''Cycas diannanensis'' 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
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
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 ...
,
China
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.
Range
It is found along the
Red River valley from
Hekou to
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 ...
in Yunnan Province. It has also been recorded from Manhao,
Gejiu City, Yunnan Province. It is also cultivated in the Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, the Forestry Institute of Pingbian County, and the
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.
[Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. ''The Cycads''. Portland: Timber Press. ]
References
diannanensis
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