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:
R.C. Srivastava cy 201
Locality:
West Bengal: Howrah district, Shibpur, AJCBIB Garden,
Date:
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.) .

Distribution: India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands Territory)

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 .

References (3)

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Singh L. 2022. Cycas sainathii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T103631608A103632270. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Srivastava RC. 2014. A new species of Cycas from India. Indian J. Pl. Sci. [Jaipur] 3 (1) : 109-110. WLoC
Protologue
Protologue Pages: 109-110 Plates: pl. 1
Notes: Protologue description