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kuesteriana

Taxon

Ceratozamia kuesteriana Regel

Protologue Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 30(1): 187. 1857BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Critically Endangered
Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 067.jpg

Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 066.jpg

Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 066.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 063.jpg

Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 063.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 065.jpg

Ceratozamia kuesteriana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Mexico Northeast (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 6, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Ceratozamia

Specific Epithet

kuesteriana

Authorship

Regel

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Critically Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

2.8

Global rank

#134 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 3 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →