List of cycad species by country

Below is a list of cycad species by ordered by country.

South Africa

 * Encephalartos aemulans
 * Encephalartos altensteinii
 * Encephalartos arenarius
 * Encephalartos brevifoliolatus
 * Encephalartos caffer
 * Encephalartos cerinus
 * Encephalartos cupidus
 * Encephalartos cycadifolius
 * Encephalartos dolomiticus
 * Encephalartos dyerianus
 * Encephalartos eugene-maraisii
 * Encephalartos ferox
 * Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi
 * Encephalartos ghellinckii
 * Encephalartos heenanii
 * Encephalartos hirsutus
 * Encephalartos horridus
 * Encephalartos humilis
 * Encephalartos inopinus
 * Encephalartos laevifolius
 * Encephalartos lanatus
 * Encephalartos latifrons
 * Encephalartos lebomboensis
 * Encephalartos lehmannii
 * Encephalartos longifolius
 * Encephalartos middelburgensis
 * Encephalartos msinganus
 * Encephalartos natalensis
 * Encephalartos ngoyanus
 * Encephalartos nubimontanus
 * Encephalartos paucidentatus
 * Encephalartos princeps
 * Encephalartos senticosus
 * Encephalartos transvenosus
 * Encephalartos trispinosus
 * Encephalartos villosus
 * Encephalartos woodii
 * Stangeria eriopus

Eswatini

 * Encephalartos aplanatus
 * Encephalartos heenanii
 * Encephalartos laevifolius
 * Encephalartos lebomboensis
 * Encephalartos ngoyanus
 * Encephalartos paucidentatus
 * Encephalartos relictus
 * Encephalartos senticosus
 * Encephalartos umbeluziensis
 * Encephalartos villosus

Mozambique

 * Cycas thouarsii
 * Encephalartos chimanimaniensis
 * Encephalartos ferox
 * Encephalartos gratus
 * Encephalartos lebomboensis
 * Encephalartos manikensis
 * Encephalartos munchii
 * Encephalartos pterogonus
 * Encephalartos turneri
 * Encephalartos umbeluziensis

Malawi

 * Encephalartos gratus

Zimbabwe

 * Encephalartos chimanimaniensis
 * Encephalartos concinnus
 * Encephalartos manikensis

Zambia

 * Encephalartos schmitzii

Angola

 * Encephalartos laurentianus

Democratic Republic of the Congo

 * Encephalartos laurentianus
 * Encephalartos ituriensis
 * Encephalartos marunguensis
 * Encephalartos poggei
 * Encephalartos schaijesii
 * Encephalartos schmitzii

East Africa
Cycas thouarsii is the most geographically widespread species, and is found in Indian Ocean islands as well.

Tanzania

 * Cycas thouarsii
 * Encephalartos bubalinus
 * Encephalartos delucanus
 * Encephalartos hildebrandtii
 * Encephalartos sclavoi

Kenya

 * Cycas thouarsii
 * Encephalartos bubalinus
 * Encephalartos hildebrandtii
 * Encephalartos kisambo
 * Encephalartos tegulaneus
 * Encephalartos tegulaneus subsp. powysii

Uganda

 * Encephalartos equatorialis
 * Encephalartos macrostrobilus
 * Encephalartos septentrionalis
 * Encephalartos whitelockii

South Sudan

 * Encephalartos mackenziei
 * Encephalartos septentrionalis

Madagascar

 * Cycas thouarsii

Comoros

 * Cycas thouarsii

Seychelles

 * Cycas thouarsii

West Africa
Encephalartos barteri is the only cycad species recorded in West Africa.

Nigeria

 * Encephalartos barteri
 * Encephalartos barteri subsp. allochrous

Benin

 * Encephalartos barteri

Togo

 * ?Encephalartos barteri

Ghana

 * Encephalartos barteri

South Asia
Cycas pectinata has the most widespread distribution in South Asia, and is the only South Asian cycad species found outside India and Sri Lanka.

India

 * Cycas andamanica
 * Cycas annaikalensis
 * Cycas beddomei
 * Cycas circinalis
 * Cycas indica
 * Cycas nathorstii
 * Cycas pectinata
 * Cycas sphaerica
 * Cycas zeylanica
 * Cycas orixensis

Sri Lanka

 * Cycas nathorstii
 * Cycas zeylanica

Bangladesh

 * Cycas pectinata

Bhutan

 * Cycas pectinata

Nepal

 * Cycas pectinata

Japan

 * Cycas revoluta

China

 * Cycas balansae
 * Cycas bifida
 * Cycas changjiangensis
 * Cycas chenii
 * Cycas debaoensis
 * Cycas diannanensis
 * Cycas dolichophylla
 * Cycas ferruginea
 * Cycas guizhouensis
 * Cycas hainanensis
 * Cycas hongheensis
 * Cycas multipinnata
 * Cycas panzhihuaensis
 * Cycas pectinata
 * Cycas revoluta
 * Cycas segmentifida
 * Cycas sexseminifera
 * Cycas shanyaensis
 * Cycas szechuanensis
 * Cycas szechuanensis subsp. fairylakea
 * Cycas taiwaniana
 * Cycas tanqingii

Taiwan

 * Cycas taitungensis

Vietnam

 * Cycas aculeata
 * Cycas balansae
 * Cycas bifida
 * Cycas brachycantha
 * Cycas chevalieri
 * Cycas clivicola
 * Cycas collina
 * Cycas condaoensis
 * Cycas diannanensis
 * Cycas dolichophylla
 * Cycas edentata
 * Cycas elongata
 * Cycas ferruginea
 * Cycas fugax
 * Cycas hoabinhensis
 * Cycas inermis
 * Cycas lindstromii
 * Cycas micholitzii
 * Cycas multipinnata
 * Cycas pachypoda
 * Cycas pectinata
 * Cycas segmentifida
 * Cycas sexseminifera
 * Cycas siamensis
 * Cycas simplicipinna
 * ?Cycas tanqingii
 * Cycas tropophylla

Laos

 * ?Cycas micholitzii
 * Cycas pectinata
 * Cycas siamensis
 * Cycas simplicipinna

Thailand

 * Cycas chamaoensis
 * Cycas clivicola
 * Cycas edentata
 * Cycas elephantipes
 * Cycas macrocarpa
 * Cycas nongnoochiae
 * Cycas pectinata
 * Cycas petraea
 * Cycas pranburiensis
 * Cycas siamensis
 * Cycas simplicipinna
 * Cycas tansachana

Cambodia

 * Cycas clivicola
 * Cycas siamensis

Myanmar

 * Cycas edentata
 * Cycas pectinata
 * Cycas siamensis
 * Cycas simplicipinna

Malaysia

 * Cycas cantafolia
 * Cycas clivicola
 * Cycas edentata
 * Cycas macrocarpa

Singapore

 * Cycas edentata

Philippines

 * Cycas aenigma
 * Cycas curranii
 * Cycas edentata
 * Cycas lacrimans
 * Cycas nitida
 * Cycas riuminiana
 * Cycas sancti-lasallei
 * Cycas saxatilis
 * Cycas vespertilio
 * Cycas wadei
 * Cycas zambalensis

Indonesia

 * Cycas apoa
 * Cycas edentata
 * Cycas falcata
 * Cycas glauca
 * Cycas javana
 * Cycas montana
 * Cycas papuana
 * Cycas rumphii
 * Cycas scratchleyana
 * Cycas sundaica

East Timor

 * Cycas glauca

Oceania
The eastern coast of Australia contains the most diversity. Cycas seemannii is found in Melanesia and western Polynesia. Cycas micronesica is found in Micronesia.

Australia

 * Bowenia serrulata
 * Bowenia spectabilis
 * Cycas angulata
 * Cycas arenicola
 * Cycas armstrongii
 * Cycas arnhemica
 * Cycas arnhemica subsp. muninga
 * Cycas arnhemica subsp. natja
 * Cycas badensis
 * Cycas basaltica
 * Cycas brunnea
 * Cycas cairnsiana
 * Cycas calcicola
 * Cycas canalis
 * Cycas candida
 * Cycas conferta
 * Cycas couttsiana
 * Cycas cupida
 * Cycas desolata
 * Cycas furfuracea
 * Cycas lane-poolei
 * Cycas maconochiei
 * Cycas maconochiei subsp. lanata
 * Cycas maconochiei subsp. viridis
 * Cycas media
 * Cycas media subsp. ensata
 * Cycas media subsp. banksii
 * Cycas megacarpa
 * Cycas ophiolitica
 * Cycas orientis
 * Cycas platyphylla
 * Cycas pruinosa
 * Cycas rumphii
 * Cycas seemannii
 * Cycas semota
 * Cycas silvestris
 * Cycas tuckeri
 * Cycas xipholepis
 * Cycas yorkiana
 * Lepidozamia hopei
 * Lepidozamia peroffskyana
 * Macrozamia cardiacensis
 * Macrozamia communis
 * Macrozamia concinna
 * Macrozamia conferta
 * Macrozamia cranei
 * Macrozamia crassifolia
 * Macrozamia diplomera
 * Macrozamia douglasii
 * Macrozamia dyeri
 * Macrozamia elegans
 * Macrozamia fawcettii
 * Macrozamia fearnsidei
 * Macrozamia flexuosa
 * Macrozamia fraseri
 * Macrozamia glaucophylla
 * Macrozamia heteromera
 * Macrozamia humilis
 * Macrozamia johnsonii
 * Macrozamia lomandroides
 * Macrozamia longispina
 * Macrozamia lucida
 * Macrozamia macdonnellii
 * Macrozamia machinii
 * Macrozamia macleayi
 * Macrozamia miquelii
 * Macrozamia montana
 * Macrozamia moorei
 * Macrozamia mountperriensis
 * Macrozamia occidua
 * Macrozamia parcifolia
 * Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi
 * Macrozamia platyrhachis
 * Macrozamia plurinervia
 * Macrozamia polymorpha
 * Macrozamia reducta
 * Macrozamia riedlei
 * Macrozamia secunda
 * Macrozamia serpentina
 * Macrozamia spiralis
 * Macrozamia stenomera
 * Macrozamia viridis

Papua New Guinea

 * Cycas apoa
 * Cycas bougainvilleana
 * Cycas campestris
 * Cycas papuana
 * Cycas rumphii
 * Cycas schumanniana
 * Cycas scratchleyana

Solomon Islands

 * Cycas bougainvilleana

New Caledonia

 * Cycas seemannii

Vanuatu

 * Cycas seemannii

Fiji

 * Cycas seemannii

Tonga

 * Cycas seemannii

Palau

 * Cycas micronesica

Micronesia

 * Cycas micronesica

Guam

 * Cycas micronesica

Northern Mariana Islands

 * Cycas micronesica

United States

 * Zamia integrifolia

Bahamas

 * Zamia angustifolia
 * Zamia integrifolia
 * Zamia lucayana

Cayman Islands

 * Zamia integrifolia

Cuba

 * Zamia angustifolia
 * Zamia erosa
 * Zamia integrifolia
 * Zamia pumila
 * Zamia pygmaea
 * Zamia stricta
 * Microcycas calocoma

Dominican Republic

 * Zamia pumila

Puerto Rico

 * Zamia erosa
 * Zamia portoricensis
 * Zamia pumila

Jamaica

 * Zamia erosa

Mexico

 * Ceratozamia alvarezii
 * Ceratozamia becerrae
 * Ceratozamia brevifrons
 * Ceratozamia chimalapensis
 * Ceratozamia decumbens
 * Ceratozamia euryphyllidia
 * Ceratozamia fuscoviridis
 * Ceratozamia hildae
 * Ceratozamia huastecorum
 * Ceratozamia kuesteriana
 * Ceratozamia latifolia
 * Ceratozamia matudae
 * Ceratozamia mexicana
 * Ceratozamia microstrobila
 * Ceratozamia miqueliana
 * Ceratozamia mirandae
 * Ceratozamia mixeorum
 * Ceratozamia morettii
 * Ceratozamia norstogii
 * Ceratozamia robusta
 * Ceratozamia sabatoi
 * Ceratozamia santillanii
 * Ceratozamia vovidesii
 * Ceratozamia whitelockiana
 * Ceratozamia zaragozae
 * Ceratozamia zoquorum
 * Dioon angustifolium
 * Dioon argenteum
 * Dioon califanoi
 * Dioon caputoi
 * Dioon edule
 * Dioon holmgrenii
 * Dioon merolae
 * Dioon purpusii
 * Dioon rzedowskii
 * Dioon sonorense
 * Dioon spinulosum
 * Dioon stevensonii
 * Dioon tomasellii
 * Zamia cremnophila
 * Zamia fischeri
 * Zamia furfuracea
 * Zamia grijalvensis
 * Zamia herrerae
 * Zamia inermis
 * Zamia katzeriana
 * Zamia lacandona
 * Zamia loddigesii
 * Zamia paucijuga
 * Zamia prasina
 * Zamia purpurea
 * Zamia soconuscensis
 * Zamia spartea
 * Zamia variegata
 * Zamia vazquezii

Belize

 * Ceratozamia robusta
 * Zamia decumbens
 * Zamia meermanii
 * Zamia prasina
 * Zamia variegata

Guatemala

 * Ceratozamia matudae
 * Ceratozamia robusta
 * Zamia herrerae
 * Zamia monticola
 * Zamia prasina
 * Zamia standleyi
 * Zamia tuerckheimii
 * Zamia variegata

El Salvador

 * Zamia herrerae

Honduras

 * Ceratozamia hondurensis
 * Dioon mejiae
 * Zamia onan-reyesii
 * Zamia oreillyi
 * Zamia sandovalii
 * Zamia standleyi

Nicaragua

 * Zamia neurophyllidia

Costa Rica

 * Zamia acuminata
 * Zamia fairchildiana
 * Zamia gomeziana
 * Zamia neurophyllidia
 * Zamia pseudomonticola

Panama

 * Zamia cunaria
 * Zamia dressleri
 * Zamia elegantissima
 * Zamia fairchildiana
 * Zamia hamannii
 * Zamia imperialis
 * Zamia ipetiensis
 * Zamia lindleyi
 * Zamia manicata
 * Zamia nana
 * Zamia nesophila
 * Zamia neurophyllidia
 * Zamia obliqua
 * Zamia pseudomonticola
 * Zamia pseudoparasitica
 * Zamia skinneri
 * Zamia stevensonii

Colombia

 * Zamia amazonum
 * Zamia amplifolia
 * Zamia chigua
 * Zamia disodon
 * Zamia encephalartoides
 * Zamia huilensis
 * Zamia hymenophyllidia
 * Zamia incognita
 * Zamia lecointei
 * Zamia manicata
 * Zamia melanorrhachis
 * Zamia montana
 * Zamia muricata
 * Zamia obliqua
 * Zamia pyrophylla
 * Zamia restrepoi
 * Zamia roezlii
 * Zamia tolimensis
 * Zamia ulei
 * Zamia wallisii

Ecuador

 * Zamia amazonum
 * Zamia gentryi
 * Zamia lindenii
 * Zamia roezlii
 * Zamia ulei

Peru

 * Zamia amazonum
 * Zamia hymenophyllidia
 * Zamia lecointei
 * Zamia lindenii
 * Zamia macrochiera
 * Zamia poeppigiana
 * Zamia ulei
 * Zamia urep

Bolivia

 * Zamia boliviana

Venezuela

 * Zamia amazonum
 * Zamia lecointei
 * Zamia muricata

Brazil

 * Zamia amazonum
 * Zamia boliviana
 * Zamia lecointei
 * Zamia poeppigiana
 * Zamia ulei