Encephalartos lebomboensis I.Verd. belongs to the Zamiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Encephalartos lebomboensis--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 351.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
lebomboensis
Authorship
I.Verd.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#596 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 →Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
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Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
