Encephalartos natalensis--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 022.jpg
Endemic to KwaZulu-Natal (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
natalensis
Authorship
R.A.Dyer & I.Verd.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 3.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#438 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 →