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Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi, also known as the white-haired cycad,was named in 1834 in honour of Friedrich Wilhelm, King of Prussia, who was a patron of botany. Cycad Trivia
   

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E. aemulans

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Stanger’s Cycad
Stanger’s Cycad
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Karoo Cycad
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E. lehmannii

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E. gratus
Mulanje Cycad
E. gratusEncephalartos gratus is a robust medium-large cycad that grows in the Mulanje mountains of Malawi and Mozambique. This species occurs on steep to precipitous slopes in gorges near streams, frequently in rock-crevices with no apparent soil. Usually subject to intense insolation, it nevertheless survives occasional brief submersion in heavy floods in areas with abundant rainfall (1000-1750 mm per year, mainly summery precipitation). Specimens are sometimes met with in savanna forest and less often in dense forest with rich soil. The temperatures regularly reach 35 to 38° C. In savanna the plants are usually defoliated by the annual grass-fires, but survive. Female plants...

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