Cycad Genera (Cycadales)

Cycad Genera (Cycadales) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers genera of cycads, the ancient seed-bearing plants of the order Cycadales that look like palms or tree ferns but are gymnosperms, such as Encephalartos, the bread palms of Africa, whose name refers to the starchy pith in the centre of the stem that was traditionally prepared as a bread-like food. An entry belongs here when its own cited article describes a genus of cycads. It excludes the conifer genera, which have a group of their own, and it excludes the true palms and ferns, which cycads only resemble. The group lets a reader compare a very old lineage of seed plants with the conifers and flowering plants.