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The cycads: slow-growing seed plants with a stout, often unbranched trunk topped by a crown of stiff, palm-like leaves, though they are unrelated to true palms. Cycadophyta was far more diverse during the Mesozoic era; the surviving species are concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions and many are now threatened by habitat loss and over-collection.

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Member Species/Taxa Count
350 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
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Phylum / Division 1
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Cycadophyta 1
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Plantae, Taxa
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1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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