Accepted Species
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]
Taxonomic Synonyms:
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=
Dioon edule
var. lanuginosum
,
Gartenflora 48: 153.
(1899).
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≡
Dioon edule
f. lanuginosum
,
Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV.1(Heft 99): 127.
(1932).
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=
Dioon imbricatum
,
Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 1(1): 36.
(1847).
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≡
Dioon edule
f. imbricatum
,
Prodr. Syst. Cycad.: 10, 22.
(1861).
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=
Dioon strobilaceum
,
Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2): 537.
(1868).
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=
Platyzamia rigida
,
Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 23, t. 4.
(1846).
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=
Zamia maelenii
,
Linnaea 18(1): 97-98.
(1844).
Nomenclatural Synonyms:
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≡
Dioon edule
f. edule
,
Prodr. Syst. Cycad.: 10.
(1861).
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≡
Dioon edule
Lindl.
subsp. edule
,
Kalmia 13: 5.
(1983).
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≡
Dioon edule
var. edule
,
Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 3: 427.
(1868).
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
IUCN Red List Conservation Status:
Near Threatened A2cd
Mexico (San Luis Potosí)
Mexico (San Luis Potosí)
Mexico (Veracruz)
Mexico (Veracruz)
Mexico (Veracruz)
References (19)
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1981
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De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1981. Dioon holmgrenii (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 33
(4): 552-555.
[JSTOR]
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1981
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De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1981. Dioon merolae (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 33
(2): 179-185.
[JSTOR]
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1982
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De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1982. Distribution and variation of Dioon [Dion] edule. Brittonia 34
(3): 355-362.
[JSTOR]
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1979
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De Luca P, Sabato S. 1979. Dioon califanoi (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 31
(1): 170-173.
[JSTOR]
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2007
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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 Intl Conference on Cycad Biology. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 97.
New York:
NYBG Press.
p. 400-417.
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2022
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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550
(1)
: 1-31.
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1843
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Lindley J. 1843. Dion edule. Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 29
: 59-60.
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1868
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Miquel FA. 1868. Noveaux matériaux pour servir á la connaissance des Cycadées. Cinquiéme partie, Cycadées de L'Amérique. Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 3
: 417-427.
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1847
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Miquel FA. 1847. Over eenige nieuwe of zeldzame Cycadeen in den Hortus Botanicus te Amsterdam. Eerste gedeltee. Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 1
(1)
: 33-43.
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1851
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Miquel FA. 1851. Cycadeae quaedam Americanae: Partim novae. Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam 3
(4)
: 181-188.
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