Group: Gymnosperm Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, mid, J, 1

Authors:

De Luca, Paolo
Sabato, Sergio
Vázquez Torres, Mario

Published In: Brittonia 33(2): 180–184, f. 2–4. 1981. (15 Jul 1981) (Brittonia)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Mexico: Chiapas: Distrito de Tonalá: Cerro de la Placa, esp. NE, ca. 4 km W of Tres Picos, at 7 hours walk E of Miguel Hidalgo 1º (formerly San José), 27 May 1979, elev 1200 m

Collector and Number: Vázquez Torres 2301

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas)

Institution(s): HT: NAP; IT: FI, MEXU, NY, XALUV

Type Specimens

• HT: M. Vázquez T. - 2301 - NAP. (NAP)
• IT: M. Vázquez T. - 2301 - FI. (FI)
• IT: M. Vázquez T. - 2301 - MEXU. (MEXU)
• IT: M. Vázquez T. - 2301 - NY. (NY)
• IT: M. Vázquez T. - 2301 - XALU. (XALU)

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  !Cycadidae Pax
• order:  !Cycadales Pers. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  Zamiaceae Horan.
• genus:  !!Dioon Lindl.

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Other names for this basionym:

Dioon edule var. merolae (De Luca, Sabato & Vázq. Torres) Nance

Projects: Mesoamericana , VPA

Common Names:

• Espadaña (Spanish, Mexico, Chiapas)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Keywords: FM