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Cycas guizhouensis

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Cycas guizhouensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: 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

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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]

References

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  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