Cycas aculeata
| Cycas aculeata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Cycadaceae |
| Genus: | Cycas |
| Species: | C. aculeata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cycas aculeata K.D.Hill & H.T.Nguyen
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Cycas aculeata is a species of
It has a short subterranean stem 15–18 cm diameter, which bears 6-23 leaves. The leaves are 1.8-2.5 m long, and pinnate, with 100-150 leaflets and several basal spines; they are glossy dark green, but covered in orange pubescence at first which soon wears off. The leaflets are 35–52 cm long and 13–19 mm wide, and the basal spines .
The name derives from the Latin aculeatus, which translates as "prickly", indeed has short prominent spikes along the petiole (the leaf stalk). The stems are usually to slightly emergent, with trunk 6 inches in diameter. Emergent leaves are bright orange, and turn dark green with age, somewhat similar to Zamia integrifolia by coincidence.
The male cones are solitary, 15–20 cm long and 4–6 cm diameter; the female cones are undescribed.
Habitat
This cycad is one of a number of related subterranean species native to SE Asia. It is most closely related to
References
- ^ Nguyen, H.T. (2010). "Cycas aculeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T42043A10636505. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- Cycad Pages: Cycas aculeata Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine