Ceratozamia becerrae

Ceratozamia becerrae is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae.

Ceratozamia becerrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Ceratozamia
Species:
C. becerrae
Binomial name
Ceratozamia becerrae
PĂ©rez-Farrera

It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from the states of Chiapas and Tabasco. There are only two known populations. The plants grow in rainforest habitat on karst substrates.[1]

This species was described to science in 2004.[2]

References

  1. Chemnick, J. & Gregory, T. 2010. Ceratozamia becerrae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 04 September 2015.
  2. Vovides, A. P., et al. (2004). A new species of Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) from Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico. Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 146 123-28.


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