Cycas revoluta, Sago Palm - EDIS
... Many common names for this and other cycads include the word “palm” because these plants have a superficial resemblance to palm trees. The term “sago” refers to a type of edible starch that can be extracted from these plants. Sago is used as a food source in Asia, particularly in New Guinea. Most sa ...
... Many common names for this and other cycads include the word “palm” because these plants have a superficial resemblance to palm trees. The term “sago” refers to a type of edible starch that can be extracted from these plants. Sago is used as a food source in Asia, particularly in New Guinea. Most sa ...
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... so that the monotypic Stangeria eriopus, endemic to South Africa, was originally described as a fern until it produced a cone (Jones, 2002, p.375). There are two species of Bowenia, both endemic to tropical Queensland, Australia, and are the only cycads to have bipinnate leaves (Jones, 2002, p.101). ...
... so that the monotypic Stangeria eriopus, endemic to South Africa, was originally described as a fern until it produced a cone (Jones, 2002, p.375). There are two species of Bowenia, both endemic to tropical Queensland, Australia, and are the only cycads to have bipinnate leaves (Jones, 2002, p.101). ...
Lab 5 - SDSU College of Sciences
... Cycas (e. Africa to Japan & Australia) C. revoluta Sago-Palm commonly planted as outdoor ornamental; this species and others are a source of sago from pith (probably carcinogenic), used for flour & bread in India; C. media, seeds boiled, eaten by Australian Aborigines Dioon (Mexico & Central America ...
... Cycas (e. Africa to Japan & Australia) C. revoluta Sago-Palm commonly planted as outdoor ornamental; this species and others are a source of sago from pith (probably carcinogenic), used for flour & bread in India; C. media, seeds boiled, eaten by Australian Aborigines Dioon (Mexico & Central America ...
ECHOcommunity.org
... Grain Amaranth seeds are richer in protein and contain a better blend of amino acids for the human diet than the cereal grains. Their richer content of amino acids lysine and methionine complements the deficiencies of these amino acids in maize and other cereals. Some antinutritive substances have b ...
... Grain Amaranth seeds are richer in protein and contain a better blend of amino acids for the human diet than the cereal grains. Their richer content of amino acids lysine and methionine complements the deficiencies of these amino acids in maize and other cereals. Some antinutritive substances have b ...
Gymnosperms
... Two major groups of seed plants: • Gymnosperms—not sure of the early evolutionary history of gymnosperms; could be monophyletic or could be paraphyletic • Angiosperms—monophyly supported by many characters including the carpel ...
... Two major groups of seed plants: • Gymnosperms—not sure of the early evolutionary history of gymnosperms; could be monophyletic or could be paraphyletic • Angiosperms—monophyly supported by many characters including the carpel ...
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... conspicuous of gymnosperms. There are about 54 living genera and more than 500 species. In India coniferous forests are seen in Himalayas. Conifers are ancient group and thus their fossil history dates back to the late Carboniferous period of about 300 million years. Presently the members of the gro ...
... conspicuous of gymnosperms. There are about 54 living genera and more than 500 species. In India coniferous forests are seen in Himalayas. Conifers are ancient group and thus their fossil history dates back to the late Carboniferous period of about 300 million years. Presently the members of the gro ...
Notes on the Floral Biology and Fruiting of Cycad Circinalis in Nigeria
... tasty chew. The fresh sap promotes healing of open wounds, while the fresh young leaves are grazed by livestock during drought or bush burning. The starch is also edible when the poisonous toxin had been removed through a process described by Stevenson and Osborne 2004. Cycads produce cycasin which ...
... tasty chew. The fresh sap promotes healing of open wounds, while the fresh young leaves are grazed by livestock during drought or bush burning. The starch is also edible when the poisonous toxin had been removed through a process described by Stevenson and Osborne 2004. Cycads produce cycasin which ...
Plant of the week - Cycas sphaerica
... Generally found in moist deciduous forests, largely on the upper reaches of the hills. Distribution ...
... Generally found in moist deciduous forests, largely on the upper reaches of the hills. Distribution ...
Biogeographic Insights in Central American Cycad Biology
... from the Chocó region (Louis Berger Group, 2003). The differences between lowland vegetation and those from the highlands are due principally to temperature changes concordant with changes in altitude. Panamanian cycads are associated with different forest types, and can be found alongside natural m ...
... from the Chocó region (Louis Berger Group, 2003). The differences between lowland vegetation and those from the highlands are due principally to temperature changes concordant with changes in altitude. Panamanian cycads are associated with different forest types, and can be found alongside natural m ...
Strychnos nux-vomica Linn.
... temperature varies from 35 to 45 celsius and minimum temperature varies from 4 to 18 celsius, and where rain fall ranges from 750 to 3750 mm. The tree is shade bearer, growing under a moderate canopy even in semi-evergreen forests. It produces root suckers and is free from damage by browsing, as ani ...
... temperature varies from 35 to 45 celsius and minimum temperature varies from 4 to 18 celsius, and where rain fall ranges from 750 to 3750 mm. The tree is shade bearer, growing under a moderate canopy even in semi-evergreen forests. It produces root suckers and is free from damage by browsing, as ani ...
Ginkgo
... – Accumulates and flows in resin ducts – Inhibits insects – Stressed trees produce less resin making them more susceptible to insect infestation ...
... – Accumulates and flows in resin ducts – Inhibits insects – Stressed trees produce less resin making them more susceptible to insect infestation ...
Gymnosperms General Characteristics
... pinnate (rarely bipinnate) fronds growing from a central stalk, but they differ in developing distinctive male and female cones. Cycads are woody, long-lived, unisexual plants. All species have coralloid roots, which support symbiotic cyanobacteria that can fix atmospheric nitrogen. The cycads a ...
... pinnate (rarely bipinnate) fronds growing from a central stalk, but they differ in developing distinctive male and female cones. Cycads are woody, long-lived, unisexual plants. All species have coralloid roots, which support symbiotic cyanobacteria that can fix atmospheric nitrogen. The cycads a ...
maryville college
... Flowering plants are the most abundant and most dominant vegetation on the earth presently. More than 90% of all vegetation on the earth is Angiosperms. There are large numbers present in the tropic and subtropics. Angiosperms are the source of virtually all of our vegetable food sources. They are u ...
... Flowering plants are the most abundant and most dominant vegetation on the earth presently. More than 90% of all vegetation on the earth is Angiosperms. There are large numbers present in the tropic and subtropics. Angiosperms are the source of virtually all of our vegetable food sources. They are u ...
Gymnosperm
... The first seed plants were fernlike in appearance and for a long time were classified as pteridosperms (seed ferns) today, these have been reclassified as gymnosperms (in the cycads group) ...
... The first seed plants were fernlike in appearance and for a long time were classified as pteridosperms (seed ferns) today, these have been reclassified as gymnosperms (in the cycads group) ...
the plant kingdom - National Botanic Gardens
... 3. Male gametophyte (Microsporangia) is enclosed in a Pollen grain (3 nuclei are present, one of these is the generative nucleus, and will form a motile ‘sperm’ or travel along a pollen tube) 4. After fertilisation, the Embryo develops within an endosperm (haploid in Gymnosperms), and the integument ...
... 3. Male gametophyte (Microsporangia) is enclosed in a Pollen grain (3 nuclei are present, one of these is the generative nucleus, and will form a motile ‘sperm’ or travel along a pollen tube) 4. After fertilisation, the Embryo develops within an endosperm (haploid in Gymnosperms), and the integument ...
Laboratory 8: Ginkgo, Cycads, and Gnetophytes
... This is the third and final lab concerning the gymnosperms. Today we are looking at Ginkgo, the Cycads, and the Gnetophytes, the so-called non-coniferous gymnosperms. While these groups do not have cones like the true conifers, many do produce strobili. Order Ginkgoales: leaves simple (with dichotom ...
... This is the third and final lab concerning the gymnosperms. Today we are looking at Ginkgo, the Cycads, and the Gnetophytes, the so-called non-coniferous gymnosperms. While these groups do not have cones like the true conifers, many do produce strobili. Order Ginkgoales: leaves simple (with dichotom ...
Laboratory 8: Ginkgo, Cycads, and Gnetophytes
... This is the third and final lab concerning the gymnosperms. Today we are looking at Ginkgo, the Cycads, and the Gnetophytes, the so-called non-coniferous gymnosperms. While these groups do not have cones like the true conifers, many do produce strobili. Order Ginkgoales: leaves simple (with dichotom ...
... This is the third and final lab concerning the gymnosperms. Today we are looking at Ginkgo, the Cycads, and the Gnetophytes, the so-called non-coniferous gymnosperms. While these groups do not have cones like the true conifers, many do produce strobili. Order Ginkgoales: leaves simple (with dichotom ...
On to plants with seeds
... – Most of the stem is underground – One pair of leaves will last the entire life of the plant, but will split with exposure (continuous growth) ...
... – Most of the stem is underground – One pair of leaves will last the entire life of the plant, but will split with exposure (continuous growth) ...
Jewel in the Crown of Gunung Tahan
... conservation value, the intact stretch of protected forest ranging from the lowlands to montane habitats including the limestone hills nestled in between is invaluable. G. Tahan and its forest area totaling 4,343 km2 have been conserved since 1938, long enough to guarantee the survival of many rare ...
... conservation value, the intact stretch of protected forest ranging from the lowlands to montane habitats including the limestone hills nestled in between is invaluable. G. Tahan and its forest area totaling 4,343 km2 have been conserved since 1938, long enough to guarantee the survival of many rare ...
Naiad comparison table - Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
... spines) are often hard to see, even with a good hand lens. Each side of the leaf has 20 to 100 minute spines. ...
... spines) are often hard to see, even with a good hand lens. Each side of the leaf has 20 to 100 minute spines. ...
EXERCISE 1: Cycadophyta: The Cycads
... swimming sperm. The later characteristic is especially interesting when you consider that each sperm may have 20,000 to 40,000 spirally arranged cilia and may be up to 400 micrometers (1/60 of an inch) long, visible to the naked eye. This is larger than a grain of table salt and roughly equivalen ...
... swimming sperm. The later characteristic is especially interesting when you consider that each sperm may have 20,000 to 40,000 spirally arranged cilia and may be up to 400 micrometers (1/60 of an inch) long, visible to the naked eye. This is larger than a grain of table salt and roughly equivalen ...
Lab-8, Cycads
... compact appearing secondary wood of the conifers is termed pycnoxylic. Some authors recognize up to three families of cycads, but for the purposes of this course we will consider them all to belong to the Cycadaceae. The living genera of Cycadales with their number of species and geographical distri ...
... compact appearing secondary wood of the conifers is termed pycnoxylic. Some authors recognize up to three families of cycads, but for the purposes of this course we will consider them all to belong to the Cycadaceae. The living genera of Cycadales with their number of species and geographical distri ...
In This Issue - The Cycad Society
... seed-bearing, leaflike structures, each having from one to as many as nine seeds, depending on the species. The seed and pollen-bearing segments of cones are referred to as megaand microsporophylls, respectively. Both the male and the female cones of genera other than Cycas consist of tightly organi ...
... seed-bearing, leaflike structures, each having from one to as many as nine seeds, depending on the species. The seed and pollen-bearing segments of cones are referred to as megaand microsporophylls, respectively. Both the male and the female cones of genera other than Cycas consist of tightly organi ...
Cycadales
Cycadales is an order of seed plants that includes all the extant Cycads. These plants typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves. They usually have pinnate leaves. The individual plants are either all male or all female (dioecious). Cycads vary in size from having trunks only a few centimeters to several meters tall. They typically grow very slowly and live very long, with some specimens known to be as much as 1,000 years old. Because of the superficial resemblance, they are sometimes confused with and mistaken for palms or ferns, but are only distantly related to either.Cycadales are found across much of the subtropical and tropical parts of the world. They are found in South and Central America (where the greatest diversity occurs), Mexico, the Antilles, southeastern United States, Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and southern and tropical Africa, where at least 65 species occur. Some can survive in harsh semidesert climates (xerophytic), others in wet rain forest conditions, and some in both. Some can grow in sand or even on rock, some in oxygen-poor, swampy, bog-like soils rich in organic material, and some in both. Some are able to grow in full sun, some in full shade, and some in both. Some are salt tolerant (halophytes).Cycadales belong to the biological division Cycadophyta along with the fossil order Medullosales. The three extant families of cycadales are Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae, and Zamiaceae. Though they are a minor component of the plant kingdom today, during the Jurassic period, they were extremely common. They have changed little since the Jurassic, compared to some major evolutionary changes in other plant divisions.Cycads are gymnosperms (naked seeded), meaning their unfertilized seeds are open to the air to be directly fertilized by pollination, as contrasted with angiosperms, which have enclosed seeds with more complex fertilization arrangements. Cycads have very specialized pollinators, usually a specific species of beetle. They have been reported to fix nitrogen in association with a cyanobacterium living in the roots. These blue-green algae produce a neurotoxin called BMAA that is found in the seeds of cycads. This neurotoxin may enter a human food chain as the cycad seeds may be eaten directly as a source of flour by humans or by wild or feral animals such as bats, and humans may eat these animals. It is hypothesized that this is a source of some neurological diseases in humans.