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Cycas pectinata Buch.-Ham.

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Taxon overview

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

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2cd+4cd

Nomenclature

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

Type

Collector:
Hooker, JD; Thompson 6
Locality:
Chittagong
Date:
1855
Type location(s):
LT:K
Type notes:
Type designated by de Laubenfels & Adema
Etymology: From the Latin pectinatus (‘comb-like’), referring to the long, comb-like teeth of the megasporophylls. [source]

Names and synonymy

Nomenclatural synonyms

Taxonomic synonyms

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