Description
"Encephalartos imbricans... is a large arborescent plant, with leaflets mostly strongly incubously overlapping. The strobili are green and glabrous; the megastrobilus is ovoid, shortly pedunculate, with the surfaces of the bullae wrinkled; the microstrobili emerge in succession, being narrowly ovoid, long-pedunculate, with the surfaces of the bullae smooth" (1).Range
Uganda (1).Citations
(1) Vorster, P. and P. Heibloem. 1995. Encephalartos imbricans (Zamiaceae): A new species from Uganda. Novon 5: 388-394.[Encephalartos] [Zamiaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/za/en/imbricans.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 29-Dec-98