Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi--So.Africa. E. Cape. Stut. 8 Mch 05. 507.jpg
Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amathole (Amahlathi NU)
-32.283333, 27.583333
Location Remarks
Moonstone Farm. North of Stutterheim. East of Cathcart on R351, west of Butterworth on H2.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
friderici-guilielmi
Authorship
Lehm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#865 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 →