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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cycas apoa''
| status = NT
| trend = stable
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Cycad]]ophyta
| classis = [[Cycad]]opsida
| ordo = [[Cycad]]ales
| familia = [[Cycas|Cycadaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cycas]]''
| species = '''''C. apoa'''''
| binomial = ''Cycas apoa''
| binomial_authority = K.D.Hill
}}

'''''Cycas apoa''''' is a species of [[cycad]] in the genus ''[[Cycas]]'', native to northern [[New Guinea]]. It occurs in the [[Sepik River]] basin, in wet lowland forest in modestly seasonally flooded areas.

It has erect stems up to 2.5 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] 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 (botany)|petiole]] is armed with spines nearly over its entirety, with [[glabrous]], glossy green leaflets angled forward about 70-80 degrees.

The female [[strobilus|cones]] are open, grey with orange hairs, with each [[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]] estuary in New Guinea.

First described in 1994, the plants were previously thought to be a population of ''[[Cycas circinalis]]''. It is closely related to ''[[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==
*[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/cycadpg?taxname=Cycas+apoa Cycad Pages: ''Cycas apoa'']

[[Category:Cycads]]
[[Category:Flora of Papua New Guinea]]

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Envoy at 13:30, 30 October 2007