Ceratozamia morettii

Ceratozamia morettii is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is limited to the state of Veracruz north of Jalapa. It grows on steep clay and basalt cliffs in cloud forest habitat.[1]

Ceratozamia morettii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Ceratozamia
Species:
C. morettii
Binomial name
Ceratozamia morettii
Vázq.Torres & Vovides

This cycad is palm-like in appearance but with a trunk no more than 30 centimeters long, often shorter, and quite variable in shape. It has up to 10 leaves which are up to 140 centimeters long by 65 wide and are made up of 12 to 25 pairs of leaflets.[2]

Other native plants in this species' nearly inaccessible cloud forest habitat include Alnus jorullensis, Clethra mexicana, Dendropanax arboreus, Dicksonia gigantea, Ilex discolor, Liquidambar macrophylla, Magnolia schiedeana, Marattia laxa, Oreopanax capitatus, Ostrya virginiana, and Podocarpus guatemalensis.[2]

References
  1. Vovides, A. & Chemnick, J. 2010. Ceratozamia morettii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 05 September 2015.
  2. Vázquez-Torres, M., & Vovides, A. P. (1998). A new species of Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) from Veracruz, Mexico. Novon 87-90.


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