Cycas szechuanensis W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu (1975:81)
sichuan su-tie, nanpan jiang su-tie, sichuan su-tie
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cycas szechuanensis szechuanensis W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu; Cycas szechuanenis W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu [orth. error]; Cycas fairylakea D.Yue Wang in F.W.H.Liang (ed.), Cycads in China: 54 (1996); Cycas szechuanensis subsp. fairylakea (D.Yue Wang) N.Liu in Proc. Int. Conf. Cycad Biol. 6: 2 (2004); Cycas multiovula D.Y.Wang in F.W.H.Liang (ed.), Cycads in China: 83 (1996); Cycas longlinensis Hung T.Chang & Y.C.Shong in Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 36: 68 (1997)
Conservation Status
Previously thought to be extinct in the wild (Chen, 2000)
Rediscovered in the wild 1999 (Hill, 2010b)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
eastern Guangdong province and eastern Fujian province, China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu, in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(4): 81 (1975)
Other references:
Chen, C-J. (2000). Cycadaceae, pp. 1-11 in: Higher Plants of China 3 (eds. L-G. Fu, T-Q. Chen, T. Hong, and K-Y. Lang). Qingdao Press, Qingdao, China.
Chen, C. J. and Liu, N. (2004). New Discoveries of Cycads and Advancement of Conservation of Cycads in China. Botanical Review 70(1): 93-100.
Chen, C. J. and Stevenson, D. W. (1999). Cycadaceae, pp. 1-7. In: Wu, Z. Y. and Raven, P. H. (eds.). Flora of China. Beijing: Science Press / Saint Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden.
Donaldson, John S. (ed.). (2003). Cycads. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN. ix + 86 pp.
Feng, Xiu-Yan, Wang, Xin-Hui, Chiang, Yu-Chung, Jian, Shu-Guang and Gong, Xun. (2021). Species delimitation with distinct methods based on molecular data to elucidate species boundaries in the Cycas taiwaniana complex (Cycadaceae). Taxon 70(3): 477-491. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12457
Haynes, Jody L. (2008). World list of cycads: a historical review. IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. 35 pp.
Hill, K. D. (2008). The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in China. Telopea 12(1): 71-118.
Hill, K. D. (2010a). Cycas szechuanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42041A10635911. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42041A10635911.en. Accessed on 15 October 2023.
Hill, K. D. (2010b). Cycas szechuanensis ssp. szechuanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178887A7635398. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178887A7635398.en. Downloaded on 21 November 2016.
Shuguang, J., Nian, L., Zezheng, G., Qiang, W., Zhenhua, X., Mei, W. and Hai, R. (2006). Biological characteristics of wild Cycas fairylakea population in Guangdong Province, China. Frontiers of Biology in China 1(4): 430-433.
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Wang, F., Liang H., Tanqing, C. and Dingyue, W. (eds.). (1996). Cycads in China. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangdong, China.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.