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Encephalartos laevifolius Stapf & Burtt Davy

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Taxon overview

Distribution: Eswatini, South Africa (E Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A2acde; C1+2a(i,ii); D

Nomenclature

Published: Man. Pl. Transvaal [Burtt Davy] 1: 40, 99 (1926).

Type

Collector:
Todd s.n.
Locality:
South Africa, Transvaal Province, Moodies near Barberton District
Date:
Jan 1919
Type location(s):
HT:K; IT:NH
Etymology: From the Latin laevis (‘smooth’) and folium (‘leaf’), referring to the lack of tomentum on the leaflets (‘smoothness’) compared to the related E. lanatus.) [source]

Phylogenetic placement

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3 observations · 8 photos

South Africa State/province not recorded

1 observation · 1 photo

Heibloem, P s.n.

Date not recorded · 1 photo

Heibloem, P s.n., photo 1

South Africa Limpopo

1 observation · 3 photos

Donaldson, J JD226

1998-02-24 · 3 photos

Donaldson, J JD226, photo 1 Donaldson, J JD226, photo 2 Donaldson, J JD226, photo 3

South Africa Mpumalanga

1 observation · 4 photos

Chemnick, J

1992-10 · 4 photos

Chemnick, J, photo 1 Chemnick, J, photo 2 Chemnick, J, photo 3 Chemnick, J, photo 4

References (7)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos laevifolius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41891A51052586. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Osborne R. 1989. Focus on Encephalartos laevifolius. Encephalartos 19 : 2-8. WLoC
Henderson MR. 1945. Materials for a revision of the South African species of Encephalartos. J. S. African Bot. 11 : 3-65. WLoC URL
Description Pages: 54-57 Plates: Fig. 13
Hutchinson J, Rattray G. 1933. Cycadaceae. p. 24-44. WLoC
Description Pages: 43
Notes: Description