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Name Confusions in Indian Cycads


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1 Department of Botany, University College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004, India
2 Environment Protection Training and Research Institute, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 048, India
3 Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, India
 

Linnaeus described the genus Cycas with the lone species C. circinalis L. from India, which was based on Rheede’s, Hortus malabaricus. Roxburgh included three species, viz. C. circinalis Willd., C. revoluta Thunb. and C. sphaerica Roxb. All three were reportedly introduced in the Botanical Garden, Howrah during 1798–99 from different countries (C. circinalis, Indonesia; C. sphaerica, Moluccas and C. revoluta cultivated in West Bengal gardens).
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Authors

M. Venkat Ramana
Department of Botany, University College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004, India
P. Venu
Environment Protection Training and Research Institute, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 048, India
M. Sanjappa
Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, India

Abstract


Linnaeus described the genus Cycas with the lone species C. circinalis L. from India, which was based on Rheede’s, Hortus malabaricus. Roxburgh included three species, viz. C. circinalis Willd., C. revoluta Thunb. and C. sphaerica Roxb. All three were reportedly introduced in the Botanical Garden, Howrah during 1798–99 from different countries (C. circinalis, Indonesia; C. sphaerica, Moluccas and C. revoluta cultivated in West Bengal gardens).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi02%2F269-272