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Cycad

Dioon holmgrenii

Also called Sun Palm

Cycad
Photo: Stickpen, Public domain
Family
Zamiaceae (Cycad family)
Grows as
Palm
Native range
Mexico (Oaxaca)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

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. It is known by the common name palma del sol (sun palm).

This plant grows in humid pine-oak forest habitats.

Other Dioon plants

Dioon angustifolium · Dioon argenteum · Cycad · Cycad · Cycad · Dioon mejiae · Cycad · Cycad · Cycad · Cycad · Giant Dioon · Dioon stevensonii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dioon holmgrenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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