Ceratozamia latifolia
COMMON NAME | None Known |
TYPE | Cycad |
FAMILY | Zamiaceae |
NOTES | Named for its broad
leaflets, in Latin latus, means wide, folium, leaf. New leaves emerge bronze,
red or chocolate brown, hardening off to light or bright green, are
semiglossy, and grow to 2-4 feet long. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Endemic to Querétaro, Hidalgo and San
Luis Potosà in Mexico |
NATIVE HABITAT | Subtropical or
tropical moist lowland oak forests in the cloud zone of the Sierra Madre
Oriental, on steep limestone hillsides and canyons |
WEB SOURCES |