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Cycas
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Cycas is a genus of cycad, and the only genus in the family Cycadaceae with all other genera of cycad being within the Zamiaceae family. Cycas circinalis, a species endemic to India, was the first cycad species to be described in western literature, and is the type species of the genus.Type Location(s): LT:t. 19, in Rheede, Hort. Malab, 3 (1682)
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Cycas is a genus of plants in the family Cycadaceae, belonging to the class Cycadopsida and order Cycadales within the phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is cited as Cycas L., and the taxon is accepted at the genus rank. It is commonly known as the sago cycad.
The genus has been introduced to Alabama, the Azores, Mauritius, Niue, Rodrigues, and Réunion. Records indicate presence in Mexico, the United States, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Indonesia. The species often grows on poor, sandy soils, sometimes in seasonally inundated areas.
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Species
Sago cycad
Cycas
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassCycadopsida
- OrderCycadales
- FamilyCycadaceae
General: and on poor, sandy soils, sometimes seasonally inundated (Cycas apoa
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 436
- With media
- 250
- Family
- Cycadaceae
- Collections
- CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, INECOL, MICH, RSA, US, MEL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Fiji
Research
444 papers- Cycas revoluta intoxication.Medicina clinica · 2024
- The distribution, diversity, and conservation status of Cycas in China.Ecology and evolution · 2017
- Submicron-scale chromatin architecture in Cycas revoluta pollen nuclei.Molecular reproduction and development · 2024
- Cycad seeds and chronic neurologic disease (Cycas species).Disease-a-month : DM · 2009
- The Cycas genome and the early evolution of seed plants.Nature plants · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Range
- Evolution
- Conservation status
- Phylogeny
- References
- External links
Cycas is a genus of cycad, and the only genus in the family Cycadaceae with all other genera of cycad being within the Zamiaceae family. Cycas circinalis, a species endemic to India, was the first cycad species to be described in western literature, and is the type species of the genus.
As of April 2024, there are 119 accepted species within the genus Cycas, all of which are native to Asia, Oceania, and eastern Africa and the Indian ocean region, with the largest number of species native to Australia, China and Vietnam.
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