Accession Data:
Encephalartos nubimontanus P.J.H.Hurter
- Common Name: Blue Cycad
- Family: Zamiaceae Reichb.
- Country of Origin: Limpopo (Wolkberg Mts.)
- Habitat: low open deciduous woodland on cliff faces and in direct sunlight
- Description: This species used to occur in the Drakensberg in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Plants were found along the mountain range to the north and east of Penge. Occurred at an altitude of 1,000 m.3
- Culture: Bright filtered. Even moisture, but avoid staying wet. Good drainage.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201700006
- Source: Justin Lawrence ex Ice Blue Cycad Nursery
- Accession Date: 02-01-2017
- Bench: 1108 - AFR:West Bench SC
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025
- Restrictions:
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species - Extinct in the Wild
- CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species - Extinct in the Wild
Classification:
- Division: Cycadophyta
- Class: Cycadopsida
- SubClass: Cycadidae
- Order: Cycadales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zamiaceae
- SubFamily: Encephalartoideae
- Tribe: Encephalarteae
- SubTribe: Encephalartinae
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Northern Provinces
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 01, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 01, 2017.
- Encephalartos nubimontanus at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 01, 2017.
- Encephalartos nubimontanus at Palm & Cycad Society of Australia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 06 February, 2019.
- Encephalartos nubimontanus at African Cycads. Last accessed on Wednesday, 06 February, 2019.
- Image#00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by andy_king50 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, 01 April, 2019.
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Current Accessions in the Zamiaceae
Subfamily Ceratozamieae
Subfamily Encephalartoideae
Tribe Diooeae
Subfamily Encephalartoideae
Tribe Encephalarteae
- Encephalartinae: Encephalartos altensteinii
- Encephalartinae: Encephalartos nubimontanus
- Macrozamiinae: Lepidozamia peroffskyana
Subfamily Zamioideae
Tribe Zamieae
- Microcycadinae: Microcycas calocoma
- Zamiinae: Zamia furfuracea
- Zamiinae: Zamia pumila
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