Fern Palm vs Queen sago

Cycas revoluta compared with Cycas circinalis

Key Differences

• Fern Palm is Not Evaluated while Queen sago is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fern Palm	Queen sago
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order same	Cycadales (Cycadales)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family same	Cycadaceae	Cycadaceae
Genus same	Cycas	Cycas
Species	Cycas revoluta	Cycas circinalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Fern Palm and Queen sago share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Cycas.

Conservation Status

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Queen sago

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fern Palm	Queen sago
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Queen sago

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Marshall Islands, Portugal, South Africa, Taiwan, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States