Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 1659 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Zamia pumila L.

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 401 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 110 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Encephalartos Lehm. legitimate

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 159 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 920 [secondary reference]

Soltis, D.E., Smith, S.A., Cellinese, N., Wurdack, K.J., Tank, D.C., Brockington, S.F., Refulio-Rodriguez, N.F., Walker, J.B., Moore, M.J., Carlswars, B.S., Bell, C.D., Latvis, M., Crawley, S., Black, C., Diouf, D., Xi, Z., Rushworth, C.A., Gitzendanner, M.A., Sytsma, K.J., Qui, Y., Hilu, K.W., Davis, C.C., Sanderson, M.J., Beaman, R.S., Olmstead, R.G., Judd, W.S., Donoghue, M.J. & Soltis, P.S. (1 April 2011), Angiosperm Phylogeny: 17 genes, 640 taxa. American Journal of Botany 98(4): Fig. 2A [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: An American and Caribbean taxon, recorded in an Australian context as the parent of several species, which are now treated as either synonyms of Macrozamia Miq. or as names of uncertain application.

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