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Encephalartos lebomboensis I.Verd.

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Taxon overview

Distribution: Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

IUCN Red List: Endangered A2acd; B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)

Nomenclature

Published: Fl. Pl. Africa 27: pls. 1078-1079 (1949).

Type

Collector:
Keith 28362a; b
Locality:
South Africa. In garden, Ravelston, originally from near Stegi
Date:
July 1948
Type location(s):
HT:PRE; IT:BOL, NH
Etymology: Referring to its purported type locality in the Lebombo Mountains, northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) Province, South Africa. [source]

Phylogenetic placement

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Image Gallery South Africa KwaZulu-Natal

1 observation · 3 photos

Donaldson, J JD218

1997-12-15 · 3 photos

Donaldson, J JD218, photo 1 Donaldson, J JD218, photo 2 Donaldson, J JD218, photo 3

References (5)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos lebomboensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41907A51049248. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Grobbelaar N. 1989. Disintegration of Encephalartos megastrobili. S. African J. Bot. 55 (6) : 581-585. WLoC
Osborne R. 1988. Focus on Encephalartos lebomboensis. Encephalartos 15 : 6-15. WLoC
Verdoorn IC. 1949. Encephalartos lebomboensis. Fl. Pl. Africa 27 : 1078-1079. WLoC
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