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Where to see Cycads

In the wild

Carnarvon National Park: Central Queensland, 10 hours from Brisbane.
Malolotja Nature Reserve: Swaziland National Trust Commission
The Forest of Modjadji (Cycad Sanctuary): South Africa
In public gardens USA
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens: 811 South Palm Avenue Sarasota, Florida 34236 USA
A garden dedicted to epiphytes, including the amazing epiphytic cycad, Zamia pseudoparasitica, and with many other interesting plants including cycads.
Phipps Conservatory: 1 Schenley Park, Pittsburgh PA 15213-3830
A small but interesting glasshouse collection.
Fairchild Tropical Garden: 00811 Old Cutler Road Miami, Florida USA
A garden dedicted to tropical plants, especially palms and palm-like plants Fairchild Tropical Garden.
The Montgomery Botanical Center: The Montgomery Foundation Gardens 00811 Old Cutler Road Miami, Florida USA
Specialising in Palms and cycads.
The Huntingdon Gardens: Los Angeles, California USA
A small but interesting collection of cycads.
Cycads Tres: Cycads at UCR
Lotusland: Los Angeles, California USA
The Ganna Walska gardens, with a good collection of cycads.
Living Cycads at BFL: BFL's living cycads (Cycadaceae) were originally given to UT Austin by the University of Chicago from the collection of C.J. Chamberlain.
Mexico
JARDIN BOTANICO FRANCISCO JAVIER CLAVIJERO: Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. (Apdo Postal 63, Xalapa, Ver., 91000 Mexico).
This regional botanic garden, though very young in comparison with the larger botanic gardens of the world, houses the Mexican National Cycad Collection.
UK and Europe
Palm-Garden: by the City of Frankfurt - Germany.
Moor Bank Garden: Dept of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, Newcastle University, England
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Richmond, Surrey, England
Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Scotland
National Botanic Gardens: Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
Aberystwyth Botanic Gardens Tropical Glasshouse: University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
Pinetum Blijdenstein: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Asia
Nong Nooch Garden: Sattahip Chonburi Thailand
Fairy Lake Botanic Garden: Shenzhen PR China
South China Botanic Garden: Guangzhou Guangdong PR China
Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney: Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney
The Botanic Gardens of Adelaide: North Terrace, Adelaide
With 10 genera and approximately 79 named species.
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne: South Yarra Melbourne
Townsville Botanic Gardens: Townsville
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens: Rockhampton
Cairns Botanic Gardens: Cairns
Darwin Botanic Gardens: Darwin
South Africa
Botanical Garden: Department of Botany, University of Pretoria
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden: National Botanical Institute, Capetown
The World List
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