Family · Gymnosperms

Cycadaceae

Cycas

Palm-like evergreen gymnosperms with stout trunks and stiff pinnate leaves; the sole genus Cycas bears seeds on leaf-like megasporophylls.

Accepted species

119accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈17 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Cycas revoluta (sago palm)
• Cycas

Its genus

• Cycas119 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Tropical72
• Australasia33
• Asia-Temperate21
• Pacific2
• Africa1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Cycadaceae sits in the order Cycadales.

• ZamiaceaeZamias, Encephalartos259