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Encephalartos latifrons Lehm. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 4(4): 424, t.9. (1838). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin latus (‘wide’) and frons (‘frond’ or ‘leaf’), referring to the broad leaflets. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): ?LT:t. 9
Nomenclature notes: 1837 (issued 1838)

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Distribution: South Africa (E Cape)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Critically Endangered A2acd; C1+2a(i)

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South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

Reference Links (6)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1838
de Vriese WH. 1838. Novae species Cycadearum Africae Australis, quas dcscriptionibus et figuris illustravit. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 4 : 409-425.
Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie
Protologue description
1933
Hutchinson J, Rattray G. 1933. Cycadaceae. p. 24-44.
Flora capensis: being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and neighbouring territories)
Description
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,...
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
1986
Kemp M. 1986. Focus on Encephalartos latifrons. Encephalartos 8 : 8-15.
Encephalartos
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa