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Encephalartos (bread tree)

Cycadopsida - Cycadales - Cycadaceae

Taxonomy
Encephalartos was named by Lehmann (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cycadaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Zamiaceae by Christenhusz et al. (2011).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Encephalartos Lehmann
1919Encephalartos Knowlton
2011Encephalartos Christenhusz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
classCycadopsidaBrongniart 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderCycadalesDumortier 1829
familyCycadaceaePersoon 1807
genusEncephalartosLehmann 1834

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Encephalartos Lehmann 1834 [bread tree]
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Encephalartos cretaceus Lesquereux 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Encephalartos laurenianus (22346)