Description
"Encephalartos equatorialis ... resembles E. hildebrandtii A. Br. & Bouche and E. ituriensis Bamps & Lisowski because of its stiff, dentate and pungent green leaves. It differs from both these species on account of its ascending, succubous, hard pinnae which become incubous and strongly imbricate towards the apex of the leaves" (1).Citations
(1) Hurter, P.J.H. and H.F. Glen. 1995. Encephalartos equatorialis (Zamiaceae): A newly described species from tropical Africa. South African Journal of Botany 61: 226-229.[Encephalartos] [Zamiaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 29-Dec-98