Biogeography & evolution:
•Zamia skinneri is widespread
throughout coastal mainland Bocas
del Toro Province
•High levels of phenotypic variation within and among populations suggest that this entire coastal region may be a zone of repeated, episodic convergence/ hybridization events resulting from cycles of rising and falling sea levels
•As such, this area may represent an extremely important genetic refuge for the plicate-leaved cycads of W Panama