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Cycas taitungensis C.F.Shen, K.D.Hill, C.H.Tsou & C.J.Chen [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 35(2): 135-138. (1994).

Etymology: Referring to its occurrence in the prefecture of Taitung, a mountainous region in southeastern Taiwan. [source]

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

Distribution: China (Taiwan)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A3e; B1ab(v)

References (6)

Comment(s)
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
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
2007
Nazor C. 2007. How Cycas taitungensis found its name. Cycad Newslett. 30 (3) : 8-10.
1994
Shen C-F, Hill KD, Tsou C-H, Chen C-J. 1994. Cycas taitungensis C.F. Shen, K.D. Hill, C.H. Tsou & C.J. Chen, sp. nov. (Cycadaceae), a new name for the widely known cycad species endemic in Taiwan. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 35 (2): 133-140.