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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 A2c

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India (Assam)

References (8)

Comment(s)
1999
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. [Reference]
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]
Description
1826
Hamilton F. 1826. Commentary on the Herbarium Amboinense. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5 : 322-324.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2004
Hill KD, Nguyên TH, Lôc PK. 2004. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Vietnam. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70 (2): 134-193. [JSTOR]
1999
Hill KD, Yang SL. 1999. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Thailand. Brittonia 51 (1): 48-73. [JSTOR]
Description
2008
Hill KD. 2008. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in China. Telopea 12 (1) : 71-118.
Description
1868
Miquel FA. 1868. Noveaux matériaux pour servir á la connaissance des Cycadées. Premiere partie. Organes sexuels. Cycas.. Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 3 : 193-241.