Dioon mejiae

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Dioon mejiae

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Dioon
Species: D. mejiae
Binomial name
Dioon mejiae
Standley, 1951

Dioon mejiae is a cycad native to Honduras and Nicaragua. It is also known as palma teosinte, teocinte, teocinta (female), teocintle, teocsinte, teosinte, tiusinte, tusinte. All are translated to mean "sacred ear."

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