Cycas debaoensis
A critically endangered dwarf cycad from western Guangxi with a short, largely subterranean trunk and spectacular tripinnate, fern-like leaves. It grows in sunny grassy and shrubby slopes with a warm, wet summer and a cool, dry winter; only legally propagated plants should be grown.
Where it grows wild
Open, sunny slopes among grasses and low shrubs; the finely divided leaves rise from a trunk mostly below ground.
Literature gives 700–1000 m; the few dated GBIF records sit at 300–500 m (median 460 m).
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