Fine Art Zamia Lindenii Painting

BiogeographyZamia lindenii is known from the coastal plains and foothills of the Cordillera Occidental in Ecuador and possiblyin extreme southwestern Colombia, whereas Z. poeppigiana is endemic to Peru. The two species are geographicallyand genetically isolated by the Andes. Recently collected fertile material of Z. poeppigiana from Amazonian Peru and Z. lindenii from Ecuador shows that some morphological differences exist between the two. The fl attened, oblong seed shape of Z. poeppigiana is only shared within Zamia by one other unrelated species, Z. encephalartoides D.W. Stev. The seeds of Z. lindenii are rounded and oval in shape, as are those of all other known species of Zamia. Ovulate strobili are pendant in Z. lindenii but not so in Peruvian Z. poeppigiana, and Peruvian material shows overall shorter pinnae length andstiffness compared to the long, oftenlax and drooping habit of Ecuadorian plants. Therefore, I consider Z. lindenii and Z. poeppigiana specifi cally distinct, but