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{{Taxobox
|color=lightgreen
|name=''Dioon edule''
|status=NT
|trend=down
|image=Dioon edule05.jpg
| image_width = 250px
|regnum=[[Plantae]]
|division=[[Cycadophyta]]
|classis=[[Cycadopsida]]
|ordo=[[Cycadales]]
|familia=[[Zamiaceae]]
|genus=''[[Dioon]]''
|species='''''D. edule'''''
|binomial=''Dioon edule''
|binomial_authority=[[John Lindley|Lindl.]], 1843
}}
'''''Dioon edule''''' is a [[cycadophyta|cycad]] native to [[Mexico]], also known as '''''palma de la Virgen'''''.
Two subspecies are known
*''Dioon edule'' subsp. ''angustifolium''
*''Dioon edule'' subsp. ''edule''
[[synonymy|Synonyms]] include ''D. aculeatum'', ''D. imbricatum'', ''D. strobilosum'', ''D. strobilaceum'', ''Macrozamia littoralis'', ''M. pectinata'', ''Platyzamia rigida'', ''Zamia maeleni''.
<gallery>
Image:Dioon edule04.jpg
Image:Dioon edule semi02.JPG
</gallery>
==References and external links==
*Stevenson, D. W., R. Osborne & J. Hendricks. A world list of cycads ''Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden'' 57: 200-206 (1990)
* [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Dioon+edule The Cycad Pages: ''Dioon edule'']
*[http://207.156.243.8/emu/webmedia.php?irn=106384 Dioon edule original description by J. Lindley (1843).]
{{Commons|Dioon edule}}
==References==
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=Donaldson|year=2003|id=42158|title=Dioon edule|downloaded=11 May 2006}}
[[Category:Cycads]]
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