The Cycads
A relict plantgroup of the past
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Family
characters
Bowenia
Ceratozamia
Cycas
Dioon
Encephalartos
Lepidozamia
Macrozamia
Microcycas
Stangeria
Zamia
Description
Dioon
(Zamiaceae)
Stems columnar, erect, usually simple. The pinnate leaves with coriaceous
pinnae. Male cones cylindric, female cones elliptic-ovoid.
D. mejiae - female in cone
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D. merolae - female in cone
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D. purpusii - male in cone
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