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Encephalartos lanatus Stapf & Burtt Davy [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Man. Pl. Transvaal [Burtt Davy] 1: 40, 99, fig. 4d. (1926).

Etymology: From the Latin lanatus (‘woolly’), referring to the persistently tomentose apex. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Weeber H.6471
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal Province, Middelburg,
Type Location(s): HT:K

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable B1ab(v)+2ab(v)

Image Gallery (6 observation records)

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References (10)

Comment(s)
1926
Burtt Davy J. 1926. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part I: Pteridophyta to Bombacaceae. Longmans, Green and Co..
Protologue description
1990
Delange Y. 1990. Notes on the natural history of two species of Encephalartos from South Africa. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57 : 142-143.
1989
Goode D. 1989. Cycads of Africa. Singapore: Tien Wah Press. 256 p.
2002
Grobbelaar N. 2002. Cycads, with special reference of the southern African species. Published by the author. 331 p.
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]
1933
Hutchinson J, Rattray G. 1933. Cycadaceae. p. 24-44.
Description
1988
Osborne R. 1988. Focus on Encephalartos lanatus. Encephalartos 16 : 3-9.
1926
Stapf O, Burtt-Davy J. 1926. Encephalartos lanatus. Man. Pl. Transvaal [Burtt Davy] 1 : 40.
2002
Whitelock LM. 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 374 p.