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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 and Number: 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 Conservation Status: Endangered A2acd+4acd; B1ab(iii,v)

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Mexico (Oaxaca)

Mexico (Oaxaca)

Reference Links (15)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
2012
Haynes JL. 2012. Popularity of Dioon spinulosum in South Florida. Cycad Newslett. 35 (2) : 14.
Cycad Newsletter
1884
Thiselton-Dyer WT. 1884. Cycadaceae. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3 : 190-195.
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2012
Haynes JL. 2012. Strange But True - Dioon spinulosum Post-harvest Cone Elongation. Cycad Newslett. 35 (2) : 11.
Cycad Newsletter
2012
Calonje M, Calonje C. 2012. Phenology of Dioon spinulosum in South Florida. Cycad Newslett. 35 (2): 15.
Cycad Newsletter
1979
De Luca P, Sabato S. 1979. Dioon califanoi (Zamiaceae), a new species from Mexico. Brittonia 31 (1): 170-173.
Brittonia
2012
Osborne R. 2012. Taxonomy of Dioon spinulosum Dyer ex Eichler. Cycad Newslett. 35 (2) : 8.
Cycad Newsletter
1983
Vovides AP, Rees JD, Vázquez-Torres M. 1983. Zamiaceae. Fl. Veracruz 26 : 1-31.
Flora de Veracruz
2012
Nazor C. 2012. Growing Dioon spinulosum in Texas. Cycad Newslett. 35 (2) : 13.
Cycad Newsletter
1997
Tang W. 1997. Focus on Dioon spinulosum. Encephalartos 50 : 4-11.
Encephalartos
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa