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This cycad is found in dry, hot sites in the scrublands of eastern India. Clumps of the plant are common via pups only in males. Clumps of the plant are common via pups only in males. The plant is fairly fire resistant, except as seeds and seedlings, which are very vulnerable to annual grass fires.
The leaves can be completely lost during cold periods, with the plant lying dormant in its tuberous root system, allowing this cycad to be relatively cold hardy. The plant can survive up to USDA region 8b (10° to 20°F). The stems and leaves regenerate after the cold period subsides with full foliage. [8] [9]
While there are more than 200 species of cycads, only one is native to Florida, and only a couple are popular landscaping plants in our area.
Cycads / ˈ s aɪ k æ d z / are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants of a species are either male or female. Cycads vary in size from having trunks only a few centimeters to several meters tall.
The smallest cycad plant, some individuals have been found which have only grown to a height of only 25 cm (10 in). [5] [6] It forms a short underground trunk which holds a small crown of short, stiff, slightly arching leaves with rounded leaflets. [7] The plant has a small hypogeal stem, [5] up to 2 cm (0.79 in) in
However, more correct would be cardboard cycad since it reflects the actually taxonomic classification of this species. Other names include cardboard plant, cardboard sago, Jamaican sago, and Mexican cycad. The plant's binomial name comes from the Latin zamia, for "pine nut", and furfuracea, meaning "mealy" or "scurfy".
Cycas is a genus of cycad, and the only genus in the family Cycadaceae with all other genera of cycad being divided between the Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae families. Cycas circinalis, a species endemic to India, was the first cycad species to be described in western literature, and is the type species of the genus.
Cycas platyphylla is a cycad in the genus Cycas, native to Queensland, Australia. The stems are erect or decumbent, growing to 1.5 m tall but most often less than a metre. The leaves are pinnate, keeled, 60–100 cm long. New fronds are glaucous blue at first, becoming dark yellow-green, moderately glossy above.