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Dioon holmgrenii

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Dioon holmgrenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Dioon
Species:
D. holmgrenii
Binomial name
Dioon holmgrenii
De Luca, Sabato & Vázq. Torres 1981

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

  1. ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42129/0
  2. ^ 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.