Category: Encephalartos

Encephalartos ferox G.Bertol., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 3: 264 1851. (syn: Encephalartos kosiensis Hutch.); . Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal as per POWO; . Encephalartos ferox, a member of the family Zamiaceae, is a small cycad with 35 cm wide subterranean trunk. It gets its name from the Latin word ferocious, likely from the spine-tipped lobes on […]

Encephalartos trispinosus (Hook.) R.A.Dyer, J. S. African Bot. 31: 112 1965. ;             Gymnosperms Fortnight-Zamiaceae-Encephalartos trispinosus from California-GS-19 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. Encephalartos trispinosus, another Cycad from South Africa known as Bushman’s River Cycad. Photographed from University of California Botanical Garden.           […]

Encephalartos horridus (Jacq.) Lehm., Nov. Stirp. Pug. 6: 14 1834. (syn: Encephalartos nanus Lehm.; Encephalartos van-hallii de Vriese; Zamia aurea Miq. [Invalid]; Zamia gleina Miq. [Invalid]; Zamia horrida Jacq.; Zamia nana Miq. [Invalid]; Zamia tricuspidata auct.); . E. Cape Prov. as per POWO; . The Eastern Cape Blue Cycad (Encephalartos horridus)[2] is a small, low-growing […]