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Ceratozamia alvarezii Pérez-Farr., Vovides & Iglesias [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Novon 9(3) 410-413, fig. 1. (1999). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring Miguel Carlos Francisco Alvarez del Toro (1917–1996), former head of the Institute of Natural History in Chiapas and Mexico’s first conservationist. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: M.A. Perez-Farrera 889
Locality: Mexico: Chiapas: Sierra Madre of Chiapas , 950 m , 4 Mar 1996
Type Location(s): HT:CHIP; IT:F, MEXU, MO

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2acd; B1ab(i,iii,v)+2ab(i,iii,v); C1

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Mexico (Chiapas)

Mexico (Chiapas)

Mexico (Chiapas)

Reference Links (4)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
2008
Vovides AP, Pérez-Farrera MA, González-Astorga J, Iglesias CG. 2008. A new species of Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) from Oaxaca, Mexico with comments on habitat and relationships. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 157 (2): 169-175.
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2002
Whitelock LM. 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 374 p.
1999
Pérez-Farrera MA, Vovides AP, Iglesias CG. 1999. A new species of Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) from Chiapas, Mexico. Novon 9 (3): 410-413.
Novon
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