Cycas thouarsii--Durban Botanic Garden. 27 Sept 03. 062.jpg
Cycas thouarsii--Durban Botanic Garden. 27 Sept 03. 063.jpg
Cycas thouarsii--Durban Botanic Garden. 27 Sept 03. 064.jpg
Cycas thouarsii--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 136.jpg
Cycas thouarsii--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 135.jpg
Native to Aldabra, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania; introduced into Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)
36.728611, 2.194444
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)
4.018898, 9.197624
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Cycadaceae
Genus
Cycas
Specific Epithet
thouarsii
Authorship
R.Br. ex Gaudich.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 4.7
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#713 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 4 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →