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Cycas
Temporal range:Paleogene–Recent
A large cycas under development
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Suborder: Cycadineae
Family: Cycadaceae
Pers.[2]
Genus: Cycas
L.[1]
Type species
C. circinalis[1]
L.[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • DyerocycasNakai
  • Epicycasde Laub.
  • Todda-panaAdans.

Cycasis a genus ofcycad,and the only genus in the familyCycadaceaewith all other genera of cycad being divided between the Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae families.Cycas circinalis,a species endemic to India, was the first cycad species to be described in western literature, and is thetype speciesof the genus.[4][5]

As of April 2024, there are 119 acceptedspecieswithin the genusCycas,all of which are native toAsia,Oceania, and eastern Africa and the Indian ocean region, with the largest number of species native to Australia, China and Vietnam.[6][7][8]

In horticulture, the most widely grown and perhaps best-knownCycasspecies isCycas revoluta,which is commercially grown in large numbers for sale as houseplants or to be used in landscaping.[8][9][10]

As with other cycads in general,Cycasspecies may be popularly called 'living fossils',representing the surviving decedents of an ancient lineage of seed-bearing plants that were known to exist in the dinosaur era. Despite their ancient roots, the majority ofCycasspecies are highly endangered. Many are threatened by the illegal trade of wild collected plants for plant collectors, and through the conversion of land for urban development or agricultural use.[8]

Range

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See also:List of cycad species by country

The genusCycasis native to parts ofAsia,easternAfricaandOceania.[8]Cycashas the widest distribution of any genus of cycad.[11]

In Asia,Cycas(and therefore, the family Cycadaceae) represent the only cycads native to Asia. Within Asia,Cycasspecies are native fromIndiaandSri Lankain the west, throughChinatoJapanin the north east and through south east Asia (including thePhilippines) toIndonesiain the south. Globally, the northernmost species (Cycas revoluta) is found at 31°N in southern Japan.[8][9]

As of April 2024, the largest number of currently accepted species ofCycasin Asia are found in Vietnam (27 species), China (23 species), India (14 species), Thailand (12 species), Philippines (12 species) and Indonesia (10 species).[7]The distribution of Cycas species inMyanmar,Laos,andCambodiais not well known, but as of April 2024, no accepted cycad species is known to be endemic to any of these three countries.[7][8]

In Africa, cycads belonging to all three cycad families are found making it a major center of diversity for cycads in general, but only oneCycasspecies (Cycas thouarsii)is native and it is restricted to eastern Africa and nearby island nations.C. thouarsiigrows in a comparatively wide area including coastal regions ofMozambique,Tanzania,andKenyain mainland Africa, extending to theSeychelles,MadagascarandComorosislands in theIndian Ocean.[8][12]

In Oceania,Cycasspecies are native toAustralia,Papua New Guinea,and the island nations of thePacific Oceanregion, but are absent fromNew Zealand.As in Asia,Cycasis the only genus of cycad found across the region, with the exception for Australia, where cycads native to all three families of cycads are found. Despite this, Australia also has the largest number ofCycasspecies globally with 34 nativeCycasspecies accepted (as of April 2024), including the southernmost species globally (Cycas megacarpa) found at 26°S in southeastQueensland.[7][8][13]At least 7Cycasspecies are found inPapua New Guinea,some of which are also found in parts of neighbouringIndonesia.[7]In the broader region,Cycas seemanniiis found inMelanesiaand westernPolynesiaandCycas micronesicais found acrossMicronesia.[8][14][15]

Globally, someCycasspecies are considered to be relatively widespread, for exampleCycas thouarsiiis native to a large area of mainland Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean, andCycas pectinataandCycas clivicolaare both native to large areas of Asia; however, mostCycasspecies have restricted distributions, with some restricted to very small areas. In Asia, for example, more than 75% of species occur in no more than one country. For some countries, even though the number of species may not be high, the level of species-specific genetic variation can be very high meaning that so that even countries with few species, it may contain distinct gene pools of widespread species.[8][16]

Evolution

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Cycassp.

Cycas(and the Cycadaceae family) is considered as being an early offshoot from the rest of the cycads and originated in the ancient landmass ofLaurasiawithCycasfossils known from theEocenedeposits (38–54 MYA) of China and Japan.[17][18]Estimates of the timing of the split ranging from theJurassic[19]to theCarboniferous.[20]The presence of Cycas in Australasia and eastern Africa is relatively new, but the major evolutionary events behind the genesis of new species have taken place in Indochina and Australia, where the majority of living species are native.[8]

Fossil seeds from the Middle Jurassic of England and British Columbia were suggested in a 2017 study to be more closely related toCycasthan other cycads and were assigned to the same family, Cycadaceae.[21]A later study suggested that these seeds could not be assigned to thestem-groupofCycaswith confidence due to lacking the double vascular system that characterises the seeds of all living cycads.[22]

The leaf fossil genusParacycasknown from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Europe has been suggested to be early representatives of theCycaslineage bycladisticanalysis.[20]The earliestfossilsassignable toCycasare known from thePaleogeneof East Asia, such asCycas fushunensisfrom theEoceneofNortheast China,with East Asia likely representing the ancestral homeland of the genus.[23]

Morphology

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Bark ofCycas rumphii

The plants aredioecious,and the family Cycadaceae is unique among the cycads in not forming seedconeson female plants, but rather a group of leaf-like structures called megasporophylls each with seeds on the lower margins, and pollen cones or strobilus on male individuals.

Thecaudexis cylindrical, surrounded by the persistentpetiolebases. Most species form distinct branched or unbranched trunks but in some species the main trunk can be subterranean with the leaf crown appearing to arise directly from the ground. There are two types of leaves - foliage leaves and scaly leaves. The foliage leaves arepinnate(or more rarely bipinnate) and arranged spirally, with thick and hardkeratinose.[clarification needed]They are not permanent and fall off leaving back leaf-bases. The leaflets are articulated, have midrib but lack secondary veins. The scaly leaves are persistent, brown in colour and protective in function.Megasporophyllsare not gathered in cones.Pollinationtakes place by air.

Reproduction

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A male cone ofCycas circinalis
Cycasnative toOdisha
Cycas nayagarhensismale cone
Cycas orixensismale cone

Cycas take about 10 years to reach sexual maturity, after years of exclusive vegetative growth, which occurs by bulbils arising at the base of the trunk.[citation needed]

Conservation status

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Cycasspecies are threatened worldwide and almost all the species are listed in theIUCN Red List.Cycas beddomeiis the only species of the genusCycaslisted in Appendix I of CITES. All other members ofCycadaceaeare listed under Appendix II.[24]Cycas rumphiiandCycas pectinatahave the most widespread distribution.

Phylogeny

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Cycas mediamegasporophylls with nearly-mature seeds on a wild plant in northQueensland,Australia
Grove ofCycas mediain northQueensland
Cycas platyphyllain northQueenslandwith new flush of fronds during the rainy season, still with glaucous bloom
Phylogeny ofCycas[25][26]
section

C. micholitziiDyer

Stangerioides
(Pectinata)

C. multipinnataChen & Yang

C. pectinataBuchanan-Hamilton

C. thouarsiiBrown ex Gaudichaud-Beaupré

(Panzhihuaenses)
section

C. revolutaThunberg(Sago palm)

C. taitungensisShen et al.

Asiorientales
section

C. tropophyllaHill & Lôc

C. ferrugineaWei

C. curranii(Schuster) Hill

C. debaoensisZhong & Chen

C. brachycanthaHill, Nguyên & Lôc

C. immersaCraib

Panzhihuaenses
(Cycas)

C. bifida(Dyer) Hill

C. szechuanensisCheng & Fu

section
subsection

C. wadeiMerrill

Wadeanae
subsection
Taiwanianosae
Wadeanae
section
subsection
Cycas
subsection

C. pschannaeSrivastava & Singh

C. edentatade Laubenfels

C. nitidaHill & Lindström

C. rumphiiMiquel

Rumphiae
Cycas
section

C. clivicolaHill

subsection

C. siamensisMiquel

C. vespertilioLindström & Hill

C. riuminianaPorte ex Regel

Indosinenses
subsection

C. macrocarpaGriffith

C. nongnoochiaeHill

C. elongata(Leandri) Wang

C. tansachanaHill & Yang

C. lindstromiiYang, Hill & Nguyên

C. condaoensisHill & Yang

Lindstroemiae
Indosinenses
section

C. diannanensisGuan & Tao

C. cairnsianavon Mueller

C. petraeLindström & Hill

C. megacarpaHill

C. calcicolaMaconochie

C. armstrongiiMiquel

C. balansaeWarburg

C. segmentifidaWang & Deng

C. dolichophyllaHill, Nguyên & Lôc

C. simplicipinna(Smitinand) Hill

C. guizhouensisLan & Zou

C. chevalieriLeandri

C. maconochieiChirgwin & Hill

C. arenicolaHill

C. schumannianaLauterbach

C. aculeataHill & Nguyên

C. silvestrisHill

C. basalticaGardner

C. semotaHill

C. orientisHill

C. canalisHill

C. hongheensisYang & Yang ex Wang

C. confertaChirgwin

C. angulataBrown

C. indicaLindström & Hill(=Cycas swamyi)

C. annaikalensisRita Singh &Radha

Endemicae

Other species:

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