''Cycas chenii'' is a species of
cycad
Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk (botany), trunk with a crown (botany), crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants o ...
endemic to the
Red River valley of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
, southern China. It is found in
Honghe County
Honghe County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million ...
and
Shuangbai County
Shuangbai County (; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the central part of Yunnan province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division
The administrative divisions ...
, Yunnan. It is most closely related to ''
Cycas guizhouensis''.
Distribution
''Cycas chenii'' has been recorded in the following townships (Zhou, et al. 2015).
*Dutian (独田乡),
Shuangbai County
Shuangbai County (; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the central part of Yunnan province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division
The administrative divisions ...
(
type locality)
*Lianhua (莲花),
Honghe County
Honghe County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million ...
*Menglong (勐龙河),
Honghe County
Honghe County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million ...
*Qingshuihe (清水河),
Shuangbai County
Shuangbai County (; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the central part of Yunnan province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division
The administrative divisions ...
References
* Wei Zhou, Meng-Meng Guan and Xun Gong. 2015
''Cycas chenii'' (Cycadaceae), A New Species from China, and its Phylogenetic Position Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53(6); 489–498. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12153
chenii
Flora of Yunnan
Plants described in 2015
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