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Encephalartos ferox G.Bertol

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

Taxon overview

Distribution: Mozambique (Gaza, Inhambane, Maputo), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

IUCN Red List: Near Threatened A4cd

Nomenclature

Published: Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 3: 264-265 (1851). [BHL]

Type

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Etymology: From the Latin ferox (‘fierce’), referring to the stiff, pungent leaflets. [source]

Names and synonymy

Taxonomic synonyms

References (9)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Donaldson JS, Matimele HA, Raimondo D, Bandeira S, Burrows JE, Darbyshire I, Massingue AO, Timberlake J. 2022. Encephalartos ferox. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41943A51054622. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Rousseau P, Vorster PJ, Afonso AV, Van Wyk AE. 2015. Taxonomic notes on Encephalartos ferox (Cycadales: Zamiaceae), with the description of a new subspecies from Mozambique. Phytotaxa 204 (2) : 99-115. WLoC DOI URL
Description Pages: 99-115 Plates: 3-9
Broome T. 2004. Encephalartos ferox in Florida. Cycad Newslett. 27 (3) : 10. WLoC
Haynes JL. 2004. Phenology of Encephalartos ferox in South Florida. Cycad Newslett. 27 (3) : 10. WLoC