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

First published in: Telopea 5(2): 419-422. (1993).

Etymology: From the Latin arenarius (‘sand’), referring to its occurrence in broken sandstone country. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: J. Russell-Smith & J. Brock 8502
Locality: Australia: Northern Territory: upper East Alligator River (12048'S 133021'E) , 7 September 1991
Type Location(s): HT:NSW; IT:DNA

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened

References (3)

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]
As synonym of Cycas furfuracea
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1993
Hill KD. 1993. Cycas arenicola (Cycadaceae), a new species from the Northern Territory of Australia. Telopea 5 (2) : 419-422.
Protologue description