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Cycas revoluta Thunb. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Verh. Holl. Maatsch Weetensch. Haarlem 20(2): 424, 426-427. (1782).

Etymology: From the Latin revolutus (‘rolled’), referring to the revolute leaflet margins. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type location(s):
LT:UPS

Distribution: China (Fujian), Japan (Ryukyu Islands)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

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Japan (Okinawa)

Japan (Okinawa)

Japan (Okinawa)

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