Scott Zona

American botanist.

Scott Zona (born 1959) is an American botanist. From 1993 to 2008, he was the Palm Biologist at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. From 2008 to 2017, he served as the curator for the Florida International University Wertheim Conservatory. He is noted for his study of palms and is co-editor for Palms, the journal of the International Palm Society. He has done botanical research in the Western Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Madagascar, Malesia and the continental United States and published over 175 scientific and popular articles. He was honored with the Jesse M. Greenman A

Abbreviations: Zona
Occupations: scientific collector, horticulturist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Dates: 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Florida
Direct attributions: 34 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 34 plants, 0 fungi

34 plants attributed to34 plants:

Leucothrinax morrisii (Key Thatch Palm) (H.Wendl.) C.Lewis & Zona 2008
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Dransfieldia micrantha (Dransfieldia) (Becc.) W.J.Baker & Zona 2006
plant species in the arecaceae family
Dransfieldia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from western New Guinea where the lone species Dransfieldia micrantha grows in dense rain forest. Discovered in 1872, 134 years passed before DNA testing revealed its proper placement. With no close relatives, it is a delicate, pinnate-leaved palm named after John Dransfield, former palm expert at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.
Roystonea maisiana (L.H.Bailey) Zona 1996
plant species in the arecaceae family
Roystonea maisiana is a species of palm which is endemic to the Maisí region of Guantánamo Province in eastern Cuba.
Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona 2011
plant species in the arecaceae family
Veitchia subdisticha is a genus of plants. It was first described Harold Emery Moore. It was given its scientific name by C. Lewis and Scott Zona. Veitchia subdisticha belongs to the genus Veitchia and the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Veitchia pachyclada (Burret) C.Lewis & Zona 2011
plant species in the arecaceae family
Veitchia pachyclada is a plant species in the palm family. It is found only in Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Attalea anisitsiana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Sabal miamiensis (Miami Palmetto) Zona 1985
perennial plant species in the arecaceae family
Sabal miamiensis, the Miami palmetto or Miami palm, is an endemic, critically imperiled palm species to Dade County, Florida, especially in the vicinity of the city of Miami. Sabal miamiensis was considered extinct in the wild until 2024.
Leucothrinax C.Lewis & Zona 2008
plant genus in the arecaceae family
Leucothrinax morrisii, the Key thatch palm, is a small palm which is native to the Greater Antilles (except Jamaica), northern Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas and Florida and the Florida Keys in the United States. Until 2008 it was known as Thrinax morrisii. It was split from the genus Thrinax after phylogenetic studies showed that its inclusion in Thrinax would render that genus paraphyletic. The generic name combines leuco (in reference to the whitish colour of its flowering stalks and the undersides of its leaves) with thrinax.
Attalea huebneri (Burret) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
Attalea huebneri is a species of palm tree native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, Peru and Colombia.
Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona 2011
plant species in the arecaceae family
Veitchia lepidota is a plant species endemic to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Attalea wesselsboeri (Glassman) Zona 2002
critically endangered plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea weberbaueri (Burret) Zona 2002
perennial plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea vitrivir Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea × teixeirana (Bondar) Zona 2002
plant hybrid species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea salazarii (Glassman) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea plowmanii (Glassman) Zona 2002
perennial plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea peruviana Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea moorei (Glassman) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea × minarum (Balick, A.B.Anderson & Med.-Costa) Zona 2002
plant hybrid species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea maripensis (Glassman) Zona 2002
perennial plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea magdalenica (Dugand) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea kewensis (Hook.f.) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea guianensis (Glassman) Zona 2002
perennial plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea guacuyule (Liebm. ex Mart.) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea fairchildensis (Glassman) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea degranvillei (Glassman) Zona 2002
perennial plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea camopiensis (Glassman) Zona 2002
perennial plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea brejinhoensis (Glassman) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea bassleriana (Burret) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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Attalea amylacea (Barb.Rodr.) Zona 2002
plant species in the arecaceae family
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