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Accession Data:

Ceratozamia hildae G.P.Landry & M.C.Wilson

  • Common Name: Bamboo Cycad
  • Family: Zamiaceae Reichb.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico: Querétaro and San Luis Potosí states
  • Habitat: Deciduous cloud forest between 900 and 1200m

  • Culture: Warm, sheltered and moist. A fast grower.3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900034
  • Source: Justin Lawrence
  • Accession Date: 03-29-2019
  • Bench: 3110 - EVO: Tropical Conifers & Ginkgo
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-25-2023
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Cycadophyta
  • Class: Cycadopsida
  • SubClass: Cycadidae
  • Order: Cycadales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zamiaceae
  • SubFamily: Ceratozamieae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Northeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, 01 April, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, 01 April, 2019.
  3. Ceratozamia hildae at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Friday March 29th, 2019.
  4. Ceratozamia hildae at Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Last accessed on Monday, 01 April, 2019.
  5. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by PeregrinusX [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, 01 April, 2019.

data regenerated on Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:13:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Ceratozamia hildae

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Current Accessions in the Zamiaceae

  • Stangeria eriopus

Subfamily Ceratozamieae

  • Ceratozamia hildae

Subfamily Encephalartoideae
Tribe Diooeae

  • Dioon edule

Subfamily Encephalartoideae
Tribe Encephalarteae

  • Encephalartinae: Encephalartos altensteinii
  • Encephalartinae: Encephalartos nubimontanus
  • Macrozamiinae: Lepidozamia peroffskyana

Subfamily Zamioideae
Tribe Zamieae

  • Microcycadinae: Microcycas calocoma
  • Zamiinae: Zamia furfuracea
  • Zamiinae: Zamia pumila
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