India: Cycad plants under extinction threat
Of the 12 cycad species reported in India, three are critically endangered’, three are ‘endangered’ and another three are ‘vulnerable’. For the remaining three, data is deficient, but scientists studying this plant say those three are also under threat.
A common ornamental plant in urban India, cycads are the most primitive seed plants characterised by a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk. They are often termed as living fossils as they underwent little change compared to their Mesozoic ancestors.
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