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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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1926
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1926
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1988
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2002
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1990
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1933
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2002
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1945
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