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Encephalartos altensteinii Lehm. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Allg. Gartenzeitung 2(11): 85. (1834). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring Baron Karl Altenstein (1770–1840), 19th century Prussian patron of science and statesman in the court of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. [source]

Nomenclature notes: Publ. 15 Mar 1834, also publ. in Nov. Stirp. Pug. [Lehmann] 6: 11, t. 4 & 5 (Apr-early May) 1834
Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): ?LT:tt. 4-5

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Distribution: South Africa (E Cape)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable A2acd

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South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

References (12)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos altensteinii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41908A50823149. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Grobbelaar N. 1989. Disintegration of Encephalartos megastrobili. S. African J. Bot. 55 (6) : 581-585. WLoC
Henderson MR. 1945. Materials for a revision of the South African species of Encephalartos. J. S. African Bot. 11 : 3-65. WLoC URL
Description Pages: 41-45 Plates: Fig. 10
Hutchinson J, Rattray G. 1933. Cycadaceae. p. 24-44. WLoC
Description Pages: 39-40
Notes: Description