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Encephalartos cerinus Lavranos & D.L.Goode (1989:153)

Waxen cycad

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Possibly extinct in the wild (Bösenberg & Donaldson, 2020; Bösenberg, 2022)

Last record: before 2000 (Bösenberg, 2022)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct in the Wild)

 

Distribution

Buffelsrivier Valley, central KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Lavranos, J. J. and Goode, D. (1989). Notes on Southern African Cycadales II. Durban Museum Novitates 14(8): 153-156.

 

Other references:

Bösenberg, J. D. (2022). Encephalartos cerinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41883A50904114. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T41883A50904114.en. Accessed on 15 October 2023.

Bösenberg, J. D. and Donaldson, J. S. (2020). Encephalartos cerinus Lavranos & D.L.Goode. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/06/02.

Calonje, M., Stevenson, D. W. and Osborne, R. (2023). The World List of Cycads, online edition [Internet]. 2013-2023. Available from: https://www.cycadlist.org/ [Accessed 20 October 2023]

Donaldson, John S. (ed.). (2003). Cycads. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN. ix + 86 pp.

Donaldson, John S. (2009). Encephalartos cerinus Lavranos & D.L.Goode. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/05.

Donaldson, John S. (2010). Encephalartos cerinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T41883A10567215. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41883A10567215.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2015.

Giddy, C. (1992). Focus on Encephalartos cerinus. Encephalartos 32: 4-7.

Goode, D. (1989). Cycads of Africa. Struik Winchester, Cape Town.

Goode, D. (2001). Cycads of Africa, volume 1. Gallo Manor, Johannesburg: D & E Cycads of Africa.

Haynes, Jody L. (2008). World list of cycads: a historical review. IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. 35 pp.

Hilton-Taylor, Craig. (1996). Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

Scientific Authority. (2013). National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (10/2004): Non-detriment findings. Government Printer, Pretoria.

Scott-Shaw, C. R. (1999). Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

 

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