Cycad

Cycas pectinata is found in north eastern part of India. It is the 4th Cycas discovered. It grows 3-40 feet tall and has very large ovoid male cones.

Historical notes: Cycas pectinata was the fourth species of Cycas to be named, described in 1826 by Scottish surgeon and botanist Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829), who worked as a surgeon in the Bengal medical service (1795-1815) and was superintendent of the Botanical Garden Calcutta (1814-1815). The type is not known. No type was cited, but reference was made to occurrence in "the hills which bound Bengal to the east", and the description cited "Habitat in Camrupae orientalis sylvis". Cycas angulata R. More

Cycas pectinata var elongata in its dry rocky habitat at Ca Na. On November 10 we arrived at Ca Na, the type locality for Cycas pectinata var. elongata . At a nearby village we hired a local guide and proceeded into the field. The population of this cycad still covered large areas of rocky open forest close to the sea (Fig. 9). More

(4-3) Cycas pectinata Hamilton 50 fen (4-4) Cycas multipinnata C.J. Chen et S.Y. More