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Cycas pectinata Buch.-Ham. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5(2): 322-323. (1826). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin pectinatus (‘comb-like’), referring to the long, comb-like teeth of the megasporophylls. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): LT:K
Type notes: Type designated by de Laubenfels & Adema

Taxonomic Synonyms:

  • = Cycas jenkinsiana Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 9-10, pl. 360, figs. 1-2, pl. 362, fig. 1. (1854).

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal), Nepal

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable A2c

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India (Assam)

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2022
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1826
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1999
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1998
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1868
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