Cycas
Cycas is a genus of cycad, and the only genus in the family Cycadaceae, with all other genera of cycad being within the Zamiaceae family. Cycas circinalis, a species endemic to India, was the first cycad species to be described in western literature, and is the type species of the genus.
As of April 2024, there are 119 accepted species within the genus Cycas, native to Asia, Oceania, and eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, with the largest number of species native to Australia, China and Vietnam.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sago cycad
speciesCycas revoluta
Queen sago
speciesCycas circinalis
Australian nut palm
speciesCycas media
Zamia Palm
speciesCycas armstrongii
Madagascar Cycad
speciesCycas thouarsii
Queen Sago-palm
speciesCycas seemannii
Micronesian Cycad
speciesCycas micronesica
queen sago
speciesCycas rumphii
Cycas siamensis
speciesCycas siamensis
Cycas megacarpa
speciesCycas megacarpa
Cycas calcicola
speciesCycas calcicola
Cycas pectinata
speciesCycas pectinata
Cycas panzhihuaensis
speciesCycas panzhihuaensis
Cycas inermis
speciesCycas inermis
Cycas edentata
speciesCycas edentata
Cycas clivicola
speciesCycas clivicola
Cycas ophiolitica
speciesCycas ophiolitica
Cycas debaoensis
speciesCycas debaoensis
Cycas sexseminifera
speciesCycas sexseminifera
Cycas taiwaniana
speciesCycas taiwaniana
Cycas simplicipinna
speciesCycas simplicipinna
Saraburi Cycad
speciesCycas tansachana
Cycas sundaica
speciesCycas sundaica
Cycas tropophylla
speciesCycas tropophylla
Cycas maconochiei
speciesCycas maconochiei
Cycas szechuanensis
speciesCycas szechuanensis
Cycas arnhemica
speciesCycas arnhemica
Cycas glauca
speciesCycas glauca
Cycas terryana
speciesCycas terryana
Cycas brunnea
speciesCycas brunnea
Cycas indica
speciesCycas indica
Cycas elongata
speciesCycas elongata
Cycas angulata
speciesCycas angulata
Cycas pruinosa
speciesCycas pruinosa
Cycas orientis
speciesCycas orientis
Cycas segmentifida
speciesCycas segmentifida
Cycas hongheensis
speciesCycas hongheensis
Cycas yorkiana
speciesCycas yorkiana
Cycas basaltica
speciesCycas basaltica
Cycas candida
speciesCycas candida
Cycas cairnsiana
speciesCycas cairnsiana
Arayat Pitogo
speciesCycas riuminiana
Cycas zeylanica
speciesCycas zeylanica
Cycas platyphylla
speciesCycas platyphylla
Cycas scratchleyana
speciesCycas scratchleyana
Cycas micholitzii
speciesCycas micholitzii
Cycas beddomei
speciesCycas beddomei
Chamao Hill Cycad
speciesCycas chamaoensis
Cycas multipinnata
speciesCycas multipinnata
Cycas nathorstii
speciesCycas nathorstii
Cycas hoabinhensis
speciesCycas hoabinhensis
Cycas tanqingii
speciesCycas tanqingii
Cycas guizhouensis
speciesCycas guizhouensis
Cycas semota
speciesCycas semota
Cycas changjiangensis
speciesCycas changjiangensis
Cycas bifida
speciesCycas bifida
Cycas conferta
speciesCycas conferta
Cycas macrocarpa
speciesCycas macrocarpa
Cycas balansae
speciesCycas balansae
Cycas xipholepis
speciesCycas xipholepis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129782.