| Cycas taitungensis | |
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| Cycas taitungensis specimen in the Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Cycadaceae |
| Genus: | Cycas |
| Species: | C. taitungensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cycas taitungensis Shen, Hill, Tsou & Chen |
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Cycas taitungensis is a species of genus Cycas, native to Taitung, Taiwan. C. taitungensis is one of the evergreen trees and can grow up to about 2 meters. It was listed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants in category VU. The species was not described until 1994, but its specimens was once misapplied as the type of species Cycas taiwaniana, which is not really distributes in Taiwan according to the further researches.[2]