Accepted Species
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]
Haynes, JL. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 2022;550(1):1-31.
Synonymy Notes: Previously synonymized with C. zoquorum by MartÃnez-DomÃnguez 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
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