Encephalartos inopinus

Encephalartos inopinus is a species of cycad that is native to Limpopo Province, South Africa.[2]

Encephalartos inopinus

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species:
E. inopinus
Binomial name
Encephalartos inopinus
R.A. Dyer

Description

It is an arboreal plant, with stems up to 3 m high and 15–25 cm in diameter.

It has 100-150 cm long leaves, blue or semi-glossy silver. The leaflets, 14–20 cm long and lanceolate, have the lower toothed margin and are inserted on the rachis in the opposite way at an angle of 180º.

It is a dioecious species, with male specimens that have from 1 to 3 closely ovoid cones, green in color, 18–25 cm long and 6–8 cm in diameter, and female specimens, with 1-2 cones of the same color, of oval shape, 30–35 cm long and 12 cm in diameter. Both appear in January, ie in the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere. Both macrosporophylls and microsporophylls have a flat, smooth and glabrous surface.

The seeds are 20–25 mm long, 15–20 mm wide and are covered with an orange flesh.[3]

  • Cone
  • Plant

References
  1. Donaldson, J.S. (2010). "Encephalartos inopinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T41890A10570662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41890A10570662.en.
  2. "Encephalartos inopinus in Tropicos".
  3. "Encephalartos inopinus". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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