''Ceratozamia becerrae'' is a species of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
in the family
Zamiaceae
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 subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and North and South America ...
.
It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, where it is known only from the states of
Chiapas and
Tabasco
Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.
It is located in ...
. There are only two known populations. The plants grow in rainforest habitat on
karst substrates.
This species was described to science in 2004.
[Vovides, A. P., et al. (2004)]
A new species of ''Ceratozamia'' (Zamiaceae) from Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico.
''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' 146 123-28.
References
becerrae
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Chiapas
Flora of Tabasco
Endangered plants
Endangered biota of Mexico
Plants described in 2004
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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