Zamia vazquezii

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Zamia vazquezii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia
Species:
Z. vazquezii
Binomial name
Zamia vazquezii
D.W.Stev., Sabato & De Luca

Zamia vazquezii is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to northern Veracruz state, in eastern Mexico. It is a Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss. [1] There are only two wild populations with no more than a combined total of 50 individuals.

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Classification history

Zamia fischeri was described by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1844 based on a plant found in San Luis Potosi state in Mexico. There were only a few collections of Z. fischeri prior to the 1930s, all of which were from San Luis Potosi and consistent with Miquel's description. Starting in the 1930s, Zamia plants from Veracruz state in Mexico entered the horticultural market under the name Z. fischeri, although they clearly differed from the species described by Miquel. [2]

Publications in the latter part of the 20th century on the Zamia plants of Veracruz provided descriptions that were consistently different from the earliest descriptions of Z. fischeri. Collections of plants labeled Z. fischeri grown in several herbariums showed consistent morphological differences between plants accessed from San Luis Potosi and from Veracruz. It was further found that plants from San Luis Potosi had a chromosome count of 16, while plants from Veracruz had a count of 18. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bösenberg, J.D. (2023) [errata version of 2022 assessment]. "Zamia vazquezii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 (2): e.T42120A243413573. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. Stevenson et al. 1995–1996, pp. 9–10.
  3. Stevenson et al. 1995–1996, pp. 10, 14.

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