''Cycas elongata'' 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 southern
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
.
Distribution
The four main subpopulations of ''Cycas elongata'' are found in:
*northern
Ninh Thuan Province
*west of
Cam Ranh
Cam Ranh () is a city in southern Khánh Hòa Province, in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.
Geography
It is the second-largest city in the province, after Nha Trang. It is located on Cam Ranh Bay. As of 2009 the city had a population o ...
in
Khanh Hoa Province
*
Song Cau in
Phu Yen Province
*the
Cu Mong Pass area on the boundary between
Phu Yen Province and
Binh Dinh Province
*Lạc Nghiệp hamlet,
Cà Ná commune,
Thuận Nam District,
Ninh Thuận Province (southwest of
Phan Rang Phan may refer to:
* Phan (surname), a Vietnamese family name
* Phan District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
* Phan River, Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam
* Phan (tray)
Phan ( th, พาน, ) is an artistically decorated tray with pedestal. It ...
; found in 1994)
[Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. ''The Cycads''. Portland: Timber Press. ]
References
elongata
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