genus Zamia

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Noun1.genus Zamia - genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads
gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
family Zamiaceae, zamia family, Zamiaceae - a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
zamia - any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads
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These have been assigned to the extant genus Zamia based only on overall morphology because cuticular material is not preserved.
Fossil Cycadales of Argentina
Positive evidence for the involvement of fusion or fission in the cycads has resulted from sampling natural populations in the genus Zamia in Mesoamerica.
Robertsonian fusion and centric fission in karyotype evolution of higher plants
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