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Cycas elephantipes A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Brittonia 54(4): 301, fig. 3 (2002 publ. 2003). (2003).

Etymology: From the Greek elephas (‘elephant’) and the Latin suffix -pes (‘foot’), referring to the distinctive large, swollen base that resembles an elephant’s foot. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): HT:BKF

Distribution: Thailand (Chaiyaphum)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2d; B1ab(v)

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Thailand (Chaiyaphum)

References (2)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2003
Lindström AJ, Hill KD. 2003. New species and a new record of Cycas (Cycadaceae) from Thailand. Brittonia 54 (4): 298-304. [JSTOR]
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