Encephalartos retiefii--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 368.jpg
Encephalartos senticosus Vorster belongs to the Zamiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
senticosus
Authorship
Vorster
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 4.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.0
Global rank
#363 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 2 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
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Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Notes
I believe this is the correct name for the "retief" form of E. lebomboensis. I welcome corrections.
Location
Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Collectors
No collectors specified
