Encephalartos transvenosus, 18635--So. Africa. Pretoria Nat. Bot. Gard. 25 Jun 04. 133.jpg
Endemic to Northern Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
South Africa, Gauteng (Pretoria National Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
The garden is located at 2 Cussonia Ave., between Pretoria Road and Cussonia Avenue in Brummeria, eastern Pretoria.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
transvenosus
Authorship
Stapf & Burtt Davy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 3.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#573 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 3 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →