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Dioon merolae, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Jiquipilas. Cerro el Campanario. 14 Sep 08. 230.jpg
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Dioon merolae, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Jiquipilas. Cerro el Campanario. 14 Sep 08. 229.jpg
Endemic to Mexico Southeast (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Jiquipilas)
16.623278, -93.577278
Location Remarks
Cerro el Campanario.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Mexico, Oaxaca (Jardin Etnobotanico)
Location Remarks
City of Oaxaca
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Dioon
Specific Epithet
merolae
Authorship
De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres
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 →