Editing Zamia lacandona

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[[File:Zamia_lacandona10.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''Z. lacandona'' near Palenque, Mexico.]]
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===Distribution & Habitat:===
Rainforest of Eastern Chiapas, Mexico.

===Description:===
A small plant with a subterranean stem. 1-2 leaves up to a metre long,
a rich brown colour when young, but eventually becoming bright green.

'''from Bob & Marita Bobick'''
<blockquote>
This plant, while very similar to ''[[Zamia splendens]]'' can be distinguished
from it because ''Z. splendens'' has much broader leaflets, rounded at
the edges, fewer in number, and is found West of Tuxtla Gutierrez halfway
up the mountains in the area around San Fernando.
</blockquote>

===General:===
This species is named after the Lacondona Forest or
Lacondona Indian Tribe which resides in this forest
Southeast of Palenque near Bonampak.

===Culture:===
'''from Bob &amp Marita Bobick'''

<blockquote>
Both these species, ''Z. lacondona'' and ''Z. splendens'', grow in
extremely heavy shade. Flash photography is necessary to photo them.
Both species grow in basically limestone rock, covered only by a few inches
of clay formed
by years of forest litter. The dense canopy, which both plants grow in keep
the plants moist but not wet.

At the University in Tuxtla, Gutierrez, we visited their collection of cycads
which contains both of these species. We found them to be grown in pea-size
pieces of limestone and sandstone rock. No organic matter was evident. These were
growing in greenhouse conditions, they were hand-watered, and they looked
great. When we inquired about their growing media, they responded with...
"That is the way they grow in Nature."
</blockquote>

For those of us who aren't prepared (or able) to go that far, a standard,
moist, well drained mix in a shady, humid spot will suffice. Given their
predilection for limestone, however, they might like the mix to be on the
alkaline side.
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[[File:Zamia_lacandona11.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''Z. lacandona'']]
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[[File:Zamia_lacandona12.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''Z. lacandona'' male cones]]
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[[File:Zamia_lacandona.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''Z. lacandona'']]
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[[File:Zamia_lacandonaL.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''Z. lacandona'']]
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===Contributed by: ===
Paul Craft (Figures 1,3&4)<br/>
Jan Andersson (Figure 2).<br/>
Bob & Marita Bobick (Text)


===External Links:===
[https://www.cycadlist.org/taxon.php?Taxon_ID=490 World List], 
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/42135/0 IUCN],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Zamia+lacandona JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Zamia+lacandona Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Zamia+lacandona%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Zamia+lacandona%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Zamia+lacandona Flickr],
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[[Category:Zamia|lacandona]]
[[Category:Cycad|Zamia_lacandona]]