Cycad Names | Cycas sainathii R.C.Srivast.

Cycas sainathii R.C.Srivast. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO]

First published in: Indian J. Pl. Sci. [Jaipur] 3(1): 109-110, pl. 1. (2014).

Etymology: Honoring Sirdi ke Sai Baba, who gave his blessing to study this species. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: R.C. Srivastava cy 201
Locality: West Bengal: Howrah district, Shibpur, AJCBIB Garden, , 6 Feb 2014
Type Location(s): HT:CAL
Type notes: Described from cultivated plants in Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Calcutta. Provenance unknown but reported as 'probably introduced from Andaman & Nicobar Islands'. Considered similar but distinct from Cycas zeylanica (J.Schust.) A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill in the protologue description. Sporophyll depicted in protologue does match material from the Andaman Islands (A.J. Lindstrom, pers. comm.) .

This name is considered a synonym of Cycas zeylanica (J.Schust.) A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill

Synonymy Notes: Placed into synonymy under C. zeylanica following Singh & Misra 2020 in Indian Journal of Forestry 43(1), pp.46-57, 2020 .

Distribution: India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands Territory)

References (2)

Comment(s)
2014
Srivastava RC. 2014. A new species of Cycas from India. Indian J. Pl. Sci. [Jaipur] 3 (1) : 109-110.
2014
Srivastava RC. 2014. A new species of Cycas from India. Indian J. Pl. Sci. [Jaipur] 3 (1) : 109-110.
Protologue description