Occurrence
EDGE • Endangered

Not collected.

March 18, 2003

Mexico

This occurrence of Ceratozamia robusta Miq. (Not collected.) was collected on March 18, 2003 in Mexico. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Ceratozamia robusta, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. S.Fernando. Cerro la Marimba. 19 Mch 03. (62).jpg

Ceratozamia robusta, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. S.Fernando. Cerro la Marimba. 19 Mch 03. (62).jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Ceratozamia

Specific Epithet

robusta

Authorship

Miq.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 9.1

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

4.1

Global rank

#74 of 1,090

Top 100 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 9 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →