Cycas - Cycas Revoluta, Cycas Angulata, Cycas Bifida, Cycas Beddomei, Cycas Arnhemica, Cycas Armstrongii, Cycas Cairnsiana, Cycas Brunnea (Paperback)

Chapters: Cycas Revoluta, Cycas Angulata, Cycas Bifida, Cycas Beddomei, Cycas Arnhemica, Cycas Armstrongii, Cycas Cairnsiana, Cycas Brunnea, Cycas Calcicola, Cycas Micronesica, Cycas Basaltica, Cycas Canalis, Cycas Arenicola, Cycas Brachycantha, Cycas Campestris, Cycas Aculeata, Cycas Bougainvilleana, Cycas Pruinosa, Cycas Apoa, Cycas Chamaoensis, Cycas Taitungensis, Cycas Badensis, Cycas Balansae, Cycas Circinalis, Cycas Taiwaniana, Cycas Media. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 67. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: See Species Section Bark of Cycas rumphiiCycas is the type genus and the only genus currently recognised in the cycad family Cycadaceae. About 95 species are currently accepted. The best-known species is Cycas revoluta, widely cultivated under the name "Sago Palm" or "King Sago Palm" due to its palm-like appearance although it is not a true palm. The generic name comes from Greek Koikas, and means "a kind of palm." The genus is native to the Old World, with the species concentrated around the equatorial regions. It is native to eastern and southeastern Asia including the Philippines with 10 species (9 of which are endemic), eastern Africa (including Madagascar), northern Australia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. Australia has 26 species, while the Indo-Chinese area has about 30. The northernmost species (C. revoluta) is found at 31 N in southern Japan. The southernmost (C. megacarpa) is found at 26 S in southeast Queensland, Australia. A male cone of Cycas circinalisThe plants are dioecious, and the family Cycadaceae is unique among the cycads in not forming seed cones on female plants, but rather a group of leaf-like structures each with seeds on the lower margins, and pollen cones on male individuals. The caudex is cylindrical, surrounded by the persistent petiole base. M...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=152847