Zamia floridana is an older name for this species so you may see coontie referred to by this synonym in some publications. The coontie has a larger and more tender relative called the cardboard palm (Zamia furfuracea).
Seminole Bread [English]: Zamia floridana 'Auero-variegated'
Seminole Bread (Usa) [English]: Zamia integrifolia
Seminole Bread (Usa) [English]: Zamia pumila
Seminole Crapemyrtle [English]: Lagerstroemia indica 'Seminole' ...
in Zamia floridana, the traces are described by Wieland in his recent monograph on American fossil cycads (Carnegie Institution Publications, 1906) as possessing a more direct course similar to that in Mesozoic genera.
The pith of the coontie (Zamia floridana) yields a starch called Florida arrowroot or sago; the coontie is often called sago palm. Cycads are grown as ornamentals in warm regions and in greenhouses.
 See also: Evergreen, Cycad, May, Ferns, Conifer
  
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