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Cycas micronesica K.D.Hill [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Austral. Syst. Bot. 7(6): 554-556, fig. 10. (1994).

Etymology: Referring to its region of endemism. [source]

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

Distribution: Guam, Micronesia (Yap), Northern Mariana Islands (Rota), Palau

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A4ace

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References (10)

Comment(s)
1998
de Laubenfels DJ, Adema F. 1998. A taxonomic revision of the genera Cycas and Epicycas gen. nov. (Cycadaceae). Blumea 43 (2): 351-400. [Reference]
As synonym of Cycas celebica
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1994
Hill KD. 1994. The Cycas rumphii complex (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea and the western Pacific. Austral. Syst. Bot. 7 (6) : 543-567.
Protologue description
1998
Marler TE, Hirsch H. 1998. Guam’s Cycas micronesica populations ravaged by supertyphoon Paka. HortScience 33 (7): 1116-1119.
2005
Marler TE, Lee V, Shaw CA. 2005. Cycad toxins and neurological diseases in Guam: defining theoretical and experimental standards for correlating human disease with environmental toxins. HortScience 40 (6): 1598-1606.
2005
Marler TE, Lee V, Shaw CA. 2005. Spatial variation of steryl glucosides in Cycas micronesica plants: Within- and among-plant sampling procedures. HortScience 40 (6): 1607-1611.
2007
Marler TE, Lee V, Shaw CA. 2007. Storage does not influence steryl glucoside concentration in Cycas micronesica seeds. HortScience 42 (3): 626-628.
2007
Marler TE. 2007. Age influences photosynthetic capacity of Cycas micronesica leaves. In: Vovides AP, Stevenson DW, Osborne R, editors. Proceedings of Cycad 2005: The 7th Intl Conference on Cycad Biology. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 97. New York: NYBG Press. p. 194-203.
2012
Marler TE. 2012. Cycad Aulacaspis scale invades the Mariana Islands. p. 20-35. [Reference]
2004
Marler TE. 2004. Leaf physiology of shade-grown Cycas micronesica leaves following removal of shade. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70 (1) : 63-71. [JSTOR]