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Cycas apoa K.D.Hill [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

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

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]

Nomenclatural Type Information
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

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

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

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