Microcycas

Microcycas is a genus of cycads in the family Zamiaceae containing only one species, Microcycas calocoma, endemic to a small area in western Cuba in Pinar del Río Province. It is estimated that there are 50-249 mature individuals left in the wild.

Microcycas
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Tribe: Zamieae
Subtribe: Microcycadinae
D.W.Stev.
Genus: Microcycas
A.DC.
Species:
M. calocoma
Binomial name
Microcycas calocoma
(Miq.) A.DC., 1868
Synonyms

Zamia calocoma Miq.

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