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LIST OF CYCADS IN THE CITES APPENDIX I

Canarius | Thursday January 7th, 2010 |
Ceratozamia hildae, is in CITES appendix I

Ceratozamia hildae

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.

List of Cycad species in the cites appendix I

  • CYCAS BEDDOMEI (CYCADACEAE)
  • MICROCYCAS CALOCOMA (ZAMIACEAE)
  • STANGERIA ERIOPUS (STANGERIACEAE)
  • CHIGUA (ZAMIACEAE): ALL SPECIES
    • Chigua bernalii – Chigua 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 arenarius – Encephalartos barteri – Encephalartos brevifoliolatus – Encephalartos bubalinus – Encephalartos caffer – Encephalartos cerinus – Encephalartos chimanimaniensis – Encephalartos concinnus – Encephalartos cupidus – Encephalartos cycadifolius – Encephalartos delucanus – Encephalartos dolomiticus – Encephalartos dyerianus – Encephalartos equatorialis – Encephalartos eugene-maraisii – Encephalartos ferox – Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi – Encephalartos ghellinckii – Encephalartos gratus – Encephalartos heenanii – Encephalartos hildebrandtii – Encephalartos hirsutus – Encephalartos horridus – Encephalartos humilis – Encephalartos inopinus – Encephalartos ituriensis – Encephalartos kisambo – Encephalartos laevifolius – Encephalartos lanatus – Encephalartos latifrons – Encephalartos laurentianus – Encephalartos lebomboensis – Encephalartos lehmannii – Encephalartos longifolius – Encephalartos mackenziei – Encephalartos macrostrobilus – Encephalartos manikensis – Encephalartos marunguensis – Encephalartos middelburgensis – Encephalartos msinganus – Encephalartos munchii – Encephalartos natalensis – Encephalartos ngoyanus – Encephalartos nubimontanus – Encephalartos paucidentatus – Encephalartos poggei – Encephalartos princeps – Encephalartos pterogonus – Encephalartos schaijesii – Encephalartos schmitzii – Encephalartos sclavoi – Encephalartos senticosus – Encephalartos septentrionalis – Encephalartos tegulaneus – Encephalartos transvenosus – Encephalartos trispinosus – Encephalartos turneri – Encephalartos umbeluziensis – Encephalartos villosus – Encephalartos whitelockii – Encephalartos woodii

CITES Species

Canarius | 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

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.