Encephalartos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zamiineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Cycadophyta Classis: Cycadopsida Ordo: Cycadales Subordo: Zamiineae

Familia: Zamiaceae
Subfamilia: Zamioideae
Tribus: Encephalarteae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species: E. aemulans – E. altensteinii – E. aplanatus – E. arenarius – E. barteri – E. brevifoliolatus – E. bubalinus – E. caffer – E. cerinus – E. chimanimaniensis – E. concinnus – E. cupidus – E. cycadifolius – E. delucanus – E. dolomiticus – E. dyerianus – E. equatorialis – E. eugene-maraisii – E. ferox – E. friderici-guilielmi – E. ghellinckii – E. gratus – E. heenanii – E. hildebrandtii – E. hirsutus – E. horridus – E. humilis – E. inopinus – E. ituriensis – E. kisambo – E. laevifolius – E. lanatus – E. latifrons – E. laurentianus – E. lebomboensis – E. lehmannii – E. longifolius – E. mackenziei – E. macrostrobilus – E. manikensis – E. marunguensis – E. middelburgensis – E. msinganus – E. munchii – E. natalensis – E. ngoyanus – E. nubimontanus – E. paucidentatus – E. poggei – E. princeps – E. pterogonus – E. relictus – E. schaijesii – E. schmitzii – E. sclavoi – E. senticosus – E. septentrionalis – E. tegulaneus – E. transvenosus – E. trispinosus – E. turneri – E. umbeluziensis – E. villosus – E. whitelockii – E. woodii

Name

Encephalartos Lehm., Nov. Stirp. Pug. [Lehmann] 6: 3. t. 1 ad 5. (1834).

Type species: Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi Lehm.

Etymology

From the Greek en, in, cephale, head, and artos, bread, in reference to the flour obtained from the trunks of some species by the indigenous tribespeople.

References

1834. Novarum et Minus Cognitarum Stirpium Pugillus I-X Addita Enumeratione Plantarum Omnium in his Pugillus Descriptarum 6: 3. t. 1 ad 5.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Encephalartos in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sept. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Encephalartos. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 3 2022.
Hill, K.D. Genus Encephalartos https://web.archive.org/web/20150316205919/http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/enckey.html
Stevenson, D.W. 1992. A formal classification of the extant cycads. Brittonia 44(222): 222.
Tropicos.org 2022. Encephalartos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sept. 2022.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Broodbome
Deutsch: Brotpalmfarne
English: Bread palms, Bread trees, Kaffir bread
español: Palmas Pan, Pan de Kaffir
lietuvių: Galvonis
中文: 非洲蘇鐵