- Family: Cycadaceae Pers.
- Genus: Cycas L.
Cycas thouarsii R.Br.
- Genus: Cycas L.
[EDGE]
Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.
- Conservation
- Cycas thouarsii is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.02, which places it in position 863 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 6.56, ranked 498. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
Native to:
Aldabra, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania
Introduced into:
Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion
Cycas thouarsii R.Br. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 347 (1810)
Accepted by
- Osborne, R., Calonje, M.A., Hill, K.D., Stanberg, L. & Stevenson, D.W. (2012). The world list of Cycads Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 480-510.
- Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1997). Flore des Mascareignes 27-30bis: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Osborne, R., Calonje, M.A., Hill, K.D., Stanberg, L. & Stevenson, D.W. (2012). The world list of Cycads Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 480-510.
- Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1997). Flore des Mascareignes 27-30bis: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
EDGE Gymnosperms
EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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