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

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

Etymology: From the Latin trans (‘across’) and venosus (‘veins’), referring to purported ‘crosswise veinlets’ connecting the primary longitudinal veins in the leaflets. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector:
J. Burtt-Davy H3086
Locality:
South Africa, Transvaal, Zoutpansberg district, Modjadjes mountains. Cultivated at Izaneen.
Date:
1906
Type location(s):
HT:PRE; IT:K, NBG

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

IUCN Red List: Near Threatened B1b(iii,v)+2b(iii,v)

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South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

References (8)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos transvenosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41945A51044061. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Delange Y. 1990. Notes on the natural history of two species of Encephalartos from South Africa. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57 : 142-143. WLoC
Joubert L, Grobbelaar N, Coetzee J. 1989. In-situ studies of the ultrastructure of the cyanobacteria in the coralloid roots of Encephalartos arenarius, Encephalartos transvenosus and Encephalartos woodii (Cycadales).. Phycologia 28 (2) : 197-205. WLoC DOI
Osborne R. 1989. Focus on Encephalartos transvenosus. Encephalartos 20 : 10-18. WLoC