Zamia vazquezii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CYCADOPSIDA	CYCADALES	ZAMIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Zamia vazquezii

Species Authority:

D.W.Stev., Sabato & De Luca

Common Name/s:

English

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Little Chamal (náh.—chamalillo)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A2cd; B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,v); C1 ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Vovides, A.

Reviewer/s:

Donaldson, J.S. & Bösenberg, J.D.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This species is now known from only two locations and is estimated to have declined by >80% due to collecting and habitat loss. On this basis it is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) under criterion A and under criterion C (population of

History:

2003	–	Critically Endangered (IUCN 2003)
2003	–	Critically Endangered
1997	–	Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Z. vazquezii is known from Mexico, where it occurs in Veracruz state.
Countries:	Native: Mexico (Veracruz)
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Population [top]

Population:	Z. vazquezii is known from two subpopulations, but there are no more than 50 plants in the wild and deforestation in northern Veracruz is still rampant. The population is definitely severely fragmented? The last survey was more than a decade ago so the situation may have detiorated.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species grows in semi-evergreen forests to pine-oak forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation poses the biggest threat to the survival of this species in the wild.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation poses the biggest threat to the survival of this species in the wild.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on Appendix II of the CITES Appendices. Wild populations are somewhat protected from over-collection because the species is very common in cultivation, where it also produces copious quantities of cones and grows quite rapidly from seed.

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on Appendix II of the CITES Appendices. Wild populations are somewhat protected from over-collection because the species is very common in cultivation, where it also produces copious quantities of cones and grows quite rapidly from seed.

Citation:	Vovides, A. 2010. Zamia vazquezii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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