Accepted Species
First published in: Allg. Gartenzeitung 2(11): 86. (1834). [BHL]
Etymology: Referring to its occurrence in the Caffraria (Kaffraria) region of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, or the “caffres,” as the Xhosa people of that region were called at the time, or both. [source]
Taxonomic Synonyms:
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Encephalartos afer
var. integrifolius
,
Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 113.
(1874).
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Encephalartos afer
var. unidentatus
,
Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 113.
(1874).
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=
Encephalartos brachyphyllus
,
Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 4(4): 414, tt. 6-7.
(1838).
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Encephalartos afer
var. brachyphyllus
,
Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2): 532.
(1868).
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=
Encephalartos verschaffeltii
,
Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 111.
(1874).
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=
Zamia cycadis
,
Suppl. Pl.: 443.
(1782).
Nomenclatural Synonyms:
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Cycas afra
,
Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 2: 283-288, t. 5.
(1775).
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≡
Zamia afra
,
Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 92.
(1800).
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≡
Encephalartos afer
var. afer
,
Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2): 532.
(1868).
Distribution: South Africa (E Cape)
IUCN Red List Conservation Status:
Near Threatened A2cd; B2ab(iii,v)
South Africa (Eastern Cape)
South Africa (Eastern Cape)
South Africa (Eastern Cape)
References (11)
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2022
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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550
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: 1-31.
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1945
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Henderson MR. 1945. Materials for a revision of the South African species of Encephalartos. J. S. African Bot. 11
: 3-65.
[Reference]
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1985
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Kemp M. 1985. Focus on Encephalartos caffer. Encephalartos 3
: 6-11.
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1834
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Lehmann JG. 1834. De plantis cycadeis, praesertim Africae Australis. Nov. Stirp. Pug. 6
: 1-14.
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Protologue description
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1868
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Masters MT. 1868. The Ghent International Exhibition. Gard. Chron. 25
(14)
: 348-350.
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1842
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Miquel FA. 1842. Monographia Cycadearum. Monogr. Cycad.
: 1-82.
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Description
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1848
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Miquel FA. 1848. Over eenige nieuwe of zeldzame Cycadeen in den Hortus Botanicus te Amsterdam. Derde gedeelte. Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 1
(4)
: 197-208.
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1861
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Miquel FA. 1861. Prodromus systematis cycadearum. Prodr. Syst. Cycad. 10
: 1-27.
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1857
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Regel EA. 1857. Descriptiones plantarum novarum et minus cognitarum in regionibus Turkestanicis a Cl. P. et O. Fedschenko, Korolkow, Kuschakewicz et Krause collectis : Cum adnotationibus ad plantas vivas in Horto Imperiali Botanico Petropolitano cultas. Fasciculus II. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3
: 97-168.
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Description
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1876
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Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4
(4)
: 275-320.
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