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Encephalartos afer (Thunb.) Lehm. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Nov. Stirp. Pug. 6: 14. (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]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): BAS: Cycas caffra

Taxonomic Synonyms:

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Distribution: South Africa (E Cape)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened A2cd; B2ab(iii,v)

Image Gallery (3 observation records)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

References (11)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1945
Henderson MR. 1945. Materials for a revision of the South African species of Encephalartos. J. S. African Bot. 11 : 3-65. [Reference]
1985
Kemp M. 1985. Focus on Encephalartos caffer. Encephalartos 3 : 6-11.
1834
Lehmann JG. 1834. De plantis cycadeis, praesertim Africae Australis. Nov. Stirp. Pug. 6 : 1-14.
1868
Masters MT. 1868. The Ghent International Exhibition. Gard. Chron. 25 (14) : 348-350.
1842
Miquel FA. 1842. Monographia Cycadearum. Monogr. Cycad. : 1-82.
1848
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.
1861
Miquel FA. 1861. Prodromus systematis cycadearum. Prodr. Syst. Cycad. 10 : 1-27.
1857
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.
1876
Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4 (4) : 275-320.