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Encephalartos woodii (Wood's cycad)

Synonyms: Encephalartos altensteinii var. bispinnus

Wikipedia Abstract

Wood's Cycad (Encephalartos woodii) is a cycad in the genus Encephalartos, and is endemic to the oNgoye Forest of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is one of the rarest plants in the world, being extinct in the wild with all specimens being clones of the type. The specific and common name both honour John Medley Wood, curator of the Durban Botanic Garden and director of the Natal Government Herbarium of South Africa, who discovered the plant in 1895.
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Endangered Species

Status: Extinct in the wild
View IUCN Record: Encephalartos woodii

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0