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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]

Nomenclatural Type Information

Type Location(s): LT: t. 19, in Rheede, Hort. Malab, 3 (1682)

Taxonomic Synonyms:

= Cycas circinalis subsp. vera J.Schust., Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV.1(Heft 99): 66-67. (1932).
= Cycas circinalis var. angustifolia Miq., Comm. Phytogr.: 119. (1840).
= Cycas undulata Desf. ex Gaudich., Voy. Uranie, Bot.: 434. (1829).
= Cycas wallichii Miq., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 36(6): 552-554, fig. 1. (1998).

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

≡ Cycas circinalis f. circinalis , Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV.1(Heft 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 A2cd+4cd

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References (20)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI Etymology
Varghese A, Krishnamurthy V, Ticktin T. 2012. Harvest, use, and ecology of Cycas circinalis L.— A case study in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve area, Western Ghats, India. In: Stevenson DW, Osborne R, Taylor Blake AS, editors . Proceedings of Cycad 2008, The 8th International Conference on Cycad Biology. p. 178-191. WLoC URL
Varghese A, Krishnamurthy V, Garnesan R, Manu K. 2010. Cycas circinalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42089A10627275. WLoC DOI Red List Assessment
Saneesh CS, Varghese A. 2007. Mutualistic relationships involving the endemic Cycas circinalis L.: Field notes from the Appankappu forests, Nilambur, Kerala, India. Cycad Newslett. 30 (4) : 28-29. WLoC
Singh R, Radha P. 2006. A new species of Cycas from the Malabar Coast, Western Ghats, India. Brittonia 58 (2) : 119-123. WLoC JSTOR

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