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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:
E. Marais 13368
Locality:
South Africa, Transvaal, Waterberg Distr., Polala Plateau
Elevation:
750 m
Date:
Dec 1926
Type location(s):
HT:PRE

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

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

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2 observations · 9 photos

South Africa

Limpopo

2 observations · 9 photos

Chemnick, J s.n.

Date not recorded · 1 photo

Chemnick, J s.n., photo 1

References (6)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos eugene-maraisii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41904A50906421. 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
Osborne R. 1989. Focus on Encephalartos eugene-maraisii. Encephalartos 17 : 9-13. WLoC
Verdoorn IC. 1945. A new species of Encephalartos from the Waterburg. J. S. African Bot. 11 (1) : 1-4. WLoC
Protologue Pages: 1-3 Plates: pl. 1
Notes: Protologue description