Dioon holmgrenii
| Dioon holmgrenii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Dioon |
| Species: | D. holmgrenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioon holmgrenii De Luca, Sabato & Vázq. Torres 1981
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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.[2] It is known by the common name palma del sol (sun palm).[2]
This plant grows in humid pine-oak forest habitats.
There are only two known subpopulations.[2]
Mutualism
The beetle Pharaxonotha occidentalis is in an obligatory mutualistic relationship with Dioon holmgrenii, living and breeding in male cones and consuming pollen and cone tissues while serving as a pollinating vector by transferring pollen to female cones.[3]
References
- ^ Chemnick, J.; Gregory, T.; Morales S. (2010). "Dioon holmgrenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T42129A10660365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42129A10660365.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Chemnick, J.; Gregory, T.; Morales S. (2010). "Dioon holmgrenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T42129A10660365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42129A10660365.en. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Tang, William; Skelley, Paul E.; Taylor B, Alberto S.; Salzman, Shayla (April 5, 2024). "Review of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting cones of the cycad Zamia L. (Cycadales) in Panama, with descriptions of five new species". Insecta Mundi: 3, 6. ISSN 1942-1354.
External links
- Dioon holmgrenii, Tropicos
- Media related to Dioon holmgrenii at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Dioon holmgrenii at Wikispecies