Distribution Map

Encephalartos paucidentatus

                   
   
Barberton Cycad
gebeleweni
liGebeleweni
lisitsa
mayiphuku
sijekwane

Zamiaceae   

Eswatini Red List status (2005): VU A1cdC2aD2

As at April 2024, 12 herbarium specimens, 10 photo records, 4 visual observations

South African Red List status: VU (2009)

IUCN Red List: VU A2ac; B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,v) (2020)

Global Distribution: NE2, Endemic to Limpopo Mpumalanga Eswatini Escarpment centre of endemism
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule A
Cultural uses
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Encephalartos paucidentatus - Leaf-stalk c 2,5 cm wide. Leaflets spreading at right angles, with or without teeth, middle c 25 cm long x 3 cm wide. Male cones 1—5 at top of trunk, cylindrical, up to 50 cm long x 15 cm diam, narrowing to both ends, on stalk c 10 cm long surrounded by woolly basal bracts. Female cones 1—3 at top of trunk, up to 50 cm long x 22 cm diam below middle with short stalk and woolly bracts.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.