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What is a Cycad?
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CycadsAbout 300 species of primitive plants related to conifers and Ginkgo that date back >100 million years
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Cycad TriviaAny similarity to animals is strictly coincidental!
•Cycad plants are dioecious (male or female)•Some cycads are thought to have sex chromosomes•Unlike most higher plants, cycads have motile sperm
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Cycad TriviaResemblance to palms is coincidental
•Cycads are palmlike but are NOT palms
•Common names often have the word “palm” in them and further the misunderstanding (e.g. sago palm)
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Phylogenyof Cycads
Phylogeny = evolutionary history of a group of organisms
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“Seed PlantPhylogenetic
Tree”
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Families and Genera of Cycads
Boweniaceae: BoweniaCycadaceae: CycasStangeriaceae: StangeriaZamiaceae: Ceratozamia, Dioon,
Encephalartos, Lepidozamia, Macrozamia, Microcycas, Zamia
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Midrib: Cycadaceae Midrib + Dichotomous Secondary veinsStangeriaceae
DichotomousVeins - Zamiaceae
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Geographyof Cycads
Cycads are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the old and new worlds
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Geographic Distribution of Cycads
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Morphologyof Cycads
Morphology = form and structure
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Stemsof Cycads
the swollen underground or aboveground stem is called a “caudex” (pl. “caudices”), full of starch, some fiber, but very little wood
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Leaves of Cycads
Dioon sp.
Bowenia sp.
compound leaves with leaflets –(2x or more compound inBowenia and some Cycas)
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Cones of Cycads
Cycads have “strobili” (cones). Plants are male or female; male plants have pollen-bearing cones, and female plants have seed-bearing cones
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Cones of Cycads
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Seeds of Cycads
In all but Cycas, cycad female cone scales bear two seeds each; megasporophylls of some Cycas hold up to eight
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After its discovery, Stangeria eriopus wasat first thought to be a fern …
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…until a cone was seen
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female strobilus
male strobilusCycas revoluta (King Sago)
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Closeups of male cone showing microsporophylls
Cycas revoluta (King Sago)
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Closeups of microsporophyll showingmicrosporangia (pollen sacs)
Cycas revoluta (King Sago)
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Female cone receptive to pollen
Cycas revoluta (King Sago)
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Female cone shortly after pollination
Cycas revoluta (King Sago)
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Cycas revoluta (King Sago)
Female cone with ripe seeds in fall
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Plant of Cycas sp.with fully developed seed on sporophylls
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Zamia floridana – The Florida Zamia or Coontie
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The Florida Zamia or Coontie –how many species?
Zamia floridana, Z. umbrosa, Z. silvicola ?
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The Palatka Giant ZamiaDiscovered in the Ocala
National Forest
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Male and female cones
Zamia floridana – The Florida Zamia or Coontie
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Zamia floridana – The Florida Zamia or Coontie
Closeup of microsporophyll showing pollen sacs
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Zamia floridana – The Florida Zamia or Coontie
Ripe seeds of Zamia floridana
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Larvae of Eumaeus atala(Atala butterfly) feed only on leaves of Florida Zamia
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The stems of Zamia floridanaare very toxic but were used
for starch by indigenous peoples of America, who had
detailed methods of preparation to remove
poisons
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Some soldiers during the Civil War were poisoned due to improper preparation of the coontie flour, once produced and shipped out of the state as “Florida Arrowroot”
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CycadHorticulture
Though many cycads are found in tropical zones, they generally don’t want to be overwatered; in habitat, they are in very well-drained soilswith few exceptions
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CycadHorticulture
Mature cycads grow new leaves periodically, in impressive flushes of up to 50 or more leaves at once. Some grow only once per year, but other species may produce leaves two or even three times
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CycadHorticulture
Coning is a yearly event, and when female cones are pollinated, seed take from six to 18 months to develop. Once released from the plant, some are ready to germinate while others must ripen off the plant.
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CycadHorticulture
Not many plant groups serve in so many different landscape cap-acities; cycads can be foundation or specimen plants and can range from 8-10” tall to towering palmliketrees in excess of 40’ tall
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CycadHorticulture
Neutral to slightly acid soils are best for growing cycads
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CycadHorticulture
Seeds are slow to grow to mature sized plants, but exorbitant prices charged for many cycads make growing from seeds much more satisfying!
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Cycads:Endangered SpeciesMost cycads are threatened or endangered; habitat destruction for pastureland or other development, as well as poaching of plants from the wild by hobbyists or commer-cial collectors is wiping out the world’s cycads
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Cycads:Where to See Them in the USA
Fairchild Botanical Garden (Miami, FL)The Huntington Botanical Gardens
(Pasadena, CA)The New York Botanical Garden
(New York, NY)Lotusland (Santa Barbara, CA)
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Cycads:Sources
The Cycad Society (www.cycad.org)or Google:
PACSOA (Palm & Cycad Soc. of Australia)
The Cycad PagesThe World List of Cycads