Occurrence
Near Threatened

No record number

May 31, 1967

Mexico

This occurrence of Dioon edule Lindl. was collected on May 31, 1967 in Mexico. Flora of the World includes 1 field photograph documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Dioon edule cf.--MX. SW of Ciudad Victoria, c. summit. Jun 1967. IMG025.jpg

Dioon edule cf.--MX. SW of Ciudad Victoria, c. summit. Jun 1967. IMG025.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Dioon

Specific Epithet

edule

Authorship

Lindl.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 12.0

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#273 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 12 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →