Encephalartos afer (Thunb.) Lehm.

Homotypic Synonyms

• Cycas afra Thunb. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 2: 284 (1775)
• Zamia afra (Thunb.) Thunb. in Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Weetensch. Haarlem 20: 429 (1782)

Heterotypic Synonyms

• Cycas villosa A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 532 (1868)
• Encephalartos afer var. brachyphyllus de Vriese in Fl. Serres 3(Misc.): 59 (1847)
• Encephalartos afer var. integrifolius Regel in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 113 (1874)
• Encephalartos afer var. unidentatus Regel in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 113 (1874)
• Encephalartos brachyphyllus Lehm. & de Vriese in Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 4: 414 (1838)
• Encephalartos cycadis Sweet in Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 626 (1839)
• Zamia cycadis L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 443 (1782)
• Zamia elliptica Lodd. ex Miq. in Linnaea 17: 723 (1844), pro syn.
• Zamia villosa Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: t. 3 (1788)

• EDGE Gymnosperms

  • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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• Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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• IUCN Categories

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• Kew Backbone Distributions

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• Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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