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Encephalartos dolomiticus Lavranos & D.L.Goode [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(1-2): 219-224. (1988).

Etymology: Referring to dolomite, a type of magnesium-rich limestone that makes up the soil in its region of endemism in Limpopo Province, South Africa. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: A. Prozeski s.n.
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Drakensberg Mountains, N of Penge and S of The Downs , ca 1200 m , 1975
Type Location(s): HT:NH; IT:MO

Taxonomic Synonyms:

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered A2acd+4ad; B2ab(i,ii,iv,v); C1+2a(i); D

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South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

Reference Links (4)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1988
Lavranos JJ, Goode DL. 1988. Notes on Southern African Cycadales. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58 (1): 219-224.
Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique
Protologue description
1995
Hurter PJH, Glen H. 1995. Encephalartos hirsutus (Zarniaceae): a newly described species from South Africa. S. African J. Bot. 62 (1): 46-48.
South African Journal of Botany
Compared to E. hirsutus
1992
Vorster PJ. 1992. Focus on Encephalartos dolomiticus. Encephalartos 30 : 3-7.
Encephalartos
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa