Englehardt, J.D., Carrasco, M.D., Gutiérrez-Ortega, J.S., Deloso, B.E., & Matsubara, N. 2024 Threats to cycad biocultural heritage in the Amami Islands, Japan. Plant Species Biology https://doi.org/ 10.1111/1442-1984.12494

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Notes: This article summarizes previous and current research on the social roles and environmental significance of C. revoluta in the Amami Islands, with a specific focus on current threats to these plants and the cultural ecologies that surround them, including the ongoing biological invasion by the cycad aulacaspis scale.

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