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Cycas pectinata Buch.-Ham. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5(2): 322-323. (1826). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin pectinatus (‘comb-like’), referring to the long, comb-like teeth of the megasporophylls. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): LT:K
Type notes: Type designated by de Laubenfels & Adema

Taxonomic Synonyms:

  • = Cycas jenkinsiana Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 9-10, pl. 360, figs. 1-2, pl. 362, fig. 1. (1854).

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal), Nepal

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable A2cd+4cd

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Geographic Distribution

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India (Assam)

References (9)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Nguyen HT. 2010. Cycas pectinata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42062A10617695. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Hill KD. 2008. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in China. Telopea 12 (1) : 71-118. WLoC DOI
Description Pages: 110-114
Notes: Description
Hill KD, Nguyên TH, Lôc PK. 2004. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Vietnam. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70 (2) : 134-193. WLoC DOI JSTOR
Pages: 170-173
Chen CJ, Stevenson DW. 1999. Cycadaceae. In: Wu ZY, Raven PH, editors . Flora of China, vol. 4, Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Beijing: Science Press/Saint Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 1-7. WLoC URL
Description Pages: 7