# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-zona
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:20:16.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-zona"
name: "Scott Zona"
slug: "scott-zona"
description: "Scott Zona 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."
tagline: "American botanist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           5.468538666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "Scott_Zona"
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    title: "Scott Zona"
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    title: "Scott Zona"
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    title: "Scott Zona"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump