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Encephalartos  Lehm.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 183250

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassCycadopsida  – cycads  
                      SubclassCycadidae   
                         OrderCycadales   
                            FamilyZamiaceae   
                               GenusEncephalartos Lehm.  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Encephalartos aemulans Vorster  
                                  Species Encephalartos altensteinii Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos aplanatus Vorster  
                                  Species Encephalartos arenarius R.A. Dyer  
                                  Species Encephalartos barteri Carruth. ex Miq.  
                                  Species Encephalartos brevifoliolatus Vorster  
                                  Species Encephalartos bubalinus Melville  
                                  Species Encephalartos caffer (Thunb.) Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos cerinus Lavranos & D.L. Goode  
                                  Species Encephalartos chimanimaniensis R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos concinnus R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos cupidus R.A. Dyer  
                                  Species Encephalartos cycadifolius (Jacq.) Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos delucanus Malaisse, Sclavo & Crosiers  
                                  Species Encephalartos dolomiticus Lavranos & D.L. Goode  
                                  Species Encephalartos dyerianus Lavranos & D.L. Goode  
                                  Species Encephalartos equatorialis P.J.H. Hurter  
                                  Species Encephalartos eugene-maraisii I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos ferox G. Bertol. – Zululand cycad 
                                  Species Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos ghellinckii Lem.  
                                  Species Encephalartos gratus Prain  
                                  Species Encephalartos heenanii R.A. Dyer  
                                  Species Encephalartos hildebrandtii A. Braun & C.D. Bouché  
                                  Species Encephalartos hirsutus P.J.H. Hurter  
                                  Species Encephalartos horridus (Jacq.) Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos humilis I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos inopinus R.A. Dyer  
                                  Species Encephalartos ituriensis Bamps & Lisowski  
                                  Species Encephalartos kisambo Faden & Beentje  
                                  Species Encephalartos laevifolius Stapf & Burtt Davy  
                                  Species Encephalartos lanatus Stapf & Burtt Davy  
                                  Species Encephalartos latifrons Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos laurentianus De Wild.  
                                  Species Encephalartos lebomboensis I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos lehmannii Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos longifolius (Jacq.) Lehm.  
                                  Species Encephalartos mackenziei L.E. Newton  
                                  Species Encephalartos macrostrobilus S. Jones & Wynants  
                                  Species Encephalartos manikensis (Gilliland) Gilliland  
                                  Species Encephalartos marunguensis Devred  
                                  Species Encephalartos middelburgensis Vorster  
                                  Species Encephalartos msinganus Vorster  
                                  Species Encephalartos munchii R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos natalensis R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos ngoyanus I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos nubimontanus P.J.H. Hurter  
                                  Species Encephalartos paucidentatus Stapf & Burtt Davy  
                                  Species Encephalartos poggei Asch.  
                                  Species Encephalartos princeps R.A. Dyer  
                                  Species Encephalartos pterogonus R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.  
                                  Species Encephalartos relictus P.J.H. Hurter  
                                  Species Encephalartos schaijesii Malaisse, Sclavo & Crosiers  
                                  Species Encephalartos schmitzii Malaisse  
                                  Species Encephalartos sclavoi A. Moretti, D.W. Stev. & De Luca  
                                  Species Encephalartos senticosus Vorster  
                                  Species Encephalartos septentrionalis Schweinf.  
                                  Species Encephalartos tegulaneus Melville  
                                  Species Encephalartos transvenosus Stapf & Burtt Davy  
                                  Species Encephalartos trispinosus (Hook.) R.A. Dyer  
                                  Species Encephalartos turneri Lavranos & D.L. Goode  
                                  Species Encephalartos umbeluziensis R.A. Dyer  
                                  Species Encephalartos villosus Lem.  
                                  Species Encephalartos whitelockii P.J.H. Hurter  
                                  Species Encephalartos woodii Sander – Wood's cycad 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Dennis W. Stevenson  
  Notes: Vice President & Rupert Barnaby Curator for Botanical Science, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, 10458 USA   
  Reference for: Encephalartos    
       
  Expert: Roy Osborne  
  Notes: 119 Calhoun Street, McDowall, Queensland, 4053 Australia   
  Reference for: Encephalartos    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES species, CD-ROM (version 2008)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2008. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-029-3. Available online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/sca/cd_checklist-info/ or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Encephalartos   
       
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Encephalartos   
       
  Source: Gymnosperms of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Encephalartos   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Encephalartos   
       
  Source: World List of Cycads, document (version 46)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Osbourne, Roy, Dennis Wm. Stevenson, Ken D. Hill, and Leonie Stanberg. The World List of Cycads / La Lista Mundial de Cícadas. In Press. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cycad Biology.   
  Reference for: Encephalartos   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., James L. Reveal, Aljos Farjon, Martin F. Gardner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Phytotaxa, vol. 19   
  Page(s): 55-70   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1179-3155   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p070.pdf   
  Reference for: Encephalartos   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lehmann, Johann Georg Christian  
  Publication Date: 1834   
  Article/Chapter Title: De plantis Cycadeis praesertim Africae australis   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Novarum et minus cognitarum stirpium pugillus sextus   
  Page(s): 1-14   
  Publisher: J.A. Meissner   
  Publication Place: Hamburgi [Hamburg], Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31259217   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Osborne, R., M. A. Calonje, K. D. Hill, L. Stanberg, and D. W. Stevenson  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: The world list of cycads   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden, vol. 106   
  Page(s): 480-508   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0077-8931   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Encephalartos   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix I adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
 

 

    

 
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