**Acknowledgements**

GRM thanks the support of CONACYT (Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies 290685) and the PMPCA-UASLP. The Cycad Society financed the research through the project "The chamal (*Dioon edule* Lindl.) in the state of San Luis Potosí" and CONACYT (104739), granted to LYE. IICA financed the project "The Chamal, a toxic but also edible cycad" granted to AP. We thank Raymundo Mora for his support in the field and Marc Hersh for his laboratory support.

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Joel Flores<sup>5</sup>

Mexico

Gabriel Rubio-Méndez1

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

, Alberto Prado2

1 Faculty of Natural Sciences, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro,

2 Juriquilla Unit, National School of Superior Studies, Queretaro, Mexico

3 Department of Plant Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University,

4 Institute for Research on Desert Zones, Autonomous University of San Luis

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