Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 335.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 331.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 329.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 328.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 330.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 332.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 334.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 333.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 129.jpg
Encephalartos ferox--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 126.jpg
Native to KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
ferox
Authorship
G.Bertol
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#819 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 1 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →