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Dioon merolae De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Brittonia 33(2): 180-184, figs. 2-3. (1981).

Etymology: Honoring Prof. Aldo Merola (1924–1980), director of the Orto Botanico, University of Naples, Italy, in recognition of his knowledge and conservation of cycads. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: M. Vázquez-Torres 2301
Locality: Mexico, Chiapas, Distrito de Tonala, Cerro de la Placa, about 4 km W of Tres Picos , 27 May 1979
Type Location(s): HT:NAP IT:FI, MEXU, NY, XALU

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable A2cd; C2a(i)

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Reference Links (10)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1986
Stevenson DW, Sabato S. 1986. Typification of names in Ceratozamia brongn, Dion lindl, and Microcycas A. DC. (Zamiaceae). Taxon 35 (3): 578-584.
Taxon
2007
Calonje M. 2007. Phenology of Dioon merolae. Cycad Newslett. 30 (1) : 11.
Cycad Newsletter
2007
Broome T. 2007. Growing Dioon merolae in Central Florida. Cycad Newslett. 30 (1) : 10.
Cycad Newsletter
2007
Frasier RL. 2007. My personal experience with Dioon merolae in Texas. Cycad Newslett. 30 (1) : 11.
Cycad Newsletter
2007
Chemnick J, Pérez-Farrera MA. 2007. Dioon merolae De Luca, Sabato & Vázquez-Torres - its history, ethnobotany and conservation. Cycad Newslett. 30 (2): 8-10.
Cycad Newsletter
2012
Lucas-González JL, Flores-Vázquez JC. 2012. Seed germination of Dioon merolae, a cycad of Oaxaca, México, under different irrigation treatments. p. 93-101.
Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden
2009
Osborne R, Gregory TJ. 2009. Focus on Dioon merolae. Encephalartos 97 : 12-17.
Encephalartos
2012
Flores-Vázquez JC, Valverde T, Lucas-González JL. 2012. How critical are the early life-cycle stages in the population ecology of cycads? A case study with Dioon merolae in Southeastern Mexico. p. 40-58.
Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1981
De Luca P, Sabato S, Vázquez-Torres M. 1981. Dioon merolae (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 33 (2): 179-185.
Brittonia
Protologue description