Dioon holmgrenii | |
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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 habitat.
There are only two known subpopulations.[2]