Encephalartos afer
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Zamiineae |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Zamiaceae
Subfamilia: Zamioideae
Tribus: Encephalarteae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species: Encephalartos afer
Name
[edit]Encephalartos afer (Thunb.) Lehm., Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 86 (1834)
Note: Epithet published as caffer, now as treated as an orthographical variant, Art. 61.6, ICN (Madrid)
Synonyms
[edit]- Basionym
- Cycas afra Thunb. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 2: 284 (1775)
- Homotypic
- Zamia afra (Thunb.) Thunb. in Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Weetensch. Haarlem 20: 429 (1782)
- Heterotypic
- Cycas villosa A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 532 (1868)
- Encephalartos afer var. brachyphyllus de Vriese in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 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)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Lehmann, J.G.C. 1834. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 2: 86.
Links
[edit]- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Encephalartos afer in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 3. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Encephalartos afer. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 3 2025. Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Afrikaans: Kafferkie, Bosjesmansbrood
- English: Grahamstown cycad, Rhini cycad, Breadfruit Tree
- isiXhosa: uMphanga wase Rhini