Encephalartos paucidentatus

Encephalartos paucidentatus is a species of cycad.

Encephalartos paucidentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species:
E. paucidentatus
Binomial name
Encephalartos paucidentatus
Stapf & Burtt Davy 2010

It is endemic to the mountains near Barberton in Mpumalanga Province, and near Piggs Peak in the northwestern part of Eswatini, in South Africa.

It grows at elevations of 1,000 to 1,500 meters.[2]

Description

It is a cycad with an erect stem, up to 6 m tall and with a diameter of 40–70 cm, rarely with secondary stems originating from shoots that arise at the base of the main stem.

The leaves, pinnate, 1.5-2.5 m long, are arranged in a crown at the apex of the stem and are supported by a 20-30 cm long petiole, without thorns; each leaf is composed of numerous pairs of lanceolate leaflets, with a toothed margin, on average 15–25 cm long, bright green to yellowish-green, inserted on the yellowish rachis.

It is a dioecious species with male specimens showing 1-5 cones, spindle-shaped, 40–60 cm long and 12–15 cm broad, of golden-brown color, and female specimens with 1-3 ovoid cones, 30–50 cm long and with a diameter of 20–25 cm, yellowish in color.

The seeds are roughly ovoid, 35–40 mm long, covered with a bronze-colored sarcotesta.[3]

  • leaves
  • cones

References
  1. "Encephalartos princeps in Redlist". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "Encephalartos paucidentatus in Tropicos".
  3. "Encephalartos paucidentatus". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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