Cycas rumphii

Cycas rumphii, commonly known as queen sago or the queen sago palm, is a dioecious gymnosperm, a species of cycad in the genus Cycas native to Indonesia, New Guinea and Christmas Island. Although palm-like in appearance, it is not a palm.

Queen sago
Male plant with strobilus, or cone, at the Berlin Botanic Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Cycadaceae
Genus: Cycas
Species:
C. rumphii
Binomial name
Cycas rumphii
Distribution
Synonyms
  • Cycas celebica Miq.
  • Cycas corsoniana D.Don
  • Cycas recurvata Blume ex J. Schust.
  • Cycas sundaica Miq. ex J. Schust.
  • Zamia corsoniana G.Don
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