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IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group

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Taxonomy & Classification Subgroup

One of the primary functions of this subgroup is to produce and update the World List of Cycads. Click here for more information on the World List.

Another goal of this subgroup is to ensure that cycad taxonomy and classification efforts are scientifically robust and standardized as much as possible. This goal stems from an action proposal of the Cycad Action Plan. In 2002, the first Cycad Classification Concepts workshop was held at Montgomery Botanical Center in Miami, FL, USA. The workshop was attended by several of the world's foremost cycad taxonomists and resulted in a 300-page volume entitled Cycad Classification: Concepts and Recommendations. This unique volume provides guidelines for the designation of species, species boundaries, and species groupings within the cycads and clarifies what has long been a confused area of research. The volume also includes an invaluable glossary of terms used in cycad systematics .

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