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

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

Etymology: From the Latin lanatus (‘woolly’), referring to the persistently tomentose apex. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector:
Weeber H.6471
Locality:
South Africa, Transvaal Province, Middelburg,
Type location(s):
HT:K

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga)

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1ab(v)+2ab(v)

Phylogenetic placement:

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References (11)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos lanatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41933A51048427. 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
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