-
fertilization arrangements.
Cycads have very
specialized pollinators,
usually a
specific species of beetle. Both male and
female cycads bear
cones (strobili)...
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Lebombo cycad is the
common name for two
closely related species of
cycads native to the
Lebombo Mountains:
Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos senticosus...
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Extracting edible starch from the sago
cycad requires special care due to the
poisonous nature of
cycads.
Cycad sago is used for many of the same purposes...
- from this and
other cycads. It is a less-common food
source for some
peoples of the
Pacific and
Indian Oceans.
Unlike palms,
cycads are
highly poisonous:...
- the only
genus of
cycad found across the region, with the
exception for Australia,
where cycads native to all
three families of
cycads are found. Despite...
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Pollination is done by
certain insects,
namely the
cycad weevil Rhopalotria mollis.
Cardboard cycads can only be
reproduced by the fleshy,
brightly crimson-colored...
- be "true palms" in the
family Arecaceae, or
cycads with a palm-like appearance. Sago
produced from
cycads must be
detoxified before consumption. Plants...
-
covering which surrounds the
seeds in
flowering plants, that
include conifers,
cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes,
forming the
clade Gymno****e The term gymnosperm...
- 270 million
years ago. The
closest living relatives of the
clade are the
cycads,
which share with the
extant G. biloba the
characteristic of
motile sperm...
- transportation. It is also a
major scientific center dedicated to
cycads, with its own
Cycad Gene Bank. Nong
Nooch is the
largest botanical garden in Southeast...
