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Dioon edule Lindl. [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

Image Gallery (5 observation records)

Mexico (San Luis Potosí)

Mexico (San Luis Potosí)

Mexico (Veracruz)

Mexico (Veracruz)

Mexico (Veracruz)

References (19)

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]
1981
De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1981. Dioon merolae (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 33 (2): 179-185. [JSTOR]
1982
De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1982. Distribution and variation of Dioon [Dion] edule. Brittonia 34 (3): 355-362. [JSTOR]
1979
De Luca P, Sabato S. 1979. Dioon califanoi (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 31 (1): 170-173. [JSTOR]
2007
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.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1843
Lindley J. 1843. Dion edule. Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 29 : 59-60.
1868
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.
1847
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.
1851
Miquel FA. 1851. Cycadeae quaedam Americanae: Partim novae. Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam 3 (4) : 181-188.