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The genus Encephalartos is in the family Zamiaceae in the major group Gymnosperms (Conifers, cycads and allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Encephalartos

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Encephalartos aemulans Vorster	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos altensteinii Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos aplanatus Vorster	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos arenarius R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos barteri Carruth. ex Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos barteri Carruth. ex Miquel	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos brevifoliolatus Vorster	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos bubalinus Melville	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos caffer (Thunb.) Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos cerinus Lavranos & D.L.Goode	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos cerinus Lavranos & Goode	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos chimanimaniensis R.A.Dyer & Verdoorn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos concinnus R.A.Dyer & Verdoorn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos cupidus R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos cycadifolius (Jacq.) Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos delucanus Malaisse, Sclavo & Crosiers	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos dolomiticus Lavranos & D.L.Goode	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos dolomiticus Lavranos & Goode	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos dyerianus Lavranos & D.L.Goode	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos equatorialis P.J.H.Hurter	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos eugene-maraisii Verd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos ferox G.Bertol.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos ghellinckii Lem.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos graniticolus Vorster	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos gratus Prain	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos heenanii R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos hildebrandtii A.Braun & Bouché	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos hirsutus P.J.H.Hurter	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos horridus (Jacq.) Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos humilis Verd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos inopinus R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos ituriensis Bamps & Lisowski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos kanga Pócs & Q.Luke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos kisambo Faden & Beentje	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos laevifolius Stapf & Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos lanatus Stapf & Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos latifrons Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos laurentianus De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos lebomboensis Verd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos lehmannii Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos longifolius (Jacq.) Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos mackenziei L.E.Newton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos macrostrobilus Scott Jones & Wynants	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos manikensis (Gilliland) Gilliland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos marunguensis Devred	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos middelburgensis Vorster, Robbertse & S.van der Westh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos msinganus Vorster	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos munchii R.A.Dyer & Verdoorn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos natalensis R.A.Dyer & Verdoorn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos ngoyanus Verd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos nubimontanus P.J.H.Hurter	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos paucidentatus Stapf & Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos poggei Asch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos poggei Ascherson	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos princeps R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos pterogonus R.A.Dyer & Verdoorn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos relictus P.J.H.Hurter	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos schaijesii Malaisse, Sclavo & Crosiers	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos schmitzii Malaisse	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos schmitzii Malaise	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos sclavoi De Luca, D.W.Stev. & A.Moretti	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos senticosus Vorster	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos septentrionalis Schweinf. ex Eichler	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos septentrionalis Schweinf.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos striatus Stapf & Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos tegulaneus Melville	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos transvenosus Stapf & Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos trispinosus (Hook.f.) R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos turneri Lavranos & D.L.Goode	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos turneri Lavranos & Goode	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos umbeluziensis R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos villosus Lem.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos voiensis Sclavo, Morettii & D. Stevenson	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Encephalartos whitelockii P.J.H.Hurter	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Encephalartos woodii Sander	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26

Statistics

The Plant List includes 122 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Encephalartos. Of these 68 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 33 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Encephalartos. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 122 species names for the genus Encephalartos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	68	55.7%
◕	Synonym	46	37.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	6.6%

All names

The status of the 155 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Encephalartos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	68	43.9%
◕	Synonym	79	51.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	5.2%

Of the species names,

• 11 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 122 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Encephalartos, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	67	46	0	0	113	92.6%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	0.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	8	8	6.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Encephalartos is as follows: