''Ceratozamia sabatoi'' is a species of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

in the family

Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and North and South America. ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, where it occurs in the states of

Hidalgo Hidalgo may refer to: People * Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility * Hidalgo (surname) Places Mexico :''Most, if not all, named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811)'' * Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico * Hidalgo, Coah ...

and

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

. It is known from only two localities, one of which is degraded by agriculture and grazing. This

cycad Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk (botany), trunk with a crown (botany), crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants o ...

is generally palm-like in appearance. The trunk is rounded, becoming more cylindrical with age to a maximum length of 25 centimeters. It bears 2 to 6 prickly leaves each up to 80 centimeters long and made up of 12 to 136 leaflets.Vovides, A. P., Torres, M. V., Schutzman, B., & Iglesias, C. G. (1993)
A new species of ''Ceratozamia'' (Zamiaceae) from Querétaro and Hidalgo, Mexico.
''Novon'', 502-506. This plant grows in pine-oak forest alongside ''

Arbutus xalapensis ''Arbutus xalapensis'', commonly known as the Texas madrone, Amazaquitl, or Texas madroño, is a species of flowering plant in the heather family. It is native to Central America, the southwestern United States (western Texas and New Mexico), an ...

'', '' Buddleja cordata'', ''

Carya ovata ''Carya ovata'', the shagbark hickory, is a common hickory native to eastern North America, with two Variety (botany), varieties. The trees can grow to quite a large size but are unreliable in their fruit output. The nut is consumed by wildlife a ...

'', ''

Litsea glaucescens ''Litsea glaucescens'', also called Mexican bay leaf, is an evergreen tree or shrub high in the genus ''Litsea'' belonging to family Lauraceae. It is native from southern North America, mostly in Mexico. Distributed by Mexico and Central Americ ...

'', '' Meliosma alba'', and ''

Prunus serotina ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub in the r ...

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References

sabatoi Endemic flora of Mexico Flora of Hidalgo (state) Flora of Querétaro Endangered plants Endangered biota of Mexico Plants described in 1993 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cycad-stub