| Zamia integrifolia
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| Leaves of Zamia integrifolia
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Gymnospermae
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| Division:
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Cycadophyta
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| Class:
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Cycadopsida
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| Order:
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Cycadales
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| Family:
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Zamiaceae
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| Genus:
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Zamia
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| Species:
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Z. integrifolia
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| Binomial name
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Zamia integrifolia
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| Distribution map
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| Synonyms
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- Palmifolium floridanum (A.DC.) Kuntze
- Palmifolium integrifolium (L.f.) Kuntze
- Palmifolium medium (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Palmifolium tenue (Willd.) Kuntze
- Zamia angustifolia var. floridana (A.DC.) Regel
- Zamia dentata Voigt
- Zamia erosa Cook & Collins
- Zamia floridana A. DC.
- Zamia floridana f. floridana
- Zamia floridana f. silvicola (Small) J.Schust.
- Zamia floridana var. floridana
- Zamia floridana var. purshiana J.Schust.
- Zamia floridana var. purshiana f. silvicola (Small) J.Schust.
- Zamia floridana var. umbrosa (Small) D.B.Ward
- Zamia integrifolia var. broomei D.B.Ward
- Zamia integrifolia var. floridana (A.DC.) D.B.Ward
- Zamia integrifolia var. silvicola (Small) D.B.Ward
- Zamia integrifolia var. umbrosa (Small) D.B.Ward
- Zamia media Jacq.
- Zamia media f. brevipinnata J.Schust.
- Zamia media f. calciola J.Schust.
- Zamia media var. commeliniana J.Schust.
- Zamia media var. jacquiniana J.Schust.
- Zamia media var. tenuis (Willd) J.Schust.
- Zamia silvicola Small
- Zamia subcoriacea H.L.Wendl. ex J.Schust.
- Zamia tenuis Willd.
- Zamia umbrosa Small
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Zamia integrifolia, also known as coontie, is a small, tough, woody cycad native to the southeastern United States (in Florida and formerly in Georgia), the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Puerto Rico. It is the only cycad native to the continental United States (the parts of the USA that exclude Hawaii and Alaska). Traditionally, it was used by Indigenous Americans to make starch.