Zamia lindosensis
Zamia lindosensis is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Colombia. It is found in one location, the Serranía de la Lindosa, in the municipality of San José del Guaviare, Guaviare Department, Colombia.
Etymology
The species epithet lindosensis refers to the type locality, Serranía de la Lindosa.Description
Zamia lindosensis has a subterranean stem, globular to cylindrical in shape, up to in diameter. There are one to four compound leaves on the apex of the stem. Cataphylls are papery, triangular to lanceolate, long, covered with brown hairs. The leaves are long with a long petiole swollen up to wide at the base. The petiole is covered by [Thorns, Thorns, spines and prickles|spines and prickles|spines] up to long. The rachis leaf shaft is long, with the lower third covered by spines. The stems and shafts are green and glabrous when they emerge. There are 20 to 50 pairs of leaflets on a leaf. The leaflets are up to long and wide, lanceolate with a sharp point. The leaflet edges are usually smooth, but occasionally are toothed. Leaflets emerge maroon, turning to orange or reddish, turning green at the apex and then gradually down the leaf to the base with maturity.Like all cycads, Zamia lindosensis is dioecious, with individual plants being either male or female. There are one to five male strobili on a plant, on erect or slightly spreading peduncles. The cones are conical-cylindrical, long and in diameter, and covered with white and brown hairs. There is usually only one female strobilus on a plant, although there may be up to three. They are cylindrical, up to tall and in diameter, tall and in diameter. The strobilus is covered in rust-brown and white hairs. The strobili sit on peduncles that are long and in diameter. The peduncles emerge hairy and white, changing to maroon and then brown before losing the hairs and appearing green at maturity. The seeds are ovoid, long, and in diameter. The sarcotesta is red at maturity.