Description

"Encephalartos msinganus ... resembles E. natalensis R.A. Dyer & Verdoorn in its similar male cones and especially its verrucose female cones, but differs in its much narrower pinnae (16-20 versus 25-45 mm). It resembles E. senticosus Vorster vegetatively and in its similar male cones, but differs in the verrucose instead of smooth exposed faces of the megasporophylls" (Vorster 1996).

Range

South Africa: the Tugela Ferry area in northern KwaZulu-Natal (Vorster 1996).

Citations

Vorster, P. 1996. Encephalartos msinganus (Zamiaceae): A new species from KwaZulu-Natal. South African Journal of Botany 62: 67-70.

This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.conifers.org/za/en/msinganus.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 2005.11.27