Cycas elephantipes

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Cycas elephantipes
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Cycadaceae
Genus: Cycas
Species:
C. elephantipes
Binomial name
Cycas elephantipes
A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill

Cycas elephantipes is a species of cycad. It is found only on a few high sandstone mesas in Nong Bua Rawe District, Chaiyaphum Province, northeastern Thailand. [1] It is morphologically similar to Cycas pachypoda from southern Vietnam. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hill, K.D. (2010). "Cycas elephantipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T178862A7630157. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178862A7630157.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. The Cycads. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-522-5