Encephalartos ghellinckii

Synonymy: None Distribution: South Africa
Common name: Drakensberg cycad; Xhosa—umGuza, umPhanga; Zulu—isiDawu. Source for local names: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. Conservation status: Unknown

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Top photo courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geoff Stein; taken in a private garden in Los Angeles, CA. Bottom photo courtesy and copyright © 1998, Edwin Brown; taken in habitat in Traansvaal, South Africa.

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