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Encephalartos villosus Lem. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Ill. Hort. 14, misc.: 79-80; 15. (1867). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin villosus (‘softly hairy’), referring to the densely woolly crown and emerging leaves. [source]

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Distribution: Eswatini, South Africa (E Cape, KwaZulu-Natal)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

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South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (Eastern Cape)

South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

Reference Links (11)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1965
Dyer RA. 1965. New species and notes on type specimens of South African Encephalartos. J. S. African Bot. 31 (2) : 111-121.
Journal of South African Botany
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
Description
2012
Suinyuy TN, Donaldson J, Johnson SD, Bösenberg D. 2012. Role of cycad cone volatile emissions and thermogenesis in the pollination of Encephalartos villosus Lem.: Preliminary findings from studies of plant traits and insect responses. p. 318-334.
Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden
1987
Osborne R. 1987. Focus on Encephalartos villosus. Encephalartos 10 : 16-23.
Encephalartos
1867
Lemaire CA. 1867. Deux especes nouvelles d'Encephalartus (Cycadaceae). Ill. Hort. 14 : 79-81.
L'Illustration Horticole
Protologue description
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
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1867
Lemaire C. 1867. Encephalartos villosus. L'Illustration Horticole. Ghent & Brussels 14 : 80-81.
L'Illustration Horticole. Ghent & Brussels
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)
Description