Biology:Cycas ferruginea

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Short description: Species of cycad


Cycas ferruginea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Cycadaceae
Genus: Cycas
Species:
C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Cycas ferruginea
F.N. Wei

Cycas ferruginea is a plant species native to Vietnam and to the Guangxi region of China . It grows on rocky crevices in forested areas at elevations of 200–500 m.[2] It is known from a belt of limestone bluffs in Lang Son Province and Thai Nguyen Province in Vietnam, and in western Guangxi Province, China.[3] It is also cultivated at the Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi.[4]

Cycas ferruginea has pinnate leaves up to 2 m long. Seeds are brown, egg-shaped, up to 3 cm long.[2][5]

References

  1. Osborne, R.; Hill, K.D.; Nguyen, H.T.; Phan, K.L. (2010). "Cycas ferruginea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42075A10619883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42075A10619883.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42075/10619883. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flora of China v 4 p 6 Cycas ferruginea
  3. Osborne, R.; Hill, K.D.; Nguyen, H.T.; Phan, K.L. (2010). "Cycas ferruginea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42075A10619883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42075A10619883.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42075/10619883. Retrieved 14 January 2020. 
  4. Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. The Cycads. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN:0-88192-522-5
  5. Wei, Fa-nan 1994. Guihaia 14(4): 300, f. 1–6, Cycas ferruginea

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