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Cycas rumphii Miq. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Néerl. 2: 45. (1839).

Etymology: Honoring Georg Eberhard Rumpf (a.k.a. Rumphius, 1628–1702), German-born Dutch naturalist, botanist, merchant, and physician with the Dutch East India Company. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): LT: t. 23, Rumphius Herb. Amb. 1741

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Distribution: Australia (Ashmore Reef, Christmas Island), Indonesia (Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Papua, Papua Barat, Sulawesi Utara, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tenggara), Papua New Guinea (East New Britain, Madang, New Ireland, West Sepik)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened A2cd

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
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Hill KD. 2010. Cycas rumphii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42081A10623127. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Lindström AJ, Hill KD, Stanberg L. 2009. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Indonesia. Telopea 12 (3) : 385-418. WLoC DOI

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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
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Hill KD. 1994. The Cycas rumphii complex (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea and the western Pacific. Austral. Syst. Bot. 7 (6) : 543-567. WLoC
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