Cycas guizhouensis

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Cycas guizhouensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
(unranked): Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Cycadaceae
Genus: Cycas
Species:
C. guizhouensis
Binomial name
Cycas guizhouensis
K.M.Lan & R.F.Zou

Cycas guizhouensis is a species of cycad endemic to southwestern China.

Distribution

It is found in Nanpan and Qingshui valleys in southwestern Guizhou province (including Xingyi) and also in eastern Yunnan and northwestern Guangxi provinces (including Xilin County and Leye County). [2] In Xingyi, Guizhou, specimens were collected from Wantun Village 万屯村. It was used as a famine food by local ethnic minorities during the Cultural Revolution. [3]

Wild populations are very small, with fewer than 50 individuals per population. [4]

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References

  1. Hill, K.D (2010). "Cycas guizhouensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T42076A10620376. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42076A10620376.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. The Cycads. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-522-5
  3. Hill, K.D (2010). "Cycas guizhouensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T42076A10620376. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42076A10620376.en . Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. Zheng Y, Liu J, Feng X, Gong X. 2017. The distribution, diversity, and conservation status of Cycas in China. Ecol Evol. 2017;7:3212–3224. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2910