Cycas riuminiana

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Figure 1. Male cone of C. riuminiana

Habitat:[edit]

The Philippines

Description:[edit]

A medium sized cycad up to 5m tall, with numerous leaves to about 2.4m long.

General:[edit]

This species was named after the president of the Moscow Horticultural Society, Riumin, and described in 1863 from plants cultivated in Moscow and Leningrad.

Culture:[edit]

Warm, sheltered, and moist.

Figure 2. Female cone of C. riuminiana.

Contributed by:[edit]

Gary Beaumont


External Links:[edit]

World List, IUCN, JSTOR, Trebrown

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