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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 and Number: Weeber H.6471
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal Province, Middelburg,
Type Location(s): HT:K

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga)

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

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Geographic Distribution

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References (11)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos lanatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41933A51048427. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Grobbelaar N . 2002. Cycads, with special reference of the southern African species. Published by the author. WLoC
Description, Etymology
Whitelock LM . 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 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