Cycads /ˈsaɪkædz/ are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate...
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Cycas revoluta (redirect from Sago cycad)
Cycas revoluta (Sotetsu [Japanese ソテツ], sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, Japanese sago palm) is a species of gymnosperm in the family Cycadaceae, native...
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Sago (section Cycad sago)
especially the sago cycad, Cycas revoluta. The sago cycad is also commonly known as the sago palm, although this is a misnomer as cycads are not palms. Extracting...
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Cycas is a genus of cycad, and the only genus in the family Cycadaceae with all other genera of cycad being divided between the Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae...
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Zamia furfuracea (redirect from Cardboard Cycad)
Zamia furfuracea is a species of cycad endemic to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree (Arecaceae), its growth habit...
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Fossil Cycad National Monument was a national monument in the U.S. state of South Dakota beginning in 1922. The site contained hundreds of fossils of...
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Lebombo cycad is the common name for two closely related species of cycads native to the Lebombo Mountains: Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos senticosus...
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Encephalartos woodii (redirect from Wood's Cycad)
Encephalartos woodii, Wood's cycad, is a rare cycad in the genus Encephalartos, and is endemic to the oNgoye Forest of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It...
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Aulacaspis yasumatsui (redirect from Cycad aulacaspis scale)
(Purpus' cycad). Other common names include the cycad scale, the sago palm scale, and the Asian cycad scale. This is a serious pest of cycads which can...
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Zamia integrifolia, also known as coontie, is a small, tough, woody cycad native to the southeastern United States (in Florida and formerly[when?] in...
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Encephalartos longifolius (redirect from Thunberg's cycad)
palm-like cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Thunberg's cycad, breadpalm or broodboom. This cycad is listed...
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Encephalartos transvenosus (redirect from Modjadji cycad)
is a palm-like cycad in the family Zamiaceae, with a localized distribution in Limpopo, South Africa. Its common names, Modjadji's cycad or Modjadji's...
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Macrozamia communis is an Australian cycad found on the east coast of New South Wales. The common name for the species is burrawang, a word derived from...
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Sago palm (redirect from Sago Cycad)
be "true palms" in the family Arecaceae, or cycads with a palm-like appearance. Sago produced from cycads must be detoxified before consumption. Plants...
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Stangeria (category Cycads)
Stangeria eriopus is a cycad endemic to southern Africa. It is the sole species in the genus Stangeria, most closely related to the Australian genus Bowenia...
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Lepidozamia hopei (redirect from Hope's Cycad)
Lepidozamia hopei, commonly known as Hope's cycad or zamia palm, is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae, endemic to a small part of the Australian...
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Encephalartos brevifoliolatus (redirect from Escarpment Cycad)
brevifoliolatus, the escarpment cycad, is a cycad in the African genus Encephalartos. It is extinct in the wild. The escarpment cycad was found in short grasslands...
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Lepidozamia is a genus of two species of cycad, both endemic to Australia. They are native to rainforest climates in eastern Queensland and eastern New...
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commonly known as guáyiga or guáyara in Spanish, is a small, tough, woody cycad native to the Greater Antilles. Z. pumila was the first species described...
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Encephalartos latifrons (redirect from Albany cycad)
Encephalartos latifrons (known as the Albany Cycad) is a very rare species of cycad that is native to Eastern Cape province in South Africa at elevations...
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queen sago or the queen sago palm, is a dioecious gymnosperm, a species of cycad in the genus Cycas native to Indonesia, New Guinea and Christmas Island...
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Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies...
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Cycasin (category Cycads)
Cycasin is a carcinogenic and neurotoxic glucoside found in cycads such as Cycas revoluta and Zamia pumila. Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea...
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Lepidozamia peroffskyana is a palm-like cycad in the Cardboard Palm Family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia, primarily near the coast of...
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Encephalartos natalensis (redirect from Natal cycad)
Encephalartos natalensis, the Natal cycad or giant cycad, is a species of cycad that is endemic to the Qumbu and Tabankulu areas of the northern part...
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5 species of cycad listed as Extinct in the Wild: Encephalartos brevifoliolatus, Escarpment cycad Encephalartos heenanii, Heenan's Cycad Encephalartos...
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Encephalartos is a genus of cycad native to Africa. Several species of Encephalartos are commonly referred to as bread trees, bread palms or kaffir bread...
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Lytico-bodig disease (section Cycad hypothesis)
Initial laboratory results found low levels of free BMAA in cycad flour. The cycad hypothesis was abandoned a second time, because the acute toxicity...
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The genus Bowenia includes two living and two fossil species of cycads in the family Stangeriaceae, sometimes placed in their own family Boweniaceae. They...
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the Western Hemisphere Dioon, a genus of cycads native to Mexico and Central America Zamia loddigesii, a cycad native to Mexico commonly known as "teocinte"...
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