Zamia furfuracea (Cardboard palm)

2/24/2010 · San Diego (Quail) Botanic Garden, Encinitas, California

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Cycadophyta	All cycads—primitive palm-like plants
Class	Cycadopsida	Cycads
Order	Cycadales	Living cycads (most are extinct)
Family	Zamiaceae	Cycas that are superficially palm- or fernlike
Genus	Zamia	Cycads with palmlike circular stems; from the Greek azaniae, “pine nut”
Species	furfuracea	From Latin furfur, “bran,” or “flour,” for fine hairs