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Cycas pruinosa Maconochie [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 1(3): 177-178, fig. 2. (1978).

Etymology: From the Latin pruinosus (‘covered with a waxy whitish bloom’), referring to the glaucous, whitish-blue leaves. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): HT:DNA

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, WA)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

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References (4)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Cycas pruinosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41993A69155381. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
de Laubenfels DJ, Adema F. 1998. A taxonomic revision of the genera Cycas and Epicycas gen. nov. (Cycadaceae). Blumea 43 (2) : 351-400. WLoC URL
Description Pages: 387-388
Notes: Description
Maconochie JR. 1978. Two new species of Cycas from Northern Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 1 (3) : 175-178. WLoC
Protologue Pages: 177-178 Plates: fig. 2
Notes: Protologue description