seeberi (AF158369), Dermocystidium species (U21336), Dermocystidium salmonis (U21337), Psorospermium haeckelii (U33180), Ichthyophonus hoferi (D14358), Aspergillus fumagatus (M60300), Chytridium confervae (M59758), Mucor racemosus (X54863), Acanthamoeba castellanii (U07413), Zamia pumila (M20017), Porphyra spiralis (L26177), Lagenidium giganteum (X54266), Labyrinthuloides minuta (L27634), Perkinsus marinus (X75762), Sarcocystis muris (M64244).
Hurricane Damage Heavy damage Insect Damage Ips bark beetle Native Vegetation Live oak/Baldcypress Endangered Vegetation Burma reed grass Exotic Vegetation Zamia pumila Endangered Animals Florida atala butterfly Major support for reforestation was also provided by Florida Power and Light, which donated $225,000 through "We Will Rebuild," a nonprofit created to suppor a variety of restoration efforts.
 
 
 
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