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This species is accepted, and its native range is NW. Pacific.

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Cycas micronesica is rated as Endangered (EN) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 0.78, which places it in position 300 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.21, ranked 658. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Caroline Is., Marianas, Marshall Is.

Cycas micronesica K.D.Hill appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Sep 1, 1997 Turner, T.L. [s.n.], Guam K000961250 isotype

First published in Austral. Syst. Bot. 7: 554 (1994)

Accepted by

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

EDGE Gymnosperms
EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. 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 2021. 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