Description
"Encephalartos aplanatus ... resembles E. villosus Lem. in its acaulescent habit, small number of long and arched leaves, proximal leaflets gradually reduced to prickles, and virtually identical cones, but differs in being altogether larger with longer leaves which are often shortly petiolate instead of sessile, with leaflets larger, more dentate, and with their margins out of plane or somewhat undulate rather than flat" (1).Range
South Africa: north-eastern Swaziland (1).Citations
(1) Vorster, P. 1996. Encephalartos aplanatus (Zamiaceae): A new species from Swaziland. South African Journal of Botany 62: 57-60.[Encephalartos] [Zamiaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/za/en/aplanatus.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 29-Dec-98