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Also known as Cycad, Cycads

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

Native toAldabra, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros

Observations21,954

Observations recorded19,606

General: and on poor, sandy soils, sometimes seasonally inundated (Cycas apoa

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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

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