Zamia lucayana
Encyclopedia
Zamia lucayana is a species of plant
in the Zamiaceae
family. It is endemic to the Bahamas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
From the New Modern Encyclopedia. Based on Edition by A.H. McDonald, B. L.
ZAMIA, A genus of plants of the family Cycadaceae. In aspect the species partly resembles palms, and partly tree ferns.
they are natives of tropical America, tropical Asia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Australia. The Florida Indians call the seeds
of Z.pumila "coontie", and manufacture flour from the rhizomes. It grows in the everglades of Florida, and has large tubers
of the shape and size of parsnips, which are though and gray on the outside but white.
J.S. Donaldson 2003 Zamia lucayana is incorrect. The spelling is Zamia Lucayano according to World Cat.
There is one book by Mary Jane Berman; Deborah M. Pearsall
PLANTS, PEOPLE,AND CULTURE IN PREHISTORIC CENTRAL BAHAMAS : A View from the Three Dog Site, an Early Lucayan Settlement
on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Abstract:
Paleoethnobotanical remains from the three Dog site (SS-21) an early Lucayan site located on San Salvador,
Bahamas, are presented and compared to data from other prehistoric Caribbean sites. Flotation, in situ,
and screen recovery (1/16", 1.58 mm ) revealed six taxa of fulewood and charred Sapotaceae seed fragments,
Prelimanary SEM analysis of six chert microliths revealed possible evidence of the Caribbean ariod, Xanthosoma sp.
(cocoyam, malanga, yaufia ) or Zamia sp. The presence of Sapotaceae and possibe Xanthosoma sp. or Zamia sp
in the archaeobotanical record can be attributed to a number of alternative explanations.
The site's inhabitants may have transported these plants from their homelands and transplanted them to home
gardens. An alternative view is that they exploited or managed wild representatives or created disturbed habitats
that encouraged the spread of wild or culitivated forms. The pollen data from two Bahama cores, one from Andros,
the other from San Salvador, reflect anthropogenic disturbance during the prehistoric occupational sequence.
The increasing frequency of Sapolaceae pollen in the San Salvador sequence is consistent with the occurrence of
Sapotaceae at the three Dog site. Finally, prevention and recovery-related issues are discussed.
The study suggests that multiple means of data recovery must be employed to gain a more representative picture
of prehistoric Caribbean plant use and floristic enviornment.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Zamiaceae
Zamiaceae
The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, Australia and North and South America....
family. It is endemic to the Bahamas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Donaldson, J.S. 2003. Zamia lucayana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
From the New Modern Encyclopedia. Based on Edition by A.H. McDonald, B. L.
ZAMIA, A genus of plants of the family Cycadaceae. In aspect the species partly resembles palms, and partly tree ferns.
they are natives of tropical America, tropical Asia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Australia. The Florida Indians call the seeds
of Z.pumila "coontie", and manufacture flour from the rhizomes. It grows in the everglades of Florida, and has large tubers
of the shape and size of parsnips, which are though and gray on the outside but white.
J.S. Donaldson 2003 Zamia lucayana is incorrect. The spelling is Zamia Lucayano according to World Cat.
There is one book by Mary Jane Berman; Deborah M. Pearsall
PLANTS, PEOPLE,AND CULTURE IN PREHISTORIC CENTRAL BAHAMAS : A View from the Three Dog Site, an Early Lucayan Settlement
on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Abstract:
Paleoethnobotanical remains from the three Dog site (SS-21) an early Lucayan site located on San Salvador,
Bahamas, are presented and compared to data from other prehistoric Caribbean sites. Flotation, in situ,
and screen recovery (1/16", 1.58 mm ) revealed six taxa of fulewood and charred Sapotaceae seed fragments,
Prelimanary SEM analysis of six chert microliths revealed possible evidence of the Caribbean ariod, Xanthosoma sp.
(cocoyam, malanga, yaufia ) or Zamia sp. The presence of Sapotaceae and possibe Xanthosoma sp. or Zamia sp
in the archaeobotanical record can be attributed to a number of alternative explanations.
The site's inhabitants may have transported these plants from their homelands and transplanted them to home
gardens. An alternative view is that they exploited or managed wild representatives or created disturbed habitats
that encouraged the spread of wild or culitivated forms. The pollen data from two Bahama cores, one from Andros,
the other from San Salvador, reflect anthropogenic disturbance during the prehistoric occupational sequence.
The increasing frequency of Sapolaceae pollen in the San Salvador sequence is consistent with the occurrence of
Sapotaceae at the three Dog site. Finally, prevention and recovery-related issues are discussed.
The study suggests that multiple means of data recovery must be employed to gain a more representative picture
of prehistoric Caribbean plant use and floristic enviornment.