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Encephalartos senticosus Vorster

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

Taxon overview

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

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2acd

Nomenclature

Published: S. African J. Bot. 62(2): 76-79 (1996).

Type

Collector:
P. Vorster 2990
Locality:
Swaziland: North-east of Siteki in Mlawula Game Reserve
Type location(s):
HT:PRE; IT:FTG, K, LE, MO
Etymology: From the Latin senticosus (‘full of thorns’), referring to the spiny leaflet margins. [source]

Phylogenetic placement

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Image Gallery Eswatini State/province not recorded

1 observation · 3 photos

Donaldson, J JD217

1997-12-14 · 3 photos

Donaldson, J JD217, photo 1 Donaldson, J JD217, photo 2 Donaldson, J JD217, photo 3

References (6)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos senticosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41925A51046766. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Whitelock LM . 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. WLoC
Description, Etymology
Grobbelaar N . 2002. Cycads, with special reference of the southern African species. Published by the author. WLoC
Description, Etymology
Claassen I. 2000. Focus on Encephalartos senticosus. Encephalartos 63 : 4-10. WLoC