5.000 Encephalartos Lehm.

Description of the genus

Trunk crowned with a tuft of large pinnate leaves. Leaflets usually spiny with parallel nerves. Scales of female cones with only 2 ovules on their adaxial side.

Worldwide: 46 species occurring in tropical and S Africa

Encephalartos manikensis

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
aplanatus Vorster[NrEnd][EN]M
chimanimaniensis R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.[NrEnd][EN]MS
ferox G. Bertol.[NrEnd][LR-nt]GI,MDescription, Image
gratus Prain[LR-nt]Z
hildebrandtii A. Braun & BouchéZ
lebomboensis I. Verd.[NrEnd][CR]M
manikensis (Gilliland) Gilliland[LR-nt]MSDescription, Image
munchii R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.[End][CR]MS
ngoyanus I. Verd.[CR]M
pterogonus R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.[End][CR]MS
senticosus Vorster[NrEnd][CR]M
turneri Lavranos & Goode[End][LR-lc]NDescription, Image
umbeluziensis R.A. Dyer[NrEnd][CR]M
villosus (Gaertn.) Lem.M

Other sources of information about Encephalartos:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Encephalartos
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Encephalartos
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Encephalartos
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Encephalartos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Encephalartos
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Encephalartos

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Encephalartos.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=90, retrieved 22 May 2013

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