<i>Zamia magnifica</i> (Zamiaceae, Cycadales): A New Rupicolous Cycad Species from Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Mexico
Miguel Angel Pérez-Farrera,
José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega,
Mauricio Gerónimo Martínez-Martínez,
Michael Calonje
Affiliations
Miguel Angel Pérez-Farrera
Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva, Herbario Eizi Matuda, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 29039, Mexico
José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega
RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan
Mauricio Gerónimo Martínez-Martínez
Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva, Herbario Eizi Matuda, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 29039, Mexico
Michael Calonje
Montgomery Botanical Center, Coral Gables, FL 33156, USA
Zamia magnifica (Zamiaceae), a new species endemic to Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Mexico, is described. Zamia magnifica is characterized by having a rupicolous habit, pendent leaves bearing leaflets that are densely tomentose and pink to caramel in color when emerging, and broad oblong leaflets that are coriaceous in texture with few non-prominent denticulations and ovulate strobili with short (Z. furfuracea and Z. meermanii, the Mesoamerican Zamia species to which it shares the closest morphological resemblance.
