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Cycas balansae Warb. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Monsunia 1: 179. (1900).

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]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Balansa 4084
Locality: Vietnam: near Hanoi , Mar 1889
Type Location(s): LT:P; ILT:G-DC, G, K

Taxonomic Synonyms:

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

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

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

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened

References (6)

Comment(s)
1999
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. [Reference]
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 Epicycas tonkinensis
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2004
Hill KD, Nguyên TH, Lôc PK. 2004. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Vietnam. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70 (2): 134-193. [JSTOR]
Description, Typification: lectotype designation
2008
Hill KD. 2008. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in China. Telopea 12 (1) : 71-118.
Description, Lectotype designation
1900
Warburg, O, editors. Cycadaceae. Monsunia 1900;1(Pt 1):178-181..
Protologue description