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Dioon spinulosum Dyer ex Eichler [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Gart.-Zeitung (Berlin) 2: 411-413, 438-439, fig. 80. (1883). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin spinulosa (‘spiny’), referring to the spiny leaflet margins. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector:
C.J. Hoge s.n.
Locality:
Mexico, Tuxtla, Yucatan, Progreso
Type location(s):
HT:K
Type notes:
According to Chamberlain, Bot. Gaz. 53(1): 1, (1912), D. spinulosum occurs only in cultivation in Progreso.

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)

IUCN Red List: Endangered A2acd+4acd; B1ab(iii,v)

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Mexico (Oaxaca)

Mexico (Oaxaca)

References (16)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Vovides AP, Chemnick J, Gregory T. 2022. Dioon spinulosum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42149A69830202. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Vandervort D. 2012. In Search of the "Giant Spinulosae". Cycad Newslett. 35 (2) : 12. WLoC
Haynes JL. 2012. Strange But True - Dioon spinulosum Post-harvest Cone Elongation. Cycad Newslett. 35 (2) : 11. WLoC
Nazor C. 2012. Growing Dioon spinulosum in Texas. Cycad Newslett. 35 (2) : 13. WLoC