List of cycad species by country

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Below is a list of cycad species by ordered by country.

Africa

Southern Africa

South Africa

Eswatini

Mozambique

Malawi

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Angola

Democratic Republic of the Congo

East Africa

Cycas thouarsii is the most geographically widespread species, and is found in Indian Ocean islands as well.

Tanzania

Kenya

Uganda

South Sudan

Madagascar

Comoros

Seychelles

West Africa

Encephalartos barteri is the only cycad species recorded in West Africa.

Nigeria

Benin

Togo

Ghana

South Asia

Cycas pectinata has the most widespread distribution in South Asia, and is the only South Asian cycad species found outside India and Sri Lanka.

India

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Nepal

East Asia

Japan

China

Taiwan

Southeast Asia

Vietnam

Laos

Thailand

Cambodia

Myanmar

Malaysia

Singapore

Philippines

Indonesia

East Timor

Oceania

The eastern coast of Australia contains the most diversity. Cycas seemannii is found in Melanesia and western Polynesia. Cycas micronesica is found in Micronesia.

Australia

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

New Caledonia

Vanuatu

Fiji

Tonga

Palau

Micronesia

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

North America and Caribbean

United States

Bahamas

Cayman Islands

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico

Jamaica

Central America

Mexico

Belize

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

South America

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Bolivia

Venezuela

Brazil

References

  • Catherine Rutherford, John Donaldson, Alex Hudson, H. Noel McGough, Maurizio Sajeva, Uwe Schippmann, and Maurice Tse-Laurence. CITES and Cycads: a user’s guide. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.




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