Encephalartos poggei

Encephalartos poggei, the Kananga cycad, is a species of cycad found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.

Encephalartos poggei

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species:
E. poggei
Binomial name
Encephalartos poggei
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Description

It is a cycad with an erect stem, up to 2 m tall and 20–30 cm in diameter.

The leaves, pinnate, 70–150 cm long, are arranged in a crown at the apex of the stem and are supported by a 7-20 cm long petiole, without thorns and covered with a greyish tomentum; each leaf is composed of 18-60 pairs of lanceolate, leathery leaflets, on average 8-15 cm long, of glaucous green color.

It is a dioecious species with male specimens that have 1-3 cones, sub-cylinders, 16–20 cm long and 3–7 cm broad, greenish to orange yellow in color, and female specimens with 1-3 ovoid cones, 17–23 long cm and with a diameter of 9-12 cm, initially green, yellow when ripe.

The seeds are coarsely ovoid, 20–33 mm long, covered with a red-brownish sarcotesta.[1]


Range

It occurs in:[2]

References
  1. "Encephalartos poggei". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. Bösenberg, J.D. (2010). "Encephalartos poggei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T41944A10607735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41944A10607735.en. Retrieved 15 January 2020.


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