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Encephalartos afer  (Thunb.) Lehm.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1237166

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Encephalartos caffer (Thunb.) Lehm.
  
    Cycas caffra Thunb.
  
    Encephalartos brachyphyllus Lehm. & de Vriese
  
    Zamia cycadis L. f.
  
    Cycas afra Thunb.
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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.  
                                  SpeciesEncephalartos afer (Thunb.) Lehm.  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy Osborne  
  Notes: 119 Calhoun Street, McDowall, Queensland, 4053 Australia   
  Reference for: Encephalartos afer    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  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 afer   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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 afer   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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