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Cycas beddomei (Beddome’s Cycas)

Synonyms: Cycas circinalis var. beddomei; Cycas pluma

Wikipedia Abstract

Cycas beddomei is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to India, where it is confined to a small area of Andhra Pradesh state in the Tirumala Hills in scrubland and brush covered hills. Superficially similar to Cycas revoluta, it has erect, solitary stems. There are 20-30 leaves in the crown, each leaf 90 cm long, stiff, lanceolate, pinnate, with 50-100 pairs of leaflets, these 10-17.5 cm long and 3–4 mm wide, and angled forward at 45 degrees; the leaf petiole bears minute spines. It is named after the botanist Richard Henry Beddome.
View Wikipedia Record: Cycas beddomei

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cycas beddomei

Predators

Edales pandava[1]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Edales pandava[1]

External References

Citations

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0