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Encephalartos dolomiticus Lavranos & D.L.Goode [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(1-2): 219-224. (1988).

Etymology: Referring to dolomite, a type of magnesium-rich limestone that makes up the soil in its region of endemism in Limpopo Province, South Africa. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: A. Prozeski s.n.
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Drakensberg Mountains, N of Penge and S of The Downs , ca 1200 m , 1975
Type Location(s): HT:NH; IT:MO

Taxonomic Synonyms:

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered A2acd+4ad; B2ab(i,ii,iv,v); C1+2a(i); D

Image Gallery (2 observation records)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

References (4)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1995
Hurter PJH, Glen H. 1995. Encephalartos hirsutus (Zarniaceae): a newly described species from South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 62 (1): 46-48.
Compared to E. hirsutus
1988
Lavranos JJ, Goode DL. 1988. Notes on Southern African Cycadales. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58 (1): 219-224. [JSTOR]
Protologue description
1992
Vorster PJ. 1992. Focus on Encephalartos dolomiticus. Encephalartos 30 : 3-7.