Cycad Names | Cycas afra Thunb.

Cycas afra Thunb. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 2: 283-288, t. 5. (1775).

Nomenclature notes: As 'caffra', treated as an orthographical variant, Art. 61.6, ICN (Madrid).
Nomenclatural Type Information
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This name is considered a synonym of Encephalartos afer (Thunb.) Lehm.

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

  • ≡ Zamia afra (Thunb.) Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 92. (1800).

References (3)

Comment(s)
1842
Miquel FA. 1842. Monographia Cycadearum. Monogr. Cycad. : 1-82.
As synonym of E. caffer
1876
Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4 (4) : 275-320.
1775
Thunberg CP. 1775. Cycas caffra, nova palmae species descripta. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 2 : 285-290.
Protologue description