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Encephalartos woodii, Wood's cycad, is a rare cycad in the genus Encephalartos, and is endemic to the oNgoye Forest of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.It is one of the rarest plants in the world, being extinct in the wild with all specimens being clones of the type. [2]
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.
Encephalartos ferox G.Bertol. indigenous [5] Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi Lehm. endemic [5] Encephalartos ghellinckii Lem. endemic [5] Encephalartos heenanii R.A.Dyer. indigenous [5] Encephalartos hirsutus P.J.H.Hurter, endemic [5] Encephalartos horridus (Jacq.) Lehm. endemic [5] Encephalartos humilis I.Verd. endemic [5] Encephalartos ...
Bowenia spectabilis : plant with single frond in the Daintree rainforest, north-east Queensland Leaves and strobilus of Encephalartos sclavoi. The oldest probable cycad foliage is known from the latest Carboniferous-Early Permian of South Korea and China, such as Crossozamia.
Encephalartos aemulans; Encephalartos afer; Encephalartos altensteinii; Encephalartos arenarius; Encephalartos brevifoliolatus; Encephalartos cerinus; Encephalartos ...
Encephalartos relictus, Parlota cycad Encephalartos woodii , Wood's cycad Encephalartos woodii is known only from its type specimen , which was discovered in 1895.
Male cone of Encephalartos woodii. John Medley Wood (1 December 1827 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England – 26 August 1915 Durban) [1] was a South African botanist who contributed greatly to the knowledge of Natal ferns, is generally credited with the establishment of sugarcane mosaic virus immune Uba sugar cane in Natal and for his extensive collection of Natal plants.
A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened.