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Cycads in Central America

The cycad flora of Central America is dominated by Zamia, with over 15 species. A single species of Dioon occurs in Honduras and Nicaragua, and two Ceratozamia species extend into Belize and Guatemala, although both are clearly "drifts" from Mexico.
Ceratozamia alvarezii Mexico (Chiapas)
Ceratozamia beccarae Mexico (Tabasco)
Ceratozamia euryphyllidia Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
Ceratozamia matudae Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas)
Ceratozamia miqueliana Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz)
Ceratozamia mirandae Mexico (Chiapas)
Ceratozamia morettii Mexico (Veracruz)
Ceratozamia norstogii Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
Ceratozamia robusta Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
Ceratozamia zoquorum Mexico (Chiapas)
Dioon mejiae N. Honduras
Dioon merolae Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
Zamia acuminata Costa Rica, Nicaragua, N. Panama
Zamia chigua Colombia (Choco), Panama (Chiriqui)
Zamia cremnophila Mexico (Tabasco)
Zamia cunaria Panama
Zamia dressleri Panama
Zamia fairchildiana Costa Rica, Panama
Zamia furfuracea Mexico (Veracruz)
Zamia herrerae El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia inermis Mexico (Veracruz)
Zamia ipetiensis Panama
Zamia lacandona Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia loddigesii Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Veracruz)
Zamia manicata Colombia (Antioquia), Panama (Darien)
Zamia monticola Guatemala
Zamia neurophyllidia Costa Rica, S. Nicaragua, N. Panama
Zamia obliqua Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle), S. Panama
Zamia paucijuga Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
Zamia polymorpha Belize, Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan)
Zamia prasina Belize, Honduras
Zamia pseudomonticola W. Costa Rica
Zamia pseudoparasitica N. Panama
Zamia skinneri C. Panama
Zamia soconuscensis Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia standleyi Honduras
Zamia tuerckheimii Guatemala
Zamia variegata Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia vazquezii Mexico (Veracruz)
Zamia verschaffeltii Mexico (Chiapas)

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