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Accession Data:

Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A.DC.

  • Common Name: Microcycas
  • Family: Zamiaceae Reichb.

  • Country of Origin: western Cuba (endemic)
  • Habitat: montane forests at 85–250 m

  • Description: The sole species in the genus Microcycas, this plant is estimated to only consist of around 600 individuals in the wild and is found only in the Pinar del Rio province of western Cuba.
  • Uses: Locals have used the plant's toxic roots as a rat poison.6
  • Culture: Succulent mix

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900284
  • Source: Rob Nicholson (Wellsley) ex Mongomery BC
  • Accession Date: 07-12-2019
  • Bench: 3311 - NEOB: Cycads
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-12-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Cycadophyta
  • Class: Cycadopsida
  • SubClass: Cycadidae
  • Order: Cycadales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zamiaceae
  • SubFamily: Zamioideae
  • Tribe: Zamieae
  • SubTribe: Microcycadinae

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Critically Endangered Species
  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cuba

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
  3. IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
  4. The Cycad Pages. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
  5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by David J. Stang at Wikimedia [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]. Last accessed on Thursday, 18 July, 2019.
  6. Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, 18 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:55:53 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Microcycas calocoma

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Current Accessions in the Zamiaceae

  • Stangeria eriopus

Subfamily Ceratozamieae

  • Ceratozamia hildae

Subfamily Encephalartoideae
Tribe Diooeae

  • Dioon edule

Subfamily Encephalartoideae
Tribe Encephalarteae

  • Encephalartinae: Encephalartos altensteinii
  • Encephalartinae: Encephalartos nubimontanus
  • Macrozamiinae: Lepidozamia peroffskyana

Subfamily Zamioideae
Tribe Zamieae

  • Microcycadinae: Microcycas calocoma
  • Zamiinae: Zamia furfuracea
  • Zamiinae: Zamia pumila
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