Cycas thouarsii R.Br.
First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 347 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Kenya to Mozambique, Comoros, Aldabra, E. Madagascar. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Aldabra, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania
Introduced into:
Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cycas circinalis subsp. thouarsii (R.Br.) Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(II): 82 (1908)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cycas circinalis subsp. madagascariensis (Miq.) J.Schust. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 1: 73 (1932)
- Cycas circinalis f. trigonocarpoides J.Schust. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 1: 74 (1932)
- Cycas comorensis Bruant in Cat. Gén. 195: 5 (1888)
- Cycas kirkii J.Schust. in Gen. Pl. Cat.: 42 (1878)
- Cycas madagascariensis Miq. in Comm. Phytogr.: 127 (1840)
- Cycas thouarsii R.Br. ex DC. in Prodr. 16: 528 (1868)
- Cycas wendlandii Sander in Nursery Cat. (Sander & Co.) 1895: 32 (1895)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
- Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1997). Flore des Mascareignes 27-30bis: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Osborne, R., Calonje, M.A., Hill, K.D., Stanberg, L. & Stevenson, D.W. (2012). The world list of Cycads. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 480-510.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1997). Flore des Mascareignes 27-30bis: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Osborne, R., Calonje, M.A., Hill, K.D., Stanberg, L. & Stevenson, D.W. (2012). The world list of Cycads. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 480-510.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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EDGE Gymnosperms
- EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images