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Cycas circinalis

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Also Known As	Cycadophyta • cycad

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Cycadeoidales cycad seed fern Cycadeoidaceae Zamiaceae Stangeriaceae Cycadaceae Dicroidium Williamsoniaceae Glossopteris angiosperm fern conifer gnetophyte lycophyte ginkgophyte moss hornwort liverwort Cycadeoidophyta

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Charles Chamberlain, 1925

Charles Joseph Chamberlain

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