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Encephalartos transvenosus Stapf & Burtt Davy [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Man. Pl. Transvaal [Burtt Davy] 1: 40, 99, fig. 4b. (1926).

Etymology: From the Latin trans (‘across’) and venosus (‘veins’), referring to purported ‘crosswise veinlets’ connecting the primary longitudinal veins in the leaflets. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: J. Burtt-Davy H3086
Locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Zoutpansberg district, Modjadjes mountains. Cultivated at Izaneen. , 1906
Type Location(s): HT:PRE; IT:K, NBG

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened B1b(iii,v)+2b(iii,v)

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South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

South Africa (Limpopo)

Reference Links (7)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1926
Burtt Davy J. 1926. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part I: Pteridophyta to Bombacaceae. Longmans, Green and Co..
A Manual of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Transvaal
Protologue description
1989
Joubert L, Grobbelaar N, Coetzee J. 1989. In-situ studies of the ultrastructure of the cyanobacteria in the coralloid roots of Encephalartos arenarius, Encephalartos transvenosus and Encephalartos woodii (Cycadales).. Phycologia 28 (2): 197-205.
Phycologia
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
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
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)
As synonym of E. altensteinii Lehm.
1990
Delange Y. 1990. Notes on the natural history of two species of Encephalartos from South Africa. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57 : 142-143.
Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden
1989
Osborne R. 1989. Focus on Encephalartos transvenosus. Encephalartos 20 : 10-18.
Encephalartos