Not collected.
This occurrence of Dioon merolae De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres (Not collected.) was collected on September 13, 2008 in Mexico. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.
Dioon merolae, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Jiquipilas. Cerro el Campanario. 14 Sep 08. 230.jpg
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Dioon
Specific Epithet
merolae
Authorship
De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Conservation (EDGE)
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 3.5
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#411 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 3 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →