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Cycads in South America

Two closely related genera occur in South America, two species of Chigua in Colombia, and 14 species of Zamia extending from Colombia south to Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela. Much of this region is poorly botanised, and more discoveries seem likely.
Chigua bernalii Colombia
Chigua restrepoi Colombia
Zamia amazonum Brazil, Colombia, (Amazonas, Choco), Ecuador, Peru, S. Venezuela
Zamia amplifolia Colombia (Valle)
Zamia boliviana N. Bolivia, Brazil
Zamia chigua Colombia (Choco), Panama (Chiriqui)
Zamia disodon Colombia (Antioquia)
Zamia encephalartoides Colombia (Santander)
Zamia gentryi Colombia, Ecuador
Zamia hymenophyllidia Colombia (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto)
Zamia lecointei Brazil, Colombia (Antioquia, Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), S. Venezuela
Zamia manicata Colombia (Antioquia), Panama (Darien)
Zamia montana Colombia (Antioquia)
Zamia obliqua Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle), S. Panama
Zamia poeppigiana Colombia (Huila, Meta, Tolima), Peru
Zamia roezlii Colombia (Amazonas, Choco, Nariño, Valle,), Ecuador
Zamia ulei W. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Zamia urep Peru
Zamia wallisii Colombia (Antioquia)

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