Cycas annaikalensis

Cycas annaikalensis
	Cycas annaikalenis in Palakkad
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Cycadophyta
Class:	Cycadopsida
Order:	Cycadales
Family:	Cycadaceae
Genus:	Cycas
Species:	C. annaikalensis
Binomial name
	Cycas annaikalensis; Rita Singh & P.Radha

Cycas annaikalensis is a Critically Endangered species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to the state of Kerala in India, where it is endemic to the Annaikal Hills near Palakkad.[1] It was discovered in 2006.[2] There are less than 100 individuals remaining.

References

Singh, R. (2010). "Cycas annaikalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178883A7634502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178883A7634502.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Singh, Rita; Radha, P. (April–June 2006). "A new species of Cycas from the Malabar Coast, Western Ghats, India". Brittonia. 58 (2): 119–123. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2006)58[119:ansocf]2.0.co;2.

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[IUCN-1] Singh, R. (2010). "Cycas annaikalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178883A7634502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178883A7634502.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[2] Singh, Rita; Radha, P. (April–June 2006). "A new species of Cycas from the Malabar Coast, Western Ghats, India". Brittonia. 58 (2): 119–123. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2006)58[119:ansocf]2.0.co;2.