5.000 Encephalartos Lehm.

Lewis, J. (1960) Gymnospermae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) 78-80

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Trunk crowned with a tuft of large pinnate leaves. Leaflets usually spiny with parallel nerves. Scales of female cones with only 2 ovules on their adaxial side.

Worldwide: Approximately 65 species in Tropical and South Africa (African Plant Database).

Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa.

No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

Links to cultivated taxa    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
horridus (Jacq.) Lehm.
manikensis (Gilliland) GillilandDescription, Image
transvenosus Stapf & Burtt Davy

Other sources of information about Encephalartos:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Encephalartos
Flora of Mozambique: Encephalartos
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Encephalartos
Flora of Zambia: Encephalartos
Flora of Zimbabwe: Encephalartos

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Encephalartos
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Encephalartos
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Encephalartos
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Encephalartos
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Encephalartos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Encephalartos
JSTOR Plant Science: Encephalartos
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Encephalartos
Plants of the World Online: Encephalartos
Tropicos: Encephalartos
Wikipedia: Encephalartos

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Encephalartos.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=90, retrieved 29 March 2024

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