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Ceratozamia becerrae Pérez-Farr., Vovides & Schutzman [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146(1): 123-128, figs. 1-7. (2004).

Etymology: Honoring Prof. Marcos Enrique Becerra (1870-1940), prolific Mexican writer, poet, and politician who discovered and collected this species while conducting a floristic study in southern Tabasco and northern Chiapas in 1914-1915. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: A.P. Vovides 1458
Locality: Mexico: Tabasco.
Type Location(s): HT:XAL

Synonymy Notes: Previously synonymized with C. zoquorum by Martínez-Domínguez et al., 2017. Org. Divers. Evol. DOI 10.1007/s13127-017-0341-7 . Reinstated as accepted species based on evidence provided Vovides et al. (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2020.151649

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Not Evaluated

Image Gallery (2 observation records)

Mexico (Tabasco)

Mexico (Tabasco)

References (4)

Comment(s)
2008
Haynes JL, Whitelock LM, Schutzman B, Adams RS. 2008. A new endemic Ceratozamia from Honduras (Cycadales: Zamiaceae). Cycad Newslett. 31 (2): 16-21.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2009
Pérez-Farrera MA, Vovides AP, Martínez-Camilo R, Martínez-Melendez N, Iglesias CG. 2009. A reassessment of the Ceratozamia miqueliana species complex (Zamiaceae) of southeastern Mexico, with comments on species relationships. Syst. Biodivers. 7 (4): 433-443.
2004
Vovides AP, Pérez-Farrera MA, Schutzman B, Iglesias CG, Hernandez-Sandoval L, Martínez M. 2004. A new species of Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) from Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146 (1): 123-128.