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Cycas apoa K.D.Hill

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Taxon overview

Distribution: Indonesia (Maluku Utara, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua, Papua Barat), Papua New Guinea (West Sepik, Morobe)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Nomenclature

Published: Austral. Syst. Bot. 7(6): 553-554, fig. 9 (1994).

Type

Collector:
G. Iwanggin BW5245
Locality:
Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Babrongko, S. coast of Lake Sentani
Date:
4 April 1957
Type location(s):
HT:CANB; IT:A, BRI, LAE, L
Etymology: From a rendering of the local vernacular name in the Kaka language (pronounced AP-wah), as spoken around the Sepik estuary in northwestern New Guinea. [source]
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References (5)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Hill KD. 2010. Cycas apoa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42068A10642573. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Lindström AJ, Hill KD, Stanberg L. 2009. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Indonesia. Telopea 12 (3) : 385-418. WLoC DOI

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Description Pages: 390-392 Plates: fig. 2a
Notes: Description
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
Synonym Pages: 370
Notes: As synonym of Cycas scratchleyana
Hill KD. 1994. The Cycas rumphii complex (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea and the western Pacific. Austral. Syst. Bot. 7 (6) : 543-567. WLoC
Protologue Pages: 553-554
Notes: Protologue description