Ceratozamia santillanii

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Ceratozamia santillanii
CITES Appendix I [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Ceratozamia
Species:
C. santillanii
Binomial name
Ceratozamia santillanii
Pérez-Farrera & Vovides

Ceratozamia santillanii is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae.

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Mutualism

The beetle Pharaxonotha perezi is in an obligatory mutualistic relationship with Ceratozamia santillani, living and breeding in male cones and consuming pollen and cone tissues while serving as a pollinating vector by transferring pollen to female cones. [2]

References

  1. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. Tang, William; Dominguez, Hector Gomez (2022-06-08). "Two new species of Pharaxonothinae beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) inhabiting cones of the cycad Ceratozamia santillanii Pérez-Farr. & Vovides (Cycadales: Zamiaceae) in Mexico". Zootaxa. 5150 (3): 428–442. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.7. ISSN   1175-5334.