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Cycas zeylanica (J.Schust.) A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Novon 12(2): 238. (2002). [BHL]

Etymology: From ‘Zeylona’, Latinized rendering of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), referring to where the type specimen was collected. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): BAS: C. rumphii subsp. zeylanica
Basionym: Cycas rumphii subsp. zeylanica J.Schust.

Taxonomic Synonyms:

Distribution: India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), S Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered A2ac

References (2)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2002
Lindström AJ, Hill KD. 2002. Notes on the species of Cycas (Cycadaceae) from Sri Lanka and islands of the Andaman Sea. Novon 12 (2): 237-240.
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