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

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

Etymology: Honoring Dr. Robert Allen Dyer (1900–1987), 20th century South African botanist and monographer of South African cycads and former head of the Botanical Research Institute of South Africa. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: J. Smit s.n., PRE 32864
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal, farm Lilie, N of Mica, in the Lowveld, on a single granite hill , ca 700 m , Feb 1966
Type Location(s): HT:PRE

Taxonomic Synonyms:

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered B1ab(v)+2ab(v)

Image Gallery (4 observation records)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

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 dyerianus. Encephalartos 29 : 3-7.