Cycads / ˈsaɪkædz / are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, …

May 17, 2021 · Cycad plants are hardy, evergreen gymnosperms (cone-bearing plants) that grow in sand or hard rock. Cycads are dioecious plants; there are separate male and female plants. …

Cycad, any of the palmlike woody gymnospermous plants that constitute the order Cycadales. The order consists of three extant families, which contain about 10 genera and about 310 …

Cycads are an ancient group of vascular plants that were once a prominent component of the world’s flora. The oldest cycad fossils date to the early Permian (280 million years ago) or late …

May 22, 2015 · Cycads are a group of gymnosperm trees and shrubs. They are woody, seed producing plants with no flowers or fruit. Cycads often look similar to palm trees with …

Cycads (order Cycadales) are an ancient group of palmlike gymnosperms with about 300 extant species across three families. The plants are distinguished by crowns of large pinnately …

Cycads are an ancient group of tropical and subtropical plants that have existed since the age of dinosaurs. They dominated the earth then, but are now endangered. There are more than 200 …

Cycas is a genus of cycad, and the only genus in the family Cycadaceae with all other genera of cycad being divided between the Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae families. Cycas circinalis, a …

Cycads are the most primitive of surviving gymnosperms, or cone-bearing plants, with palm-like leaves and a thick soft stem of storage tissue, mostly lacking any true wood. Their fossil record …

The World List of Cycads (WLoC) is a comprehensive reference for cycad taxonomy, nomenclature, biology, and literature. Learn more about us.