Accession Data
Microcycas calocoma
Common Name: Microcycas
Family: Zamiaceae
Country of Origin: western Cuba (endemic)
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
Accession Data
Accession #: 201900284
Accession Date: 2019-07-12
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3311
Quantity: 1
Source: Rob Nicholson (Wellsley) ex Mongomery BC
Culture: Succulent mix
Classification
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Subclass: Cycadidae
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
SubFamily: Zamioideae
Tribe: Zamieae
SubTribe: Microcycadinae
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
- IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
- The Cycad Pages. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
- 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.
- Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, 18 July, 2019.
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