Zamiaceae
Dioon

Dioon edule Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 59 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Mexico (to Veracruz). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Osborne, R., Calonje, M.A., Hill, K.D., Stanberg, L. & Stevenson, D.W. (2012). The world list of Cycads. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 480-510.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Osborne, R., Calonje, M.A., Hill, K.D., Stanberg, L. & Stevenson, D.W. (2012). The world list of Cycads. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 480-510.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1983 Palmer, E. [241] Mexico K000081671 No
Mar 1, 1983 Purpus, C.A. Mexico K000081668 No
Mar 1, 1983 Macdougal, D.T.; Rose, J.N. [25747] Mexico K000081674 No
Mar 1, 1983 Purpus, C.A. [540] Mexico K000081669 No
Mar 1, 1983 [25747] Mexico K000081667 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-66514.000 No
Hinton [7560] Mexico K001081936 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [7560] Mexico K000081676 No
Gentry, H.S. [2955] Mexico K000081675 No
Chamberlain, C.J. Mexico K000081677 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-70000.548 No
Sep 1, 1999 s.coll. [s.n.] Dioon edule var. lanuginosum K001092668 Type Yes

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images