Cycas

Cycas revoluta

Taxonavigation

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Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Cycadophyta
Classis: Cycadopsida
Ordo: Cycadales
Subordo: Cycadineae
Familia: Cycadaceae
Genus: Cycas
Species: C. aculeata - C. angulata - C. apoa - C. arenicola - C. armstrongii - C. arnhemica - C. badensis - C. balansae - C. basaltica - C. beddomei - C. bifida - C. bougainvilleana - C. brachycantha - C. brunnea - C. cairnsiana - C. calcicola - C. campestris - C. canalis - C. candida - C. chamaoensis - C. changjiangensis - C. chevalieri - C. circinalis - C. clivicola - C. collina - C. condaoensis - C. conferta - C. couttsiana - C. curranii - C. debaoensis - C. desolata - C. diannanensis - C. dolichophylla - C. edentata - C. elephantipes - C. elongata - C. falcata - C. fairylakea - C. ferruginea - C. fugax - C. furfuracea - C. guizhouensis - C. hainanensis - C. hoabinhensis - C. hongheensis - C. inermis - C. javana - C. lane-poolei - C. lindstromii - C. litoralis - C. maconochiei - C. macrocarpa - C. media - C. megacarpa - C. micholitzii - C. micronesica - C. multipinnata - C. nathorstii - C. nongnoochiae - C. ophiolitica - C. orientis - C. pachypoda - C. panzhihuaensis - C. papuana - C. pectinata - C. petraea - C. platyphylla - C. pranburiensis - C. pruinosa - C. revoluta - C. riuminiana - C. rumphii - C. schumanniana - C. scratchleyana - C. seemannii - C. segmentifida - C. semota - C. sexseminifera - C. siamensis - C. silvestris - C. simplicipinna - C. spherica - C. szechuanensis - C. taitungensis - C. taiwaniana - C. tanqingii - C. tansachana - C. thouarsii - C. tropophylla - C. tuckeri - C. wadei - C. xipholepis - C. yorkiana - C. yunnanensis - C. zeylanica

Name

Cycas L., 1753

Type species: Cycas circinalis L.

Etymology

An unknown palm, named κοικας by Theophrastus, but incorrectly transcribed as κυκας

Distribution

Australia, China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, Southeast Asia and India. One species, C. thouarsii, occurs in Madagascar and adjacent coastal Africa.

References

• Sp. Pl.: 1188
• Hill, K.D. Genus Cycas [1]
• Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants.
• Bonta, M. and Osborne, R. (2007). Cycads in the Vernacular - A compendium of local names.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Cycassikadeë
Deutsch: Sagopalmfarne, Cycas-Palmfarne
English: Sago Palm
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Konglepalmeslekten
Polski: Sagowiec
Tagalog: (seeds) Bitogo, Patubo, Potago, Pitógo, Pitugo

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