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Subcategories

• Cycas angulata
• Cycas apoa
• Cycas balansae
• Cycas beddomei
• Cycas calcicola
• Cycas circinalis
• Cycas couttsiana
• Cycas furfuracea
• Cycas media
• Cycas micholitzii
• Cycas miquelii
• Cycas pectinata
• Cycas platyphylla
• Cycas revoluta
• Cycas rumphii
• Cycas simplicipinna
• Cycas taitungensis
• Cycas taiwaniana

Resources in This Category

• Cycas

  http://www.conifers.org/cy/
  Description of the genus.

• Cycas

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/cyckey.html
  Key to the species and description.

• Cycas arenicola

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+arenicola
  Occurs in broken sandstone country. Etymology, description, habitat, and an illustration.

• Cycas armstrongii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+armstrongii
  Named after collector John Armstrong. Photo, historical notes, distinguishing features, and typification.

• Cycas arnhemica

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+arnhemica
  Named after its habitat, central Arnhem Land in Australia. Detailed description, illustrations, and a subspecies.

• Cycas badensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+badensis
  Occurs on Australia's Badu Island. Description of relevant morphological features.

• Cycas basaltica

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+basaltica
  Prefers basaltic lithologies. Distinguishing features, historical notes, structural details, and habitat.

• Cycas bougainvilleana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+bougainvilleana
  Distributed and developed on Bougainville Island, Australia. Illustrations, a detailed description, and local vernacular terms for the plant.

• Cycas brunnea

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+brunnea
  Considered a restricted species. Detailed description, conservation status, and habitat.

• Cycas cairnsiana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+cairnsiana
  Under considerable long-term threat from commercial collectors. Distinguishing features, habitat, and conservation status notes.

• Cycas campestris

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+campestris
  Occurs in open grassy country. Detailed structural description, habitat, and distinguishing characteristics.

• Cycas canalis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+canalis
  Occurs at Channel Point, Australia. Distinguishing features, distribution, and subspecies.

• Cycas chamaoensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+chamaoensis
  The mountain of Khao Chamao is the only known habitat of this endangered species. Details, photos, historical notes, and conservation status.

• Cycas chamberlainii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+chamberlainii
  Detailed morphological description of this green, glossy-leaved species.

• Cycas changjiangensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+changjiangensis
  This threatened species originates in Changjiang county in western Hainan province, China. Photos, a detailed description, habitat, and conservation status.

• Cycas chevalieri

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+chevalieri
  Honoring French botanist, explorer and historian Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier. Illustrations, structural details, etymology, habitat, and historical notes.

• Cycas clivicola

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+clivicola
  Lives on cliffs in Thailand. Historical notes, relevant literature, images, and subspecies details.

• Cycas condaoensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+condaoensis
  Found on the Con Dao group in Vietnam. Photos, details, physical characteristics, and historical notes.

• Cycas conferta

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+conferta
  Occurs on sandy soils over granites or coarse sandstones. Etymology, distinguishing features, morphology, and conservation status.

• Cycas curranii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+curranii
  Named after forester and collector H. M. Curran. Physical description, distribution details, and related literature.

• Cycas debaoensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+debaoensis
  Endangered species found in the county of Debao in western Guangxi province, China. Distinguishing features, illustrations, habitat details, and conservation status.

• Cycas desolata

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+desolata
  Known only from two populations near Charters Towers, Australia. Distinguishing features and detailed morphology.

• Cycas edentata

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+edentata
  Formerly described as a subspecies of Cycas circinalis. Detailed description, etymology, distribution, images, and relevant literature.

• Cycas elongata

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+elongata
  Grows on coastal hills in southern Vietnam. Photos, morhology, etymology, and references.

• Cycas guizhouensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+guizhouensis
  This endangered species is typical of low, scrubby forests on steep slopes on limestone bluffs or screes. Description, photos, etymology, conservation status and history.

• Cycas hainanensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+hainanensis
  Known only from the wetter, eastern parts of Hainan Island. Illustrated physical description, etymology, history, conservation status and related history.

• Cycas hongheensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+hongheensis
  Endangered due to ornamental usage. Distinguishing characteristics, morphology, history, literature, and etymology.

• Cycas inermis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+inermis
  Although the third species of Cycas to be recognized, this taxon has never been properly understood. Typification and historical notes, detailed description with illustrations, habitat and literature.

• Cycas javana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+javana
  Discovered in 1842 on the island of Java and is now threatened with extinction. Etymology, morphological details, history and conservation status.

• Cycas lane-poolei

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+lane-poolei
  Occurs in the north-west of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Distinguishing characteristics, habitat, and historical notes.

• Cycas lindstromii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+lindstromii
  Named after Anders Lindström, a cycad enthusiast from Sweden. Pictures, morphological details, etymology, history, and conservation status for this endangered species.

• Cycas litoralis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+litoralis
  Prefers seashore habitats. Distinguishing features, physical description, conservation status, and relevant references.

• Cycas maconochiei

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+maconochiei
  Honoring the late botanist John Maconochie. Distinctive characteristics, etymology, habitat, and detailed morphological information on subspecies.

• Cycas macrocarpa

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+macrocarpa
  Lives mainly in rainforests, which puts it at risk for extinction by habitat reduction. Illustrations, etymology, structural details, and extensive historical notes.

• Cycas megacarpa

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+megacarpa
  Named for its distinctive large seeds. Morphological description, conservation status, habitat, and etymology.

• Cycas micronesica

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+micronesica
  Endemic to Micronesia, the Marianas Group and the western Caroline Islands. Distinguishing features, description, conservation status, etymology, and historical notes.

• Cycas multipinnata

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+multipinnata
  Distinguished by its complex, branched leaflets. Illustrations, detailed morphology, distribution and habitat, conservation status, and historical notes.

• Cycas nathorstii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+nathorstii
  Honoring Swedish palaeobotanist Alfred Gabriel Nathorst. Historical notes, distinctive characteristics, photos, structural details, and conservation status.

• Cycas nongnoochiae

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+nongnoochiae
  From the Nong Nooch tropical garden in Thailand. Physical description, distinguishing features, conservation status and habitat.

• Cycas ophiolitica

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+ophiolitica
  Mainly occurs on serpentinite-derived soils. Distinct features, morphology, etymology, and historical notes.

• Cycas orientis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+orientis
  Abundant and widespread in Arnhem Land, Australia. Structural details, distinguishing characteristics, and habitat information.

• Cycas panzhihuaensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+panzhihuaensis
  Occurs in the Panzihua Prefecture of southern Szechuan Province, China. Morphology, illustrations, conservation status and historical notes.

• Cycas papuana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+papuana
  Originates from Papua New Guinea. Physical description, distinct characteristics, and historical notes.

• Cycas parvulus

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+parvulus
  Contains several illustrations and a search link for other online resources regarding the taxon.

• Cycas pranburiensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+pranburiensis
  From the province of Pranburi in Thailand. Morphological description, images, distinguishing features, and history.

• Cycas pruinosa

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+pruinosa
  Covered with a waxy, whitish bloom. Physical description, distinguishing characteristics, illustration, and habitat.

• Cycas riuminiana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+riuminiana
  Widespread in inland and mountain-closed forests in the northern parts of the Philippines. Structural features, etymology, and historical notes.

• Cycas schumanniana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+schumanniana
  Grassland species abundant in savannah forests in Papua New Guinea. Pictures, morphology, distinguishing features, etymology, and history.

• Cycas scratchleyana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+scratchleyana
  Honoring English colonial administrator Sir Peter Henry Scratchley. Distinguishing features, structural details, distribution and habitat, conservation status, and history.

• Cycas seemannii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+seemannii
  Usually found on calcareous beach dune sands or coral limestone formations. Morphology, images, history, features, and local vernacular terms.

• Cycas segmentifida

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+segmentifida
  Extremely widespread although severely depleted species through western Guangxi, China. Detailed description, conservation notes, and distinguishing characteristics.

• Cycas semota

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+semota
  Occurs in the farthest extremity of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Morphological description, distinctive features, distribution, and conservation status.

• Cycas siamensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+siamensis
  This species was described when Thailand was Kingdom of Siam. Historical notes, illustrations, morphology, and related literature.

• Cycas silvestris

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+silvestris
  The name refers to the species' closed forest habitat. Photo, distinguishing features, conservation status, and detailed description.

• Cycas spherica

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+spherica
  Known for its rounded seeds, this taxon calls India home. Historical notes, detailed morphology, and distinctive characteristics.

• Cycas szechuanensis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+szechuanensis
  From Szechuan province, China. Morphology, historical notes, conservation status, and habitat details.

• Cycas tanqingii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+tanqingii
  Honouring Tan-Qing, director of the Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanic Garden at the time this species was described. Distinguishing features, morphology, and conservation status.

• Cycas tansachana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+tansachana
  Honouring Kampon Tansacha, of the Nong nooch Tropical Gardens, Thailand. Morphology, images, habitat, and conservation status.

• Cycas thouarsii

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+thouarsii
  Named after French botanist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars. Historical notes, distinguishing features, and illustrated morphological description.

• Cycas tuckeri

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+tuckeri
  Named after its discoverer Robert Tucker. Photograph, physical characteristics, distribution, and conservation status.

• Cycas wadei

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+wadei
  Honoring medical doctor H.W. Wade. Historical notes, images, conservation status, structural details, distribution and habitat.

• Cycas xipholepis

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+xipholepis
  Gets its name from its swordlike cataphylls. Detailed description, distribution, and conservation status.

• Cycas yorkiana

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+yorkiana
  Occurs on the Cape York Peninsula. Distinct characteristics, conservation status, morphology, and distribution.

• Cycas zeylanica

  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas+zeylanica
  Found in Sri Lanka. Historical notes, detailed morphological description, features, habitat, and conservation status.

 

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