| Full name: |
The World List of Cycads, online edition |
| Short name: |
The World List of Cycads |
| Version: |
Jun 2015 |
| Release date: |
2015-06-04 |
| Authors/editors: |
Calonje M., Stanberg L. & Stevenson D. (eds) |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Plantae - Tracheophyta - Cycadopsida |
| English name of the group: |
Cycads |
|
Number of living species |
353 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
16 |
| Number of extinct species: |
0 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
261 |
| Number of common names: |
0 |
| Total number of names: |
630 |
| Abstract: |
The World List of Cycads is a working list of known cycad species names with the primary goal of providing reliable information on the taxonomy of cycads for use by researchers, conservation planners, and others. It is developed in close collaboration with world's foremost cycad experts and published under the auspices of the IUCN's Cycad Specialist Group. The printed edition is published in the proceedings of the International Conference of Cycad Biology, which is held every three years. |
| Organization: |
IUCN / SSC Cycad Specialist Group, Montgomery Botanical Center, Coral Gables, FL, USA; New York Botanical Garden, Bronx NY, USA; Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
| Website: |
http://cycadlist.org
|
| Bibliographic citation: |
Calonje M., Stanberg L. & Stevenson D. (eds) (2017). The World List of Cycads, online edition (version Jun 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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