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

      1. Cycas szechuanensis W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Central & S. China.

    [EDGE]

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

    Conservation
    Cycas szechuanensis is rated as Critically Endangered (CR) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 1.81, which places it in position 113 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 6.27, ranked 595. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

    Distribution

    Native to:

    China South-Central, China Southeast

    Accepted Infraspecifics

    Other Data

    Cycas szechuanensis W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu appears in other Kew resources:

    Bibliography

    First published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(4): 81 (1975)

    Accepted by

    • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

    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