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Encephalartos woodii Sander [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Gard. Chron., ser. 3 43: 257. (1908). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring John Medley Wood (1827–1915), former curator of the Natal Botanic Gardens (now Durban Botanic Gardens), who discovered the original and only known plant. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
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Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Extinct in the Wild

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South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

Reference Links (8)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
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
1986
Osborne R. 1986. Focus on Encephalartos woodii. Encephalartos 5 : 4-10.
Encephalartos
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
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1908
Wood JM. 1908. Colonial note—Encephalartos woodii. Gard. Chron. ser. 3 43 : 414.
The Gardeners' Chronicle, ser. 3
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
1908
Pearson RH. 1908. New plants at Ghent. Gard. Chron. 43 (1113) : 257.
The Gardeners' Chronicle
Protologue description
2006
Viljoen CD, van Staden J. 2006. The genetic relationship between Encephalartos natalensis and E. woodii determined using RAPD fingerprinting. S. African J. Bot. 72 (4): 642-645.
South African Journal of Botany