Cycas revoluta Thunb. belongs to the Cycadaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

No collection number

April 30, 1975

Location

United States, California (Huntington Botanical Gardens)

Location Remarks

1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Cycadaceae

Genus

Cycas

Specific Epithet

revoluta

Authorship

Thunb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 5.7

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#663 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 5 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →