Cycas revoluta at base of Beaucarnea recurvata

Cycadophyta [audio pronunciation]

General features of the seed plants

Common name

Cycads

Synonyms

None

Sporophytes

Dioecious: trees, shrubs with compound leaves and often only a single trunk.

Strobili

Simple pollen cone; simple seed cone

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Whiplash, more than 100

Representative genera

Cycas, Zamia

Recognized by

Thick compound leaves, cones

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