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LIST OF CYCADS IN THE CITES APPENDIX I

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

These Cycad species are protected by law because they are endangered by the illegal trade. “CITES I” is the highest degree of protection. Some of them are available in our shop, all from legal trade, reproduced in artificial conditions.Ceratozamia hildae, is in CITES appendix I

LIST OF CYCAD SPECIES IN THE CITES APPENDIX I

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- CYCAS BEDDOMEI (CYCADACEAE)

- MICROCYCAS CALOCOMA (ZAMIACEAE)

- STANGERIA ERIOPUS (STANGERIACEAE)

- CHIGUA (ZAMIACEAE): ALL SPECIES

Chigua bernaliiChigua restrepoi

- CERATOZAMIA (ZAMIACEAE): ALL SPECIES

Ceratozamia alvarezii Ceratozamia hildae – Ceratozamia kuesteriana – Ceratozamia latifolia – Ceratozamia matudae - Ceratozamia mexicana
- Ceratozamia microstrobila – Ceratozamia miqueliana – Ceratozamia mixeorum – Ceratozamia morettii – Ceratozamia norstogii – Ceratozamia robusta -Ceratozamia sabatoi – Ceratozamia whitelockiana – Ceratozamia zaragozae

- ENCEPHALARTOS (ZAMIACEAE): ALL SPECIES

Encephalartos aemulans – Encephalartos altensteinii – Encephalartos aplanatus – Encephalartos arenariusEncephalartos barteri – Encephalartos brevifoliolatus – Encephalartos bubalinus – Encephalartos cafferEncephalartos cerinus – Encephalartos chimanimaniensis – Encephalartos concinnus – Encephalartos cupidusEncephalartos cycadifolius – Encephalartos delucanus – Encephalartos dolomiticus – Encephalartos dyerianusEncephalartos equatorialis – Encephalartos eugene-maraisii – Encephalartos ferox – Encephalartos friderici-guilielmiEncephalartos ghellinckii – Encephalartos gratus – Encephalartos heenanii – Encephalartos hildebrandtiiEncephalartos hirsutus – Encephalartos horridus – Encephalartos humilis – Encephalartos inopinusEncephalartos ituriensisEncephalartos kisambo – Encephalartos laevifoliusEncephalartos lanatusEncephalartos latifrons Encephalartos laurentianus – Encephalartos lebomboensisEncephalartos lehmanniiEncephalartos longifoliusEncephalartos mackenzieiEncephalartos macrostrobilusEncephalartos manikensisEncephalartos marunguensisEncephalartos middelburgensisEncephalartos msinganusEncephalartos munchiiEncephalartos natalensisEncephalartos ngoyanusEncephalartos nubimontanusEncephalartos paucidentatusEncephalartos poggeiEncephalartos princepsEncephalartos pterogonusEncephalartos schaijesiiEncephalartos schmitziiEncephalartos sclavoiEncephalartos senticosusEncephalartos septentrionalisEncephalartos tegulaneusEncephalartos transvenosusEncephalartos trispinosusEncephalartos turneriEncephalartos umbeluziensisEncephalartos villosusEncephalartos whitelockiiEncephalartos woodii


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CITES Species

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

C.I.T.E.S. is the “Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora”; an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Living pandas, elephant tusks and rare orchids are all under this shield with many more species.Widespread information nowadays about the endangered status of many prominent species, such as the tiger and elephants, might make the need for such a convention seem obvious. But at the time when the ideas for CITES were first formed, in the 1960s, international discussion of the regulation of wildlife trade for conservation purposes was something relatively new. Many years have passed and illegal trade goes on. Europe has a flourishing black market and sudden inspections of producers, traders and collectors increased. The list of protected species is regularly revised every few years and you can find the latest on the CITES page of your government.

Encephalartos arenarius is one of the many cycads protected by CITES I

Canarius at times offers plant species protected by CITES, in our sections of Cycads and Succulent Plants. These are all legal specimens, reproduced sustainably, with official papers available.

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