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Allozyme variation in the three extant populations of the narrowly endemic cycad Dioon angustifolium Miq. (Zamiaceae) from North-eastern Mexico.
Annals of botany - 1 May 2005
González-Astorga Jorge, Vovides Andrew P, Cruz-Angon Andrea, Octavio-Aguilar Pablo, Iglesias Carlos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Dioon angustifolium was considered within D. edule. Recent morphometric and allozyme studies on D. edule have shown that D. angustifolium has originated from geographic isolation and is therefore considered to be a separate species. This cycad is endemic to north-eastern Mexico and is known only from three populations in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain chain. Its populations are small when...
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