Dioon holmgrenii
Appearance
Dioon holmgrenii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Cycadophyta |
Class: | Cycadopsida |
Order: | Cycadales |
Family: | Zamiaceae |
Genus: | Dioon |
Species: | D. holmgrenii
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Binomial name | |
Dioon holmgrenii De Luca, Sabato & Vázq. Torres 1981
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Dioon holmgrenii is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it occurs only in an area just to the southwest of San Gabriel Mixtepec, Oaxaca.[1] It is known by the common name palma del sol (sun palm).[2]
This plant grows in humid pine-oak forest habitat.
There are only two known subpopulations.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42129/0
- ^ a b Chemnick, J., Gregory, T. & Morales S. 2010. Dioon holmgrenii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 06 September 2015.
External links
- Dioon holmgrenii, Tropicos
- Media related to Dioon holmgrenii at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Dioon holmgrenii at Wikispecies