Below is a list of cycad species by ordered by country.
Africa edit
Southern Africa edit
South Africa edit
- Encephalartos aemulans
- Encephalartos altensteinii
- Encephalartos arenarius
- Encephalartos brevifoliolatus
- Encephalartos caffer
- Encephalartos cerinus
- Encephalartos cupidus
- Encephalartos cycadifolius
- Encephalartos dolomiticus
- Encephalartos dyerianus
- Encephalartos eugene-maraisii
- Encephalartos ferox
- Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi
- Encephalartos ghellinckii
- Encephalartos heenanii
- Encephalartos hirsutus
- Encephalartos horridus
- Encephalartos humilis
- Encephalartos inopinus
- Encephalartos laevifolius
- Encephalartos lanatus
- Encephalartos latifrons
- Encephalartos lebomboensis
- Encephalartos lehmannii
- Encephalartos longifolius
- Encephalartos middelburgensis
- Encephalartos msinganus
- Encephalartos natalensis
- Encephalartos ngoyanus
- Encephalartos nubimontanus
- Encephalartos paucidentatus
- Encephalartos princeps
- Encephalartos senticosus
- Encephalartos transvenosus
- Encephalartos trispinosus
- Encephalartos villosus
- Encephalartos woodii
- Stangeria eriopus
Eswatini edit
- Encephalartos aplanatus
- Encephalartos heenanii
- Encephalartos laevifolius
- Encephalartos lebomboensis
- Encephalartos ngoyanus
- Encephalartos paucidentatus
- Encephalartos relictus
- Encephalartos senticosus
- Encephalartos umbeluziensis
- Encephalartos villosus
Mozambique edit
- Cycas thouarsii
- Encephalartos chimanimaniensis
- Encephalartos ferox
- Encephalartos gratus
- Encephalartos lebomboensis
- Encephalartos manikensis
- Encephalartos munchii
- Encephalartos pterogonus
- Encephalartos turneri
- Encephalartos umbeluziensis
Malawi edit
Zimbabwe edit
Zambia edit
Angola edit
Democratic Republic of the Congo edit
- Encephalartos laurentianus
- Encephalartos ituriensis
- Encephalartos marunguensis
- Encephalartos poggei
- Encephalartos schaijesii
- Encephalartos schmitzii
East Africa edit
Cycas thouarsii is the most geographically widespread species, and is found in Indian Ocean islands as well.
Tanzania edit
- Cycas thouarsii
- Encephalartos bubalinus
- Encephalartos delucanus
- Encephalartos hildebrandtii
- Encephalartos sclavoi
Kenya edit
- Cycas thouarsii
- Encephalartos bubalinus
- Encephalartos hildebrandtii
- Encephalartos kisambo
- Encephalartos tegulaneus
- Encephalartos tegulaneus subsp. powysii
Uganda edit
- Encephalartos equatorialis
- Encephalartos macrostrobilus
- Encephalartos septentrionalis
- Encephalartos whitelockii
South Sudan edit
Madagascar edit
Comoros edit
Seychelles edit
West Africa edit
Encephalartos barteri is the only cycad species recorded in West Africa.
Nigeria edit
- Encephalartos barteri
- Encephalartos barteri subsp. allochrous
Benin edit
Togo edit
Ghana edit
South Asia edit
Cycas pectinata has the most widespread distribution in South Asia, and is the only South Asian cycad species found outside India and Sri Lanka.
India edit
- Cycas andamanica
- Cycas annaikalensis
- Cycas beddomei
- Cycas circinalis
- Cycas indica
- Cycas nathorstii
- Cycas pectinata
- Cycas sphaerica
- Cycas zeylanica
- Cycas orixensis
Sri Lanka edit
Bangladesh edit
Bhutan edit
Nepal edit
East Asia edit
Japan edit
China edit
- Cycas balansae
- Cycas bifida
- Cycas changjiangensis
- Cycas chenii
- Cycas debaoensis
- Cycas diannanensis
- Cycas dolichophylla
- Cycas ferruginea
- Cycas guizhouensis
- Cycas hainanensis
- Cycas hongheensis
- Cycas multipinnata
- Cycas panzhihuaensis
- Cycas pectinata
- Cycas revoluta
- Cycas segmentifida
- Cycas sexseminifera
- Cycas shanyaensis
- Cycas szechuanensis
- Cycas szechuanensis subsp. fairylakea
- Cycas taiwaniana
- Cycas tanqingii
Taiwan edit
Southeast Asia edit
Vietnam edit
- Cycas aculeata
- Cycas balansae
- Cycas bifida
- Cycas brachycantha
- Cycas chevalieri
- Cycas clivicola
- Cycas collina
- Cycas condaoensis
- Cycas diannanensis
- Cycas dolichophylla
- Cycas edentata
- Cycas elongata
- Cycas ferruginea
- Cycas fugax
- Cycas hoabinhensis
- Cycas inermis
- Cycas lindstromii
- Cycas micholitzii
- Cycas multipinnata
- Cycas pachypoda
- Cycas pectinata
- Cycas segmentifida
- Cycas sexseminifera
- Cycas siamensis
- Cycas simplicipinna
- ?Cycas tanqingii
- Cycas tropophylla
Laos edit
Thailand edit
- Cycas chamaoensis
- Cycas clivicola
- Cycas edentata
- Cycas elephantipes
- Cycas macrocarpa
- Cycas nongnoochiae
- Cycas pectinata
- Cycas petraea
- Cycas pranburiensis
- Cycas siamensis
- Cycas simplicipinna
- Cycas tansachana
Cambodia edit
Myanmar edit
Malaysia edit
Singapore edit
Philippines edit
- Cycas aenigma
- Cycas curranii
- Cycas edentata
- Cycas lacrimans
- Cycas nitida
- Cycas riuminiana
- Cycas sancti-lasallei
- Cycas saxatilis
- Cycas vespertilio
- Cycas wadei
- Cycas zambalensis
Indonesia edit
- Cycas apoa
- Cycas edentata
- Cycas falcata
- Cycas glauca
- Cycas javana
- Cycas montana
- Cycas papuana
- Cycas rumphii
- Cycas scratchleyana
- Cycas sundaica
East Timor edit
Oceania edit
The eastern coast of Australia contains the most diversity. Cycas seemannii is found in Melanesia and western Polynesia. Cycas micronesica is found in Micronesia.
Australia edit
- Bowenia serrulata
- Bowenia spectabilis
- Cycas angulata
- Cycas arenicola
- Cycas armstrongii
- Cycas arnhemica
- Cycas arnhemica subsp. muninga
- Cycas arnhemica subsp. natja
- Cycas badensis
- Cycas basaltica
- Cycas brunnea
- Cycas cairnsiana
- Cycas calcicola
- Cycas canalis
- Cycas candida
- Cycas conferta
- Cycas couttsiana
- Cycas cupida
- Cycas desolata
- Cycas furfuracea
- Cycas lane-poolei
- Cycas maconochiei
- Cycas maconochiei subsp. lanata
- Cycas maconochiei subsp. viridis
- Cycas media
- Cycas media subsp. ensata
- Cycas media subsp. banksii
- Cycas megacarpa
- Cycas ophiolitica
- Cycas orientis
- Cycas platyphylla
- Cycas pruinosa
- Cycas rumphii
- Cycas seemannii
- Cycas semota
- Cycas silvestris
- Cycas tuckeri
- Cycas xipholepis
- Cycas yorkiana
- Lepidozamia hopei
- Lepidozamia peroffskyana
- Macrozamia cardiacensis
- Macrozamia communis
- Macrozamia concinna
- Macrozamia conferta
- Macrozamia cranei
- Macrozamia crassifolia
- Macrozamia diplomera
- Macrozamia douglasii
- Macrozamia dyeri
- Macrozamia elegans
- Macrozamia fawcettii
- Macrozamia fearnsidei
- Macrozamia flexuosa
- Macrozamia fraseri
- Macrozamia glaucophylla
- Macrozamia heteromera
- Macrozamia humilis
- Macrozamia johnsonii
- Macrozamia lomandroides
- Macrozamia longispina
- Macrozamia lucida
- Macrozamia macdonnellii
- Macrozamia machinii
- Macrozamia macleayi
- Macrozamia miquelii
- Macrozamia montana
- Macrozamia moorei
- Macrozamia mountperriensis
- Macrozamia occidua
- Macrozamia parcifolia
- Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi
- Macrozamia platyrhachis
- Macrozamia plurinervia
- Macrozamia polymorpha
- Macrozamia reducta
- Macrozamia riedlei
- Macrozamia secunda
- Macrozamia serpentina
- Macrozamia spiralis
- Macrozamia stenomera
- Macrozamia viridis
Papua New Guinea edit
- Cycas apoa
- Cycas bougainvilleana
- Cycas campestris
- Cycas papuana
- Cycas rumphii
- Cycas schumanniana
- Cycas scratchleyana
Solomon Islands edit
New Caledonia edit
Vanuatu edit
Fiji edit
Tonga edit
Palau edit
Micronesia edit
Guam edit
Northern Mariana Islands edit
North America and Caribbean edit
United States edit
Bahamas edit
Cayman Islands edit
Cuba edit
- Zamia angustifolia
- Zamia erosa
- Zamia integrifolia
- Zamia pumila
- Zamia pygmaea
- Zamia stricta
- Microcycas calocoma
Dominican Republic edit
Puerto Rico edit
Jamaica edit
Central America edit
Mexico edit
- Ceratozamia alvarezii
- Ceratozamia becerrae
- Ceratozamia brevifrons
- Ceratozamia chimalapensis
- Ceratozamia decumbens
- Ceratozamia euryphyllidia
- Ceratozamia fuscoviridis
- Ceratozamia hildae
- Ceratozamia huastecorum
- Ceratozamia kuesteriana
- Ceratozamia latifolia
- Ceratozamia matudae
- Ceratozamia mexicana
- Ceratozamia microstrobila
- Ceratozamia miqueliana
- Ceratozamia mirandae
- Ceratozamia mixeorum
- Ceratozamia morettii
- Ceratozamia norstogii
- Ceratozamia robusta
- Ceratozamia sabatoi
- Ceratozamia santillanii
- Ceratozamia vovidesii
- Ceratozamia whitelockiana
- Ceratozamia zaragozae
- Ceratozamia zoquorum
- Dioon angustifolium
- Dioon argenteum
- Dioon califanoi
- Dioon caputoi
- Dioon edule
- Dioon holmgrenii
- Dioon merolae
- Dioon purpusii
- Dioon rzedowskii
- Dioon sonorense
- Dioon spinulosum
- Dioon stevensonii
- Dioon tomasellii
- Zamia cremnophila
- Zamia fischeri
- Zamia furfuracea
- Zamia grijalvensis
- Zamia herrerae
- Zamia inermis
- Zamia katzeriana
- Zamia lacandona
- Zamia loddigesii
- Zamia paucijuga
- Zamia prasina
- Zamia purpurea
- Zamia soconuscensis
- Zamia spartea
- Zamia variegata
- Zamia vazquezii
Belize edit
Guatemala edit
- Ceratozamia matudae
- Ceratozamia robusta
- Zamia herrerae
- Zamia monticola
- Zamia prasina
- Zamia standleyi
- Zamia tuerckheimii
- Zamia variegata
El Salvador edit
Honduras edit
- Ceratozamia hondurensis
- Dioon mejiae
- Zamia onan-reyesii
- Zamia oreillyi
- Zamia sandovalii
- Zamia standleyi
Nicaragua edit
Costa Rica edit
Panama edit
South America edit
Colombia edit
- Zamia amazonum
- Zamia amplifolia
- Zamia chigua
- Zamia disodon
- Zamia encephalartoides
- Zamia huilensis
- Zamia hymenophyllidia
- Zamia incognita
- Zamia lecointei
- Zamia manicata
- Zamia melanorrhachis
- Zamia montana
- Zamia muricata
- Zamia obliqua
- Zamia pyrophylla
- Zamia restrepoi
- Zamia roezlii
- Zamia tolimensis
- Zamia ulei
- Zamia wallisii
Ecuador edit
Peru edit
- Zamia amazonum
- Zamia hymenophyllidia
- Zamia lecointei
- Zamia lindenii
- Zamia macrochiera
- Zamia poeppigiana
- Zamia ulei
- Zamia urep
Bolivia edit
Venezuela edit
Brazil edit
References edit
- Catherine Rutherford, John Donaldson, Alex Hudson, H. Noel McGough, Maurizio Sajeva, Uwe Schippmann, and Maurice Tse-Laurence. CITES and Cycads: a user’s guide. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.