Tags: Cycad.
Cycas taitungensis is a species of genus Cycas native to Taitung County south-eastern Taiwan and also to Fujian. C. taitungensis an evergreen tree can grow up to about 5 m (16 ft) tall. The species was not described until 1994 but its specimen was once misapplied as the type of species Cycas taiwaniana which is not really distributed in Taiwan according to the further research.C. taitungensis was listed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants in category vulnerable in 1997.
