Description
“Encephalartos sclavoi grows to about 1 metre (3.3 ft) high. The leaves are 170 to 200 centimeters (5.6 to 6.6 ft) long, dark green and semiglossy. Its seed cones are yellow, being 30 to 40 centimeters (12 to 16 in) long and 15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 in) in diameter.”
Source / credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalartos_sclavoi
| Encephalartos sclavoi | |
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Scientific classification |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| (unranked): | Gymnosperms |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Encephalartos |
| Species: |
E. sclavoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Encephalartos sclavoi
De Luca, D.W.Stev. & A.Moretti, 1990
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