Dioon edule

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Read about Dioon edule in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Dioon edule, Lindl. Lvs. pilose when young, finally glabrous, 3-5 ft. long, pinnatifid, rigid, narrowly lanceolate segms., about 100 on each side, linear-lanceolate, sharp-pointed, widest at the base, rachis flat above, convex beneath: male cones cylindrical, female cones ovoid. Mex. B.M. 6184. G.C. III. 40:289. Gn. 55, p. 365. Gt. 48, p. 157. Var. lanuginosum, Hort., is a very woolly kind. Gt. 48, pp. 154, 155. Variable.


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Dioon edule
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Dioon
Species: D. edule

Binomial name
Dioon edule
Lindl., 1843

Dioon edule is a cycad native to Mexico, also known as palma de la Virgen.

Two subspecies are known

  • Dioon edule subsp. angustifolium
  • Dioon edule subsp. edule

Synonyms include D. aculeatum, D. imbricatum, D. strobilosum, D. strobilaceum, Macrozamia littoralis, M. pectinata, Platyzamia rigida, Zamia maeleni.

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