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Encephalartos dyerianus Lavranos & D.L.Goode

[WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

Taxon overview

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

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

Nomenclature

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

Type

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

Names and synonymy

Taxonomic synonyms

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Image Gallery South Africa Limpopo

4 observations · 33 photos

Chemnick, J s.n.

Date not recorded · 3 photos

Chemnick, J s.n., photo 1 Chemnick, J s.n., photo 2 Chemnick, J s.n., photo 3

Heibloem, P s.n.

Date not recorded · 2 photos

Heibloem, P s.n., photo 1 Heibloem, P s.n., photo 2

van Eeden, W

2019 · 1 photo

van Eeden, W, photo 1

References (5)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos dyerianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41886A50905879. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Hurter PJH, Glen H. 1995. Encephalartos hirsutus (Zarniaceae): a newly described species from South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 62 (1) : 46-48. WLoC
Comparison
Notes: Compared to E. hirsutus
Vorster PJ. 1992. Focus on Encephalartos dyerianus. Encephalartos 29 : 3-7. WLoC
Lavranos JJ, Goode DL. 1988. Notes on Southern African Cycadales. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58 (1) : 219-224. WLoC JSTOR
Protologue Pages: 219-224
Notes: Protologue description