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Encephalartos caffer (Thunb.) Lehm. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Nov. Stirp. Pug. 6: 14. (1834). [BHL]

Etymology: Referring to its occurrence in the Caffraria (Kaffraria) region of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, or the “caffres,” as the Xhosa people of that region were called at the time, or both. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): BAS: Cycas caffra

Taxonomic Synonyms:

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Distribution: South Africa (E Cape)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened A2cd; B2ab(iii,v)

Image Gallery (3 observations with images)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

Reference Links (11)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1834
Lehmann JG. 1834. De plantis cycadeis, praesertim Africae Australis. Nov. Stirp. Pug. 6 : 1-14.
Novarum et Minus Cognitarum Stirpium Pugillus
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1985
Kemp M. 1985. Focus on Encephalartos caffer. Encephalartos 3 : 6-11.
Encephalartos
1945
Henderson MR. 1945. Materials for a revision of the South African species of Encephalartos. J. S. African Bot. 11 : 3-65.
Journal of South African Botany
1848
Miquel FA. 1848. Over eenige nieuwe of zeldzame Cycadeen in den Hortus Botanicus te Amsterdam. Derde gedeelte. Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. 1 (4) : 197-208.
Tijdschrift voor de Wisen Natuurkundige Wetenschappen,...
1868
Masters MT. 1868. The Ghent International Exhibition. Gard. Chron. 25 (14) : 348-350.
The Gardeners' Chronicle
1857
Regel EA. 1857. Descriptiones plantarum novarum et minus cognitarum in regionibus Turkestanicis a Cl. P. et O. Fedschenko, Korolkow, Kuschakewicz et Krause collectis : Cum adnotationibus ad plantas vivas in Horto Imperiali Botanico Petropolitano cultas. Fasciculus II. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3 : 97-168.
Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani
2004
Vorster PJ. 2004. Typification of Encephalartos. Bothalia 34 (2) : 112-113.
Bothalia
1876
Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4 (4) : 275-320.
Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani
1842
Miquel FA. 1842. Monographia Cycadearum. Monogr. Cycad. : 1-82.
Monographia Cycadearum. Trajecti ad Rhenum