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Cycas sphaerica Roxb. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 747. (1832). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin sphaerica (‘spherical’), referring to the rounded seeds. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Roxburgh
Locality: ex hort. Calcutta , 1808
Type Location(s): LT:BM
Type notes: Lectotype designated by Hill (1995): Taxon 44(1):25

Taxonomic Synonyms:

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

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

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Data Deficient

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India (Andhra Pradesh)

References (6)

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.
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.
2014
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.
Geographic distribution expanded
1832
Roxburgh W. 1832. Cycas. p. 744-749.
1832
Roxburgh W. 1832. Cycas. Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3 : 747.
Protologue description