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Cycas sphaerica Roxb.

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Taxon overview

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)

IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii,v)

Nomenclature

Published: Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 747 (1832). [BHL]

Type

Collector:
Roxburgh
Locality:
Calcutta Botanic Garden
Date:
1808
Type location(s):
LT:BM
Type notes:
Lectotype: ex hort. Calcutta, Roxburgh s.n., 1808 (BM); BM accession is not a collector number.
Etymology: From the Latin sphaerica (‘spherical’), referring to the rounded seeds. [source]

Names and synonymy

Taxonomic synonyms

  • = Cycas darshii R.C.Srivast. & Jana, Indian J. Pl. Sci. [Jaipur] 3(2): 151-153, t. II. (2014).
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Image Gallery India Andhra Pradesh

1 observation · 3 photos

Rehel, S s.n.

2015-03-25 · 3 photos

Rehel, S s.n., photo 1 Rehel, S s.n., photo 2 Rehel, S s.n., photo 3

References (6)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Rao JP, Kumar MR, Rao VSR, Kumar OA, Venkaiah M. 2014. New population of Cycas sphaerica Roxb. (Cycadaceae) discovered in Pinjarikonda Reserve Forest, Andhra Pradesh, India. J. Threat. Taxa 6 (6) : 5871-5874. WLoC DOI

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Varghese A, Krishnamurthy V. 2010. Cycas sphaerica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42096A10630812. WLoC DOI
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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
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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. WLoC

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