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Dioon caputoi De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Brittonia 32(1): 44-46, figs. 3-4. (1995).

Etymology: Honoring Prof. Giuseppe Caputo (1926–2013), professor of botany and former director of Orto Botanico, University of Naples, Italy. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: M. Vázquez-Torres 2296
Locality: Mexico, Puebla, Loma de la Grana, 6 km SW from San Luis Ato- lotitlan (formerly San Luis Tultitlanapa), district of Caltepec , ca. 2000 m , 27 Dec 1978
Type Location(s): HT:XALU; IT:ENCB, FI, MEXU, NAP

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2acd

Image Gallery (1 observation records)

Mexico (Puebla)

References (6)

Comment(s)
1980
De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1980. Dioon caputoi (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 32 (1): 43-46. [JSTOR]
Protologue description
1981
De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1981. Dioon holmgrenii (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 33 (4): 552-555. [JSTOR]
2007
Flores-Vázquez JC, Salas-Morales SH, Saynes-Vásquez A. 2007. The populations of Dioon caputoi in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserve. In: Vovides AP, Stevenson DW, Osborne R, editors. Proceedings of Cycad 2005: The 7th Intl Conference on Cycad Biology. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 97. New York: NYBG Press. p. 388-399.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2005
Osborne R. 2005. Focus on Dioon caputoi. Encephalartos 83 : 15-23.
1986
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Ceratozamia brongn, Dion lindl, and Microcycas A. DC. (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3): 578-584.