Encephalartos Lehmann 1834 (bread tree)

Cycadopsida - Cycadales - Cycadaceae

Parent taxon: Cycadaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Christenhusz et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Beaniopsis, Ctenophyllum, Ctenopsis, Cycadinocarpus, Cycadites, Cycadospadix, Cycas, Dichotozamites, Dioonites, Encephalartopsis, Glossozamites, Leprospermum, Leptocycas, Menucoa, Microzamia, Platypterygium, Sphenozamites, Zamiopsis, Zamiostrobus

Subtaxa: Encephalartos cretaceus

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Senga 5A (Pliocene of Congo-Kinshasa)

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