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Stangeria eriopus

Common names: Stanger`s cycad, Natal grass cycad (Eng.); bobbejaankos (Afr.); Imfingo (Zulu); Umfingwani (Xhosa)

Family: Zamiaceae

13 / 11 / 2006 | John Winter | Kirstenbosch NBG

Encephalartos woodii

Common names: Wood's Cycad (Eng.); Wood-se-broodboom (Afr.)

Family: Zamiaceae

20 / 05 / 2002 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Encephalartos villosus

Common names: poor man's cycad

Family: Zamiaceae

25 / 04 / 2005 | John Winter | Kirstenbosch NBG

Encephalartos trispinosus

Common names: Bushman`s River cycad

Family: Zamiaceae

15 / 05 / 2006 | John Winter | Kirstenbosch NBG

Encephalartos transvenosus

Common names: Modjadji cycad (Eng.); Modjadji broodboom (Afr.)

Family: Zamiaceae

14 / 03 / 2005 | John Winter | Kirstenbosch NBG

Encephalartos senticosus

Common names: Lebombo, jozini cycad (Eng.); lebombobroodboom (Afr.); isigqiki-somkhovu, ujubane (Zulu); sijekwane (S)

Family: Zamiaceae

19 / 09 / 2011 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria

Encephalartos princeps

Common names: Kei cycad (Eng.); keibroodboom (Afr.); umguza, umphanga (Xho.)

Family: Zamiaceae

08 / 08 / 2011 | K w Sepheka | National Herbarium Pretoria

Encephalartos paucidentatus

Common names: Barberton cycad

Family: Zamiaceae

03 / 07 / 2006 | John Winter | Kirstenbosch NBG

Encephalartos nubimontanus

Common names: blue cycad, cloud mountain cycad (Eng.); bloubroodboom (Afr.), isigciki-somkhovu (isiZulu); gebeleweni (siSwati)

Family: Zamiaceae

17 / 08 / 2020 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG

Encephalartos ngoyanus

Common names: Ngoye dwarf cycad (Eng.)

Family: Zamiaceae

... are grouped into 3 families: Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae. Currently there are about 343 cycads recognized ... 38 species, all in the genus Encephalartos of the family Zamiaceae, and one Stangeria. South Africa also has the most ...

08 / 03 / 2021 | Lungisani Zondi | Walter Sisulu NBG