Encephalartos humilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| (unranked): | Gymnosperms |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Encephalartos |
| Species: | E. humilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Encephalartos humilis Verd. 1951
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Encephalartos humilis is a species of cycad in the former Transvaal Province, South Africa.
Description[]
It is an acaule cycad, with stem, mostly underground, which does not exceed 50 cm in height and with a diameter of 15-20 cm, sometimes with secondary stems originating from basal shoots. [2] The leaves, pinnate, from 5 to 8, arranged in a crown at the apex of the stem, are 30–50 cm long, supported by a petiole about 10 cm long, and composed of numerous pairs of lanceolate, leathery leaflets, up to 13 long cm, with entire margin and about 9 parallel veins on the lower face, inserted on a greenish-yellow rachis. It is a dioecious species, with male specimens that have fusiform cones, sessile, 15–20 cm long and 4–5 cm broad, of brownish-gray color, and female specimens with a coarsely cylindrical solitary cone, about 25 cm long and 8–10 cm wide, of the same color as the masculine ones. The seeds are roughly ovoid, 2.5-3.5 cm long, covered with a light yellow to orange flesh.
References[]
- ^ Donaldson, J.S. (2010). "Encephalartos humilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T41917A10594932. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41917A10594932.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Encephalartos humilis". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
External links[]
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