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Cycas sphaerica Roxb. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 747. (1832). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin sphaerica (‘spherical’), referring to the rounded seeds. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Roxburgh
Locality: ex hort. Calcutta , 1808
Type Location(s): LT:BM
Type notes: Lectotype designated by Hill (1995): Taxon 44(1):25

Taxonomic Synonyms:

  • = Cycas darshii R.C.Srivast. & Jana, Indian J. Pl. Sci. [Jaipur] 3(2): 151-153, t. II. (2014).

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Data Deficient

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India (Andhra Pradesh)

Reference Links (6)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1832
Roxburgh W. 1832. Cycas. Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3 : 747.
Flora Indica; or, Descriptions of Indian Plants. By the Late William Roxburgh. Serampore
Protologue description
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1868
Miquel FA. 1868. Noveaux matériaux pour servir á la connaissance des Cycadées. Premiere partie. Organes sexuels. Cycas.. Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 3 : 193-241.
Archives Neerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles
1832
Roxburgh W. 1832. Cycas. p. 744-749.
Flora Indica; or, Descriptions of Indian Plants. By the Late William Roxburgh. Serampore
1998
de Laubenfels DJ, Adema F. 1998. A taxonomic revision of the genera Cycas and Epicycas gen. nov. (Cycadaceae). Blumea 43 (2): 351-400.
Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants
Description
2014
Rao JP, Kumar MR, Rao VSR, Kumar OA, Venkaiah M. 2014. New population of Cycas sphaerica Roxb. (Cycadaceae) discovered in Pinjarikonda Reserve Forest, Andhra Pradesh, India. J. Threat. Taxa 6 (6): 5871-5874.
Journal of Threatened Taxa. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Geographic distribution expanded