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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:
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
Elevation:
ca. 2000 m
Date:
27 Dec 1978
Type location(s):
HT:XALU; IT:ENCB, FI, MEXU, NAP

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla)

IUCN Red List: Endangered A2acd

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References (7)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Chemnick J, Gregory T. 2022. Dioon caputoi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42106A69831511. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
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 International Conference on Cycad Biology. New York: NYBG Press. p. 388-399. WLoC
Osborne R. 2005. Focus on Dioon caputoi. Encephalartos 83 : 15-23. WLoC
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Ceratozamia brongn, Dion lindl, and Microcycas A. DC. (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3) : 578-584. WLoC DOI