Encephalartos brevifoliolatus
Encephalartos brevifoliolatus, the escarpment cycad, is a cycad in the African genus Encephalartos. It is extinct in the wild.[1] The escarpment cycad was found in short grasslands in the very open Protea savanna on the northern Drakensberg escarpment in South Africa's Limpopo Province. These plants are used to growing on large cliffs.
| Encephalartos brevifoliolatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnosperms |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Encephalartos |
| Species: | E. brevifoliolatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Encephalartos brevifoliolatus Vorster | |
Description
It is a dioecious species, of which only male specimens have been described in nature. Their cones, from 1 to 6, erect, pedunculated, coarsely cylindrical, are about 30 cm long and 6–7 cm in diameter.[2]
References
- Donaldson, J.S. (2010). "Encephalartos brevifoliolatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T41882A10566751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41882A10566751.en.
- "Encephalartos brevifoliolatus". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.