泽米铁科又名泽米科或泽米苏铁科，共有8属约203种，分布在美洲、澳洲和撒哈拉沙漠以南非洲的热带和亚热带地区。

The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, Australia and North and South America.

The Zamiaceae are perennial, evergreen, and dioecious. They have subterranean to tall and erect, usually unbranched, cylindrical stems, and stems clad with persistent leaf bases (in Australian genera).