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Cycas revoluta Thunb. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Verh. Holl. Maatsch Weetensch. Haarlem 20(2): 424, 426-427. (1782).

Etymology: From the Latin revolutus (‘rolled’), referring to the revolute leaflet margins. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): LT:UPS

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Distribution: China (Fujian), Japan (Ryukyu Islands)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

Image Gallery (5 observation records)

Japan (Kyushu)

Japan (Okinawa)

Japan (Okinawa)

Japan (Okinawa)

Japan (Okinawa)

References (27)

Comment(s)
1789
Aiton W. 1789. Palmae. Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3 : 473-479. [JSTOR]
2011
Calonje M. 2011. Phenology of Cycas revoluta in South Florida. Cycad Newslett. 34 (2) : 42-43.
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
1994
Dehgan B, Durando JE, Yeager TH. 1994. Symptoms and treatment of manganese deficiency in Cycas revoluta Thunb.. HortScience 29 (6): 645-648.
1826
Gaudichaud-Beaupr C. 1826. Cycadeae, Observations sur le Cycas circinalis. p. 434-441.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2008
Hill KD. 2008. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in China. Telopea 12 (1) : 71-118.
Description, lectotype designation
2007
Hsieh E, Haynes JL. 2007. King sago (Cycas revoluta) production in Taiwan, with comments on cycad aulacaspis scale and the endemic C. taitungensis. Cycad Newslett. 30 (3): 11-13.
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.