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Encephalartos lebomboensis I.Verd. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Fl. Pl. Africa 27: pls. 1078-1079. (1949).

Etymology: Referring to its purported type locality in the Lebombo Mountains, northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) Province, South Africa. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Keith 28362a; b
Locality: South Africa. In garden, Ravelston, originally from near Stegi , July 1948
Type Location(s): HT:PRE; IT:BOL, NH

Distribution: Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2acd; B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)

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South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

References (5)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos lebomboensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41907A51049248. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Grobbelaar N. 1989. Disintegration of Encephalartos megastrobili. S. African J. Bot. 55 (6) : 581-585. WLoC
Osborne R. 1988. Focus on Encephalartos lebomboensis. Encephalartos 15 : 6-15. WLoC
Verdoorn IC. 1949. Encephalartos lebomboensis. Fl. Pl. Africa 27 : 1078-1079. WLoC
Protologue