Assertion: cycad's leaflet | /r/HasProperty | difficult to distinguish
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text: At least three different etymologies can be found in the literature: Whitelock (2002) stated that the epithet is from the Latin spartea (‘resembling grass’), referring to the long, narrow leaflets that are difficult to distinguish from grass; Hill and Stevenson (2009) stated that it refers to ‘sparse’, but that it is unknown whether it is in reference to the narrow leaflets or the few apical teeth on the leaflet margins; R. Osborne (pers. comm.) maintains that the epithet alludes to the broom genus Spartium (Fabaceae), in reference to the narrow and tapered leaflets.