Cycas candida K.D.Hill

First published in Telopea 10: 607 (2004)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is NE. Queensland. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation: Cycas candida is rated as Endangered (EN) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 0.9, which places it in position 284 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.84, ranked 568. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

[EDGE]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178870/7631958

[IUCN]

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Kew Backbone Distributions
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