''Cycas taiwaniana'' is a species of plant in the genus '' Cycas''. The species is native to Yunnan, Guangdong,

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

and Fujian in China. Although the

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

, ''taiwaniana'', is derived from Taiwan, where the original type specimens were found, it is not naturally distributed in Taiwan. Instead of ''C. taiwaniana'', the original type specimens used for describing ''C. taiwaniana'', had been reclassified under another species, ''

Cycas taitungensis ''Cycas revoluta'' (Sotetsu apanese ソテツ sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, Japanese sago palm) is a species of gymnosperm in the family Cycadaceae, native to southern Japan including the Ryukyu Islands. It is one of several species used f ...

''.Carruthers, William. 1893. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 31(1): 2, pl. 331, ''Cycas taiwaniana''
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References

External links

The Cycad Pages: ''Cycas taiwaniana''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2462020 taiwaniana Endemic flora of China Flora of Fujian Flora of Guangdong Flora of Guangxi Flora of Yunnan Endangered flora of Asia Plants described in 1893