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Encephalartos nubimontanus P.J.H.Hurter [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Phytologia 78(6): 409-410, fig. 1. (1995). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin nubilis (‘cloud’) and montanus (‘mountain’), referring to the Wolkberg region (Wolkberg translated from Afrikaans means ‘cloud mountain’), Northern (now Limpopo) Province, South Africa, where this species was endemic (it is now extinct in the wild).[20] (Grobbelaar 2002, J. Hurter pers. comm.) [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: P.J.H. Hurter 95R/1
Locality: South Africa, Northern Province , 1000 m , 27 Mar 1995
Type Location(s): HT:PRE

Taxonomic Synonyms:

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Extinct in the Wild

References (3)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1996
Hurter PJH, Claassen I. 1996. Focus on Encephalartos nubimontanus. Encephalartos 45 : 4-11.
1995
Hurter PJH. 1995. Two newly described cycads from Africa. Phytologia 78 : 409-416.
Protologue description