Cycadales


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Cycadales

[‚sī·kə′dā·lēz]
(botany)
An ancient order of plants in the class Cycadopsida characterized by tuberous or columnar stems that bear a crown of large, usually pinnate leaves.
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The compiled botanical information on cycad seed storage covers <2% of species in the Cycadales.
Comparative Biology of Cycad Pollen, Seed and Tissue--A Plant Conservation Perspective
It suggests that associations between species of Anatrachyntis and members of the Cycadales may be more widespread than currently known.
A first record of Anatrachyntis badia (Hodges 1962) (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) on Zamia integrifolia (Zamiaceae)
Regeneration of Ceratozamia euryphyllidia (Cycadales, Gymnospermae) plants from embryogenic leaf cultures derived from mature phase trees.
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Beck, Wendy 1993 'Cycad use by Australian Aboriginal people' in DW Stevenson and KJ Norstog (eds), Proceedings of C YC A D 90, the Second International Conference on Cycad Biology: The biology, structure, and systematics of the Cycadales, Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia Ltd, Milton, Qld, pp.8-15.
Aboriginal vernacular names of Australian cycads of Macrozamia, Bowenia and Lepidozamia spp.: a response to "Cycads in the vernacular: a compendium of local names"
(eds), The Biology, Structure and Systematics of the Cycadales. Palm and Cycad Society of Australia, Brisbane, pp.
Another burning question: hunter-gatherer exploitation of Macrozamia spp
Chavez VM, Litz RE (1999) Organogenesis from megagametophyte and zygotic embryo explants of the gymnosperm Dioon edule Lindley (Zamiaceae, Cycadales).
In vitro morphogenesis of Dioon merolae de Luca, Sabato & Vazquez Torres (Zamiaceae, cycadales) from megagametophytes and zygotic embryos/Morfogenesis in vitro de Dioon merolae de Luca, Sabato & Vazquez-Torres (zamiaceae, cycadales) a partir de megagametofitos y embriones cigoticos
Growth form and habitat preference of the Cycadales. Pp 121-130.
African cycad ecology, ethnobotany and conservation: a synthesis
Lindstrom (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cycad Biology: The Biology, Structure and Systematics of the Cycadales (pp.
Estimation of genetic variation in closely related cycad species in Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae: Cycadales) using RAPDs markers
Regenaration of Ceratozamia euryphyllidia (Cycadales, Gymnospermae) plants from embryogenic leaf cultures derived from mature-phase trees.
Reevaluacion del riesgo de extincion de cinco especies del genero Polianthes l. (Agavaceae)
Engleman, 2004, Seed Coat Anatomy of Ceratozamia mexicana (Cycadales).
Anything more than a picnic? Re-considering arguments for ceremonial Macrozamia use in mid-Holocene Australia

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