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This cycad is characterized by an upright stem reaching up to 1 meter in height and 25–30 cm in diameter. It often produces secondary stems from basal suckers. Its pinnate leaves form a crown at the top of the stem, ranging in color from gray-greenish to blue and reaching lengths of up to 1.4 meters.
Encephalartos aemulans; Encephalartos afer; Encephalartos altensteinii; Encephalartos arenarius; Encephalartos brevifoliolatus; Encephalartos cerinus; Encephalartos ...
The three-spine bass (Caraibops trispinosus) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Synagropidae. It is a deep water species which is found in the western Atlantic from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Surinam. [1] This fish was first formally described in 1984 as Synagrops trispinosus but in 2017 was placed in the monotypic genus ...
Most conifers are monoecious, but some are subdioecious or dioecious; all are wind-pollinated. Conifer seeds develop inside a protective cone called a strobilus. The cones take from four months to three years to reach maturity, and vary in size from 2 to 600 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 to 23 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) long.
Encephalartos is a genus of cycad native to Africa. Several species of Encephalartos are commonly referred to as bread trees, [2] bread palms [3] or kaffir bread, [4] since a bread-like starchy food can be prepared from the centre of the stem.
Cycads all over the world are in decline, with four species on the brink of extinction and seven species have fewer than 100 plants left in the wild. [ 2 ] 23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent.
As with all cycads, members of the Zamiaceae are poisonous, producing poisonous glycosides known as cycasins. The former family Stangeriaceae (which contained Bowenia and Stangeria) has been shown to be nested within Zamiaceae by phylogenetic analysis. [1] The family first began to diversify during the Cretaceous period. [2] [3]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a listing of the conifers of Canada, and includes the cypresses, junipers, firs, pines, ...