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

Statistics

The Plant List includes 106 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Encephalartos. Of these 67 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 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 106 species names for the genus Encephalartos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	67	63.2%
◕	Synonym	36	34.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	2.8%

All names

The status of the 110 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Encephalartos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	67	60.9%
◕	Synonym	40	36.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	2.7%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 106 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	34	0	0	101	95.3%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.9%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	3	4	3.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Encephalartos, are as follows: