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Cycas seemannii A.Br.
Sitzungsber. Acad. Wien, Math.-Nat. li. Abth. 1876: 114 (1876)
Family: CYCADACEAE

Cycas seemannii Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas seemannii A.Br.
Sitzungsber. Acad. Wien, Math.-Nat. li. Abth. 1876: 114 (1876)
Synonymy: 5
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Cycad, Queen Sago, Seemann's Sago
BISLAMA (Bichelamar): Namele
FIJIAN (Na Vosa Vakaviti): Logologo (dialects of Bau – Bua – Macuata - Cakaudrove Islands), Roro (dialects of Nadroga Island), Sisila (dialects of Nadroga Island), Tuawawa niu (dialects of Niue Island), Wiro (dialects of Niue Island), Longolongo (dialects of Tikopia - Vanuatu Islands), Rongorongo (dialects of Tonga Island), No-moll ( dialects of Erromango Island), Nwele (dialects of Pentecost Island)
FRENCH (Français): Palmier, Sagoutier

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cycas seemannii group

  • Cycas neocaledonica Linden: ( = Cycas seemannii) This is the geographical or morphological form from New Caledonia Islands. Distribution: New Caledonia (western Pacific south of about 12° S).
  • Cycas seemannii A.Br.: has narrow leaflets with short, usually spine-free petiole. Megasporophyll triangular with a long terminal spine and up to 18-30 short lateral spines. Distribution: Fijian Islands, on Vanuatu, the Tonga Island group and New Caledonia.

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Cycas seemannii Female. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Cycad Cones in Joe's Cycad Gardens. Cycas seemannii, Male cone. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Cycas seemannii female (Megasporophylls). Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Cycas seemannii female (Megasporophylls). Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Cycas seemannii Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Coning habit at Cycad International, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Immature seeds. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Cycas seemannii seeds. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Potted specimens Cycad International,  Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
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