Ceratozamia chimalapensis

This species is named after the region where it comes from, the Chimilalapas rainforest in Mexico. Few roads and large expanses of mountain ranges with multiple river drainages make this a botanically rich area that has not been well documented. The Ceratozamia chimalapensis is a fine-leaved Ceratozamia not much different than a giant mirandae or vovidesii. The plants grow on very steep slopes at low elevations in sandstone-derived soils under the closed canopy of the oak forest.