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  1. Family: Cycadaceae Pers.
    1. Genus: Cycas L.

      1. Cycas zeylanica (J.Schust.) A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill

        This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

    [EDGE]

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

    Conservation
    Cycas zeylanica is rated as Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -1.01, which places it in position 417 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 7.3, ranked 380. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

    Distribution

    Native to:

    Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka

    Other Data

    Cycas zeylanica (J.Schust.) A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill appears in other Kew resources:

    Bibliography

    First published in Novon 12: 238 (2002)

    Accepted by

    • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

    Sources

    EDGE Gymnosperms
    EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0