As per IUCN information C. circinalis is endangered and is restricted to the Western Ghats.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/42089/0 Regards Giby On 17 November 2012 20:25, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Picture is very nice, but I am very much doubtful that Cycas circinalis > is endemic to India. I have doubts even of its occurrence in wild > naturally. Cycas rumphii and Cycas beddomei are another options. C. > beddomei is endemic to India but towards the eastern side in Andhra > Pradesh. *Then there is a new species recorded from Karnataka > which was often misidentified as Cycas circinalis. > *The above plant should most probably be Cycas swamyi if this is wild. It > is till now endemic to India. > Regards > Pankaj > > *Frankly, I get confused reading this article (attached). May be experts > here in the group can conclude what I meant. > *Regards > Pankaj > > > Pl. find the attached file contain the *article about C. circinalis for > kind information.* > Thanks > BRS > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy <[email protected]> > Date: 6 January 2012 09:47 > Subject: [efloraofindia:102782] *"Flora picture of the year 2011" B. > Rathinasabapathy > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > *C. circinalis *is endemic to South India, where is it restricted to the > Western Ghats and hilly regions of the southern peninsula, in the states of > Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and the south of Maharashtra (Hill 1995). > > *Fig. Cycas Circinalis **L*. adult with fruit** > > > Regards. > > B. Rathinasabapathy > Project Co-ordinator > Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park > 1388, Avinashi Road > Peelamedu > Coimbatore-641004 > > <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2000 members & > 1,37,000 messages on 31/10/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Assistant Professor PG and Research Department of Botany Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi- 682 013 Kerala, India Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby --
