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Dioon edule Lindl. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 29: misc. 59-60. (1843). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin edulis (‘edible’), referring to the use of the seeds as food in its native Mexico. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: J. Lindley s.n.
Locality: Cultivated in garden of Royal Horticultural Society, from Mexico
Type Location(s): HT:CGE

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Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened A2cd

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Geographic Distribution

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Mexico (San Luis Potosí)

Mexico (San Luis Potosí)

Mexico (Veracruz)

Mexico (Veracruz)

Mexico (Veracruz)

References (20)

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Chemnick J, Gregory T. 2022. Dioon edule. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42158A69829495. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Moynihan J, Vovides AP, González-Astorga J, Francisco-Ortega J. 2012. Population genetic diversity in the Dioon edule Lindl. species complex (Zamiaceae, Cycadales): Evidence from Microsatellite Data. In: Stevenson DW, Osborne R, Taylor Blake AS, editors . Proceedings of Cycad 2008, The 8th International Conference on Cycad Biology. p. 224-250. WLoC URL
Notes: Population genetics
González-Astorga J, Vovides AP. 2007. Genetic structure and diversity of Dioon edule: a comparison with other cycads. In: Vovides AP, Stevenson DW, Osborne R, editors . Proceedings of Cycad 2005: The 7th International Conference on Cycad Biology. New York: NYBG Press. p. 400-417. WLoC
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Ceratozamia brongn, Dion lindl, and Microcycas A. DC. (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3) : 578-584. WLoC DOI