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Cycads in Mexico

Mexico hosts a rich and diverse cycad flora, with three distinctive genera from the family Zamiaceae. These are Zamia, with 15 species, Dioon with 10 species and Ceratozamia, with all 18 species occurring in Mexico.
Ceratozamia alvarezii Mexico (Chiapas)
Ceratozamia beccarae Mexico (Tabasco)
Ceratozamia euryphyllidia Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
Ceratozamia hildae Mexico (Queretaro, San Luis Potosi)
Ceratozamia huastecorum Mexico (Veracruz)
Ceratozamia kuesteriana Mexico (Tamaulipas)
Ceratozamia latifolia Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro & San Luis Potosi)
Ceratozamia matudae Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas)
Ceratozamia mexicana Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz)
Ceratozamia microstrobila Mexico (San Luis Potosi)
Ceratozamia miqueliana Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz)
Ceratozamia mirandae Mexico (Chiapas)
Ceratozamia mixeorum Mexico (Oaxaca)
Ceratozamia morettii Mexico (Veracruz)
Ceratozamia norstogii Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
Ceratozamia robusta Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
Ceratozamia sabatoi Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro)
Ceratozamia whitelockiana Mexico (Oaxaca)
Ceratozamia zaragozae Mexico (San Luis Potosi)
Ceratozamia zoquorum Mexico (Chiapas)
Dioon angustifolium Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)
Dioon argenteum Mexico (Oaxaca)
Dioon califanoi Mexico (Puebla)
Dioon caputoi Mexico (Puebla)
Dioon edule Mexico (Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)
Dioon holmgrenii Mexico (Oaxaca)
Dioon merolae Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
Dioon purpusii Mexico (Oaxaca)
Dioon rzedowskii Mexico (Oaxaca)
Dioon sonorense Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)
Dioon spinulosum Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
Dioon tomasellii Mexico (Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacan)
Zamia cremnophila Mexico (Tabasco)
Zamia fischeri Mexico (Queretaro, San Luis Potosi )
Zamia furfuracea Mexico (Veracruz)
Zamia herrerae El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia inermis Mexico (Veracruz)
Zamia lacandona Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia loddigesii Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Veracruz)
Zamia paucijuga Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
Zamia polymorpha Belize, Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan)
Zamia purpurea Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
Zamia soconuscensis Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia spartea Mexico (Oaxaca)
Zamia variegata Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas)
Zamia vazquezii Mexico (Veracruz)
Zamia verschaffeltii Mexico (Chiapas)

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