- Cycas circinalis
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Cycas circinalis 
A 200 year old specimen with a group of younger ones and a female cone in Prague Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Cycadophyta Class: Cycadopsida Order: Cycadales Family: Cycadaceae Genus: Cycas Species: C. circinalis Binomial name Cycas circinalis
L.Cycas circinalis, also known as the Queen Sago, is a type of cycad that was thought to be linked with the degenerative disease Lytico-Bodig disease on the island of Guam; however, the species native to Guam has since been recognised as a separate species, Cycas micronesica, by K.D. Hill in 1994.
Male cone of Cycas circinalis in Olomouc
Cycas circinalis is the only gymnosperm species found among native Sri Lankan flora.
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