Encephalartos

Taxobox
name = "Encephalartos"

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image_caption = "Encephalartos lebomboensis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Cycadophyta
classis = Cycadopsida
ordo = Cycadales
familia = Zamiaceae
genus = "Encephalartos"
genus_authority = Lehm.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
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range_map_caption = Geographical distribution of genus "Encephalartos"

"Encephalartos" is a genus of cycad native to Africa. Several species of "Encephalartos" are commonly referred to as bread palms, bread tree or Kaffir bread since a bread-like starchy food can be prepared from the centre of the stem. All the species of "Encephalartos" are endangered. The genus name is derived from the Greek words "en" (within), "kephali" (head), and "artos" (bread), referring to the use of the pith to make food.

The genus was named by German botanist Johann Georg Christian Lehmann in 1834. All cycads except "Cycas" had been regarded as members of the genus "Zamia" until then, and some botanists continued to follow this line for many years after Lehmann had separated "Encephalartos" as a separate genus. His concept was originally much broader than the one accepted today, including also the Australian plants we now know as "Macrozamia" and "Lepidozamia".cite web|title="Encephalartos woodii" Sander|url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/encephwoodii.htm|month=May | year=2002|author=Alice Notten|publisher= Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and South African National Biodiversity Institute|accessdate=2006-11-16]

pecies

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

ee also

*List of Southern African indigenous trees

References

External links

* [http://www.wild-about-you.com/AfricaCycads.htm List of African Cycads]
* [http://www.cycadsociety.org Cycad Society of South Africa]