Synonym
Nomenclatural status
Taxonomic synonym of Cycas sphaerica Roxb.
Name details
Published: Indian J. Pl. Sci. [Jaipur] 3(2): 151-153, t. II (2014).
Nomenclatural notes: Described from cultivated plants in Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Calcutta. Provenance unknown but reported as 'perhaps introduced from Andaman & Nicobar Islands'. Considered similar but distinct from Cycas rumphii Miq. in the protologue description, but treated here as a nomen dubium due to a lack of descriptive and diagnostic characters combined with the unknown provenance of the cultivated material from which the type was collected. Sporophyll depicted in protologue is most similar to that of Cycas thouarsii (A.J. Lindstrom, pers. comm).
Type
- Collector:
- R. C. Srivastava cy 202
- Locality:
- India, West Bengal, cultivated at Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Calcutta.
- Type location(s):
- H—CAL
Name relationships and notes
Synonymy notes: Synonymy under C. sphaerica following Singh & Misra 2020 in Indian Journal of Forestry 43(1), pp.46-57, 2020 .
Accepted name
This name is a synonym of Cycas sphaerica Roxb. .