Cycas circinalis L. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1188. (1753). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin circinalis (‘coiled inward’), referring to the circinate leaflet development. [source]

Taxonomic Synonyms:

• = Cycas circinalis subsp. vera J.Schust., in Engler, Pflanzenr. 99: 66-67. (1932).
  
• = Cycas circinalis var. angustifolia Miq., Comm. Phytogr.: 119. (1840).
  
• = Cycas undulata Desf. ex Gaudich., Voy. Uranie, Bot.: 434. (1829).
  
  ≡ Cycas circinalis f. undulata (Desf. ex Gaudich.) J.Schust., in Engler, Pflanzenr. 99: 66. (1932).
  
  ≡ Cycas rumphii f. undulata (Desf. ex Gaudich.) Kaneh., J. Jap. Bot. 14(9): 587. (1938).
  
• = Cycas wallichii Miq., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 36(6): 552-554, fig. 1. (1998).
  

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

• ≡ Cycas circinalis f. circinalis , in Engler, Pflanzenr. 99: 66. (1932).
  
• ≡ Cycas circinalis L. subsp. circinalis , Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas 2(1): 82. (1908).
  
• ≡ Cycas circinalis var. circinalis , Comm. Phytogr.: 119. (1840).
  

Distribution: India (Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2acd

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