# Cycas apoa

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{{Short description|Species of cycad}}
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{{Speciesbox
| image = Cycas apoa - Food and Agriculture Museum - Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan - DSC09914.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Bösenberg, J.D. |year=2023 |title=''Cycas apoa'' |article-number=e.T42068A67334966 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T42068A67334966.en}}</ref>
| genus = Cycas
| species = apoa
| authority = K.D.Hill
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'''''Cycas apoa''''' is a species of [cycad](/source/cycad) in the genus ''[Cycas](/source/Cycas)'', native to northern [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) and [Halmahera](/source/Halmahera) Island.<ref name=IUCN/> It occurs in the [Sepik River](/source/Sepik_River) basin, in wet lowland forest in modestly seasonally flooded areas.

It has erect stems up to 2.5 m tall. The [leaves](/source/leaf) are hairy and orange at first, soon losing the hair and becoming glossy bright green, numerous and spreading, 1.8-2.5 m long. The [petiole](/source/Petiole_(botany)) is armed with spines nearly over its entirety, with [glabrous](/source/Glossary_of_botanical_terms), glossy green leaflets angled forward  about 70-80 degrees.

The female [cones](/source/strobilus) are open, grey with orange hairs, with each [sporophyll](/source/sporophyll) containing 6-8 ovules. The male cones are orange, narrowly ovoid.

The name derives from the plant's vernacular name in the language of the Kaka tribe of the [Sepik River](/source/Sepik_River) estuary in New Guinea.

First described in 1994, the plants were previously thought to be a population of ''[Cycas circinalis](/source/Cycas_circinalis)''. It is closely related to ''[Cycas rumphii](/source/Cycas_rumphii)'', with which it shares much of its geographical range. This species is not presently considered threatened, with a large population, fast growth, and remote habitat.

==References==
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*[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/cycadpg?taxname=Cycas+apoa Cycad Pages: ''Cycas apoa''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510015632/http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/cycadpg?taxname=Cycas+apoa |date=2013-05-10 }}

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apoa
Category:Flora of New Guinea
Category:Flora of the Maluku Islands
Category:Near threatened plants

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