5.000 Encephalartos
Lewis, J. (1960) Gymnospermae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) 78-80
Description of the genus
Dioecious trees or shrubs. 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: Approximately 65 species in Tropical and South Africa (African Plant Database). Mozambique: 15 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aplanatus Vorster [NrEnd] [EN] | M | |
| chimanimaniensis R.A. Dyer & I. Verd. [NrEnd] [EN] | MS | Description |
| ferox G. Bertol. subsp. emersus Rousseau, Vorster & Van Wyk [End] [CR] | GI | Image |
| ferox G. Bertol. subsp. ferox [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | GI,M | Description, Image |
| gratus Prain [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | Z | |
| hildebrandtii A. Braun & Bouché | Z | |
| lebomboensis I. Verd. [NrEnd] [CR] | M | |
| manikensis (Gilliland) Gilliland [LR-nt] | MS | Description, Image |
| munchii R.A. Dyer & I. Verd. [End] [CR] | MS | |
| ngoyanus I. Verd. [NrEnd] [CR] | M | |
| pterogonus R.A. Dyer & I. Verd. [End] [CR] | MS | |
| senticosus Vorster [NrEnd] [CR] | M | |
| turneri Lavranos & Goode [End] [LR-lc] | N | Description, Image |
| umbeluziensis R.A. Dyer [NrEnd] [CR] | M | |
| villosus (Gaertn.) Lem. | M |
Other sources of information about Encephalartos:
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Flora of the DRC: EncephalartosFlora of Malawi: Encephalartos
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Encephalartos
Flora of Zambia: Encephalartos
Flora of Zimbabwe: Encephalartos
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Encephalartos
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EncephalartosBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Encephalartos
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Encephalartos
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Encephalartos
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Encephalartos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Encephalartos
JSTOR Plant Science: Encephalartos
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Encephalartos
Plants of the World Online: Encephalartos
Tropicos: Encephalartos
Wikipedia: Encephalartos