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Also Known As	Cycadophyta • cycad

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Cycas circinalis

Illustration of Cycadeoidea, an extinct genus of cycadeoid gymnosperms, showing a thick, textured trunk with clusters of long, narrow, palm-like leaves at the top and along the sides.

Cycad plant (Cycadophyta) with long, arching, glossy green fronds radiating from a central cone-shaped structure.

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

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Charles Chamberlain, 1925

Charles Joseph Chamberlain

American botanist

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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