Cycadaceae

 

The Cycadaceae family is tropical. I have seen these taxa when I used to live in Florida, and also during visits to Bermuda.  They are dioecious, and their palm-like leaves can be deceptive.  The naked seed, shown here in the male cone to the right, indicates it to be a conifer.

Web Links Cycas revoluta - sago palm

 

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 This picture was taken in the Botanical Gardens in Bermuda.  Cycads are all over the island as ornamentals, and there is no question as to which is male or female.  

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 The female version of this species, shown here from a park in St. Georges, would not qualify as something all that "pretty."  The palm -like leaves are spirally arranged and pinnately compound.