Tags: Cycad.
Dioon is a genus of cycads in the family Zamiaceae. It contains 11 accepted species that are native to Mexico Honduras and Nicaragua. Their habitats include tropical forests pine-oak forest and dry hillsides canyons and coastal dunes.Dioons are dioecious palmlike shrubs with cylindrical stems usually with many leaves. Leaf bases are persistent or shedding to leave smooth bark. The genus is commonly divided into two groups of distinct morphology. The first includes D. mejiae D.
