Dioon eduleLindl.

Chestnut DioonCycadVirgin palm

WFO wfo-0000648114 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Dioon edule, photographed by Tereso Hernández Morales
fig. a Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-06-09 / obs. 41518318
Dioon edule, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. b Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33930983
Dioon edule, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. c Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30793574
Dioon edule, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. d Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30793345
Dioon edule, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. e Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30793302
Dioon edule, photographed by Adrianh M. Orozco
fig. f Adrianh M. Orozco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24157224
Dioon edule, photographed by Adrianh M. Orozco
fig. g Adrianh M. Orozco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24158446
Dioon edule, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. h Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12344122

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Dioon edule is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast Mexico GulfMexico Northeast
Native distribution of Dioon edule, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dioon edule f. edule
  • Dioon edule f. edule
  • Dioon edule f. imbricatum (Miq.) Miq.
  • Dioon edule f. lanuginosum J.Schust.
  • Dioon edule subsp. edule
  • Dioon edule var. edule
  • Dioon edule var. imbricatum Abel
  • Dioon edule var. lanuginosum (J.Schust.) Wittm.
  • Dioon imbricatum Miq.
  • Dioon strobilaceum Lem. ex A.DC.
  • Dioon strobilaceum Lem.
  • Macrozamia littoralis Liebm. ex Dyer
  • Macrozamia pectinata Liebm. ex Dyer
  • Platyzamia rigida Zucc.
  • Zamia maeleni Miq.
  • Zamia maelenii Miq.
  • Zamia rigida Karw. ex J.Schust.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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