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Today's Cycad Species Not as Ancient as Believed (2 of 3)

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Today's Cycad Species Not as Ancient as Believed (2 of 3)

image: A pollen cone borne on the species Cycas taitungensis. This particular plant is growing in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Photograph by Nathalie Nagalingum. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 20, 2011, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. Nathalie Nagalingum of Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues, was titled, "Recent Synchronous Radiation of a Living Fossil." view more 

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