Cycadophyta
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About
Cycads —constituting the division Cycadophyta—are seed plants with a stout, woody cylindrical trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and usually pinnate (feather-shaped) leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants of a species are either male or female. Cycads vary in size from having trunks only a few centimeters to several meters tall. They typically grow slowly and have long lifespans. They superficially resemble palms or ferns, but are not closely related to either group. Cycads are gymnosperms. Cycads have specialized pollinators, usually a specific beetle, and more rarely a thrips or a moth.
Affects
Common Names
- Cycads
Symptoms
- Weak Pulse
- Increased Heart Rate
- High Heart Rate
- Oral Irritation
- Drooling
- Difficulty Swallowing
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Respiratory Failure
- Seizures
Images
Facts
- Severity
- Mild Moderate Severe Critical
- Known symptoms
- 10
- Photographs
- 8
- Affects
- 1 of our 7 animal groups
- Source
- Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0