Accession Data

Encephalartos nubimontanus

Common Name: Blue Cycad

Family: Zamiaceae

Country of Origin: Limpopo (Wolkberg Mts.)

Description: This species used to occur in the Drakensberg in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Plants were found along the mountain range to the north and east of Penge. Occurred at an altitude of 1,000 m.3

Accession Data

Accession #: 201700006

Accession Date: 2017-02-01 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1108

Quantity: 1

Source: Justin Lawrence ex Ice Blue Cycad Nursery

Culture: Bright filtered. Even moisture, but avoid staying wet. Good drainage.

Classification

Division: Cycadophyta

Class: Cycadopsida

Subclass: Cycadidae

Order: Cycadales

Family: Zamiaceae

SubFamily: Encephalartoideae

Tribe: Encephalarteae

SubTribe: Encephalartinae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 01, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 01, 2017.
  3. Encephalartos nubimontanus at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 01, 2017.
  4. Encephalartos nubimontanus at Palm & Cycad Society of Australia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 06 February, 2019.
  5. Encephalartos nubimontanus at African Cycads. Last accessed on Wednesday, 06 February, 2019.
  6. Image#00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by andy_king50 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, 01 April, 2019.

Images

Encephalartos nubimontanus
Encephalartos nubimontanus