| 41. | Cycads are among the oldest seed plants and even pre-date the dinosaurs.
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| 42. | Cycads in general have significant roles in the nitrogen budget of their respective ecosystems.
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| 43. | They are among the few butterflies that breed on plants of the cycad class.
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| 44. | As with all cycads this species is dioecious.
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| 45. | Cycads are ancient plants that date back 300 million years and were nibbled by dinosaurs.
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| 46. | Cycads face the same kind of devastation.
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| 47. | There are cycad nurseries, but the plants take 15 years to reach salable size.
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| 48. | One species of cycad, the Modjadji cycad, is named after the Rain Queen.
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| 49. | One species of cycad, the Modjadji cycad, is named after the Rain Queen.
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| 50. | This cycad is listed as near threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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