Microcycas calocoma

Microcycas calocoma

Synonymy: Zamia calocoma	Distribution: Cuba
Common name: Spanish (Cuba)—corcho, palma corcho, palma de corcho (all ref. to beehive trunk palm). Source: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular.	Conservation status: Endangered

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Old adult

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Young female in cone

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Male in cone

Top and middle photos courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geri Prall; taken at Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, FL. Bottom photo courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geoff Stein; taken in a private garden in Fullerton, CA.

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