5.000 Encephalartos Lehm.
Lewis, J. (1960)
Gymnospermae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) 78-80
Description of the genus
Dioecious trees or shrubs. Trunk crowned with a tuft of large pinnate leaves. Leaflets usually spiny with parallel nerves. Scales of female cones with only 2 ovules on their adaxial side. Worldwide: Approximately 65 species in Tropical and South Africa (African Plant Database). Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
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