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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 and Number: J. Burtt-Davy H3086
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Zoutpansberg district, Modjadjes mountains. Cultivated at Izaneen. , 1906
Type Location(s): HT:PRE; IT:K, NBG

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

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

Image Gallery (4 observation records)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

References (7)

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.
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.
As synonym of E. altensteinii Lehm.
1989
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.
1989
Osborne R. 1989. Focus on Encephalartos transvenosus. Encephalartos 20 : 10-18.