ENCEPHALARTOS HIRSUTUS (ZAMIACEAE) - A NEWLY DESCRIBED SPECIES FROM SOUTH-AFRICA

Authors
HURTER PJH GLEN HF
Citation
Pjh. Hurter et Hf. Glen, ENCEPHALARTOS HIRSUTUS (ZAMIACEAE) - A NEWLY DESCRIBED SPECIES FROM SOUTH-AFRICA, South African journal of botany, 62(1), 1996, pp. 46-48
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
South African journal of botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
02546299
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
46 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0254-6299(1996)62:1<46:EH(-AN>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Encephalartos hirsutus P.J.H. Hurter is described from the Northern Tr ansvaal. This species resembles E. eugene-maraisii Verdoorn, E. dolomi ticus Lavranos & Goode, E. dyerianus Lavranos & Goode, E. lehmannii Le hm., E. princeps R.A. Dyer and E. middelburgensis Vorster at al, in it s pungent, stiff, glaucous leaves. It differs from all these species i n its decurrent pinnae and glabrous sporophylls with a waxy covering.