Biology:List of cycad species by country

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Below is a list of cycad species by ordered by country.

Eswatini

Mozambique

Malawi

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Angola

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cycas thouarsii is the most geographically widespread species, and is found in Indian Ocean islands as well.

Tanzania

Kenya

Uganda

South Sudan

Comoros

Seychelles

Encephalartos barteri is the only cycad species recorded in West Africa.

Nigeria

Benin

Togo

Ghana

Cycas pectinata has the most widespread distribution in South Asia, and is the only South Asian cycad species found outside India and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Nepal

Taiwan

Vietnam

Laos

Thailand

Cambodia

Myanmar

Malaysia

Indonesia

East Timor

The eastern coast of Australia contains the most diversity. Cycas seemannii is found in Melanesia and western Polynesia. Cycas micronesica is found in Micronesia.

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

Fiji

Tonga

Palau

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

North America and Caribbean

Bahamas

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico

Jamaica

Central America

Mexico

Belize

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Bolivia

Venezuela

References

  • Catherine Rutherford, John Donaldson, Alex Hudson, H. Noel McGough, Maurizio Sajeva, Uwe Schippmann, and Maurice Tse-Laurence. CITES and Cycads: a user’s guide. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.