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Encephalartos eugene-maraisii I.Verd. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: J. S. African Bot. 11(1): 1-3. (1945).

Etymology: Honoring Eugène Nielen Marais (1872–1936), South African naturalist, poet, and writer who lived on a farm in the Waterberg district of northwestern Transvaal where this species grows and who first reported this species to his niece, Dr. Inez Verdoorn, who formally described it. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: E. Marais 13368
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Waterberg Distr., Polala Plateau , 750 m , Dec 1926
Type Location(s): HT:PRE

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2ad+4ad; B1ab(v)

Image Gallery (2 observation records)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

References (5)

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]
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
1989
Osborne R. 1989. Focus on Encephalartos eugene-maraisii. Encephalartos 17 : 9-13.
1945
Verdoorn IC. 1945. A new species of Encephalartos from the Waterburg. J. S. African Bot. 11 (1) : 1-4.
Protologue description