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Zamia katzeriana (Regel) E.Rettig [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Gartenflora 45: 148-149, fig. 31. (1896). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring Franz Katzer (1830–1912), “gardener master” in the Pavlovsk Imperial Garden, the Russian emperor’s residence near Saint Petersburg, and founder-member of the Russian Imperial Society of Horticulture (St. Petersburg). (Cykasy 2022) [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): BAS: Ceratozamia katzeriana
Basionym: Ceratozamia katzeriana Regel

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Synonymy Notes: Nicolalde-Morejón et al. previously placed Zamia splendens in synonymy under Zamia katzeriana [Brittonia 60(1): 38-48. 2008]. Perez-Farrera et al. [Phytotaxa 270 (3): 161–181, 2016] considered Zamia splendens as an accepted species and Zamia katzeriana as a separate species with possible hybrid origin with Z. splendens and Z. loddigesii as putative ancestors.

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)

References (5)

Comment(s)
2022
Cykasy. 2022. Cycads in Russia. [ accessed 2024 Jun 30 ]. http://www.cykasy.cz/English/Cycads_in_Russia.html. [Reference]
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2009
Nicolalde-Morejón F, Vovides AP, Stevenson DW. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Zamia in Mega-Mexico. Brittonia 61 (4): 301-335. [JSTOR]
1896
Rettig E. 1896. Zamia katzeriana Rettig (Ceratozamia Rgl.). Gartenflora 45 : 148-149.
1986
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Zamia L. and Aulacophyllum Regel (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3): 134-144.
Typification