Herbarium catalogue

ERB. HORT. EDINB. Cultivated Plants Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Cycadaceae Cycas pectinata Buch-Ham j Living collection info.: RBGE Data Capture Project - James Clugston No. 1469 21° November 2009 | | Determined by: James Clugston 12" January 2010 Accession number & Qualifier: 19792577*D Associated material: herb. specimen (E); DNA sample (E); photograph (E). Grown on from original wild collection: Grierson, Andrew J.C. & Long, David G. 2357 BHUTAN: Tashigang Dist.: E bank of Dangme Chu, between Cha Zam & Duksum. Steep rocky slope above river among Pinus roxburghii, Cassia fistula, lemon grass, etc. in arid valley. 1,100 m. 27°24'N, 91°35'E. Dioecious tree; stems erect, 1 m tall, 45 cm diam, bearing old leaf scars; female infl borne at top of stem, depressed globose, c 40 cm diam, seeds orange in 3 pairs on each side of scale stipe, densely packed and completely hidden by upturned pectinate flattened distal portion. ROUAL ReraNte GARDEN Leaves more or less erect, borne on top of stem, 140-170 cm, bie petiole 25-37 cm, longest leaflets 12-18 cm; seeds used to | make flour in times of famine. 29" June 1979. | E00392068 Sheet 1 of 3