Ceratozamia kuesteriana

This plant is only found in a small area of the Sierra Madre Oriental Range in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico. It grows in pine oak cloud forest, between 3000 and 4500 feet in altitude. It is a small cycad, with a round trunk, and leaves to about 5 feet long. New leaves emerge bronze. It has smooth petioles, and very narrow leaflets. It prefers light shade in a moist, well drained position.