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Cycas pruinosa Maconochie [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 1(3): 177-178, fig. 2. (1978).

Etymology: From the Latin pruinosus (‘covered with a waxy whitish bloom’), referring to the glaucous, whitish-blue leaves. [source]

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

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, WA)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

References (3)

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]
Description
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1978
Maconochie JR. 1978. Two new species of Cycas from Northern Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 1 (3) : 175-178.
Protologue description