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Cycas nathorstii J.Schust.

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Taxon overview

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu), N Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2cd+4cd

Nomenclature

Published: Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV.1(Heft 99): 76, fig. 10e (1932). [BHL]

Type

Collector:
Thwaites 3689
Locality:
Central and northern Sri Lanka
Date:
1866
Type location(s):
LT:G; IT:A, K, LE, P
Etymology: Honoring Dr. Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (1850–1921), Swedish palaeobotanist and professor at the Natural History Museum in Stockholm. [source]
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References (5)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Cycas nathorstii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42094A68906510. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Whitelock LM . 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. WLoC
Description, Etymology
de Laubenfels DJ, Adema F. 1998. A taxonomic revision of the genera Cycas and Epicycas gen. nov. (Cycadaceae). Blumea 43 (2) : 351-400. WLoC URL
Synonym Pages: 360
Notes: As synonym of Cycas sphaerica
Schuster J. 1932. Cycadaceae. Pflanzenr. (Engler) 99 : 1-168. WLoC
Protologue Pages: 76
Notes: Protologue description