Ceratozamia kuesteriana

Ceratozamia kuesteriana is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae that is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.

Ceratozamia kuesteriana
Ceratozamia kuesteriana at Lotusland in Montecito, California.

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Ceratozamia
Species:
C. kuesteriana
Binomial name
Ceratozamia kuesteriana

It is restricted to steep slopes in pine-oak dominated cloud forests between Gómez Farías and Tula in southern Tamaulipas.

Ceratozamia kuesteriana is threatened by habitat loss and collecting. The total wild population is believed to number no more than 300 plants.[1]

References

  1. Chemnick, J. & Gregory, T. (2010). "Ceratozamia kuesteriana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T42101A10644486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42101A10644486.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. "Ceratozamia kuesteriana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2011-10-29.


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