Forster, P.I. (5 October 1995), Cycas desolata (Cycadaceae), a new species from north Queensland. Austrobaileya 4(3): 345, figs 1-6, table 1 APC [tax. nov.]

• Type: Queensland. North Kennedy District: North-west of Charters Towers, 27 Jan 1994, P.I. Forster 14671B [male] (holo: BRI [3 sheets + carpological material]).

• APC Comment: Included in the synonymy of C. angulata by de Laubenfels & Adema (1998).
• APC Dist.: Qld

Hill, K.D. (14 November 1996), A taxonomic revision of the genus Cycas (Cyadaceae) in Australia. Telopea 7(1): 29 [secondary reference]

Hill, K.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cycadaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 613, Map 547 [secondary reference]

Laubenfels, D.J. de & Adema, F. (1998), A taxonomic revision of the genera Cycas and Epicycas gen.nov. (Cycadaceae). Blumea 43(2): 363 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cycas angulata R.Br. legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 388 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (11 December 2001), Cycas cupida (Cycadaceae), a new species from central Queensland. Austrobaileya 6(1): 156 [secondary reference]

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