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Dioon califanoi De Luca & Sabato [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Brittonia 31(1): 170-172, figs. 2-3. (1979).

Etymology: Honoring Prof. Luigi Califano (1901–1976) of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy, who introduced the authors to the dioons of Mexico. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: P. De Luca & S. Sabato s.n.
Locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, between Teotitlán del Camino, and Huautla area , 15 Oct 1974
Type Location(s): HT:NAP; IT:ENCB, F, FI, G, MICH, NAP

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2cd; B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)

References (5)

Comment(s)
1981
De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1981. Dioon holmgrenii (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 33 (4): 552-555. [JSTOR]
1979
De Luca P, Sabato S. 1979. Dioon califanoi (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 31 (1): 170-173. [JSTOR]
Protologue description
2003
Gregory TJ, Chemnick J, Salas-Morales SH, Vovides AP. 2003. A new species in the genus Dioon (Zamiaceae) from north-central Oaxaca, Mexico. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 141 (4): 471-476.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1986
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Ceratozamia brongn, Dion lindl, and Microcycas A. DC. (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3): 578-584.