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Cycas balansae Warb.

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Taxon overview

Distribution: China (Guangxi), Vietnam (Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc)

IUCN Red List: Endangered A2acd+4acd

Nomenclature

Published: Monsunia 1: 179 (1900).

Type

Collector:
Balansa 4084
Locality:
Vietnam: near Hanoi
Date:
Mar 1889
Type location(s):
LT:P; ILT:G-DC, G, K
Etymology: Honoring Benedict Balansa (1825–1892), French naturalist and botanical explorer who collected extensively in Asia for the Museum of Natural History in Paris and who discovered this species in northern Vietnam. [source]

Names and synonymy

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Taxonomic synonyms

Synonymy notes: Lectotype designated by Hill (2008) in Telopea 12(1): 91

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References (7)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Nguyen HT. 2010. Cycas balansae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42069A10642849. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Hill KD. 2008. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in China. Telopea 12 (1) : 71-118. WLoC DOI
Description, Typification Pages: 91-93
Notes: Description, Lectotype designation
Hill KD, Nguyên TH, Lôc PK. 2004. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Vietnam. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70 (2) : 134-193. WLoC DOI JSTOR
Description, typification Pages: 148-149
Notes: Description, Typification: lectotype designation
Chen CJ, Stevenson DW. 1999. Cycadaceae. In: Wu ZY, Raven PH, editors . Flora of China, vol. 4, Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Beijing: Science Press/Saint Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 1-7. WLoC URL
Description Pages: 3-4