ARKive - Drakensberg cycad - Encephalartos ghellinckii- Related species

Species related to the Drakensberg cycad (Encephalartos ghellinckii)

Cycad (Encephalartos heenanii)
Information on Encephalartos heenanii is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 12 Images 0 videos
White-haired cycad (Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi)
An attractive, stout stemmed species, the white-haired cycad may branch from the base, or alternatively produce just a single stem. Despite... More 4 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos dyerianus)
Information on Encephalartos dyerianus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 6 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos middelburgensis)
Information on Encephalartos middelburgensis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 14 Images 0 videos
Woolly cycad (Encephalartos lanatus)
Information on the woolly cycad is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Natal grass cycad (Stangeria eriopus)
Information on the Natal grass cycad (Stangeria eriopus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 14 Images 0 videos
Senegal bluetail (Ischnura senegalensis)
Information on the senegal bluetail is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Slim scarlet-darter (Crocothemis sanguinolenta)
The slim scarlet-darter (Crocothemis sanguinolenta) is a medium-sized dragonfly with dazzling scarlet colouration and a long, slender body... More 11 Images 0 videos
Marley's golden mole (Amblysomus marleyi)
Marley's golden mole (Amblysomus marleyi) belongs to a group of blind, subterranean mammals that originated in Africa at least 40... More 1 Image 0 videos
Common genet (Genetta genetta)
The common genet is a slender, cat-like carnivore, recognised by a crest of long, black hairs that runs from the shoulders, along the back... More 13 Images 1 Video
Mistbelt chirping frog (Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis)
Information on the mistbelt chirping frog (Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis) is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More 1 Image 0 videos
Frithia (Frithia pulchra)
Information on Frithia pulchra is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 videos
Cape caco (Cacosternum capense)
ARKive is working with the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) to source images of the world’s threatened amphibian species. A collaboration... More 1 Image 0 videos
Giant girdled lizard (Cordylus giganteus)
Information on the giant girdled lizard is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 7 Images 0 videos
South African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)
Information on the South African ground squirrel is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 25 Images 4 Videos
Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus)
Previously considered a subspecies of the ‘savanna baboon’, Papio cynocephalus, or classed together with other baboons as a subspecies of... More 42 Images 4 Videos
Eastern Cape dwarf cycad (Encephalartos caffer)
This rare plant typically has an underground stem, with a small portion on top, the stem is only very rarely branched and may be as much as... More 6 Images 0 videos
Wood’s cycad (Encephalartos woodii)
In 1895, a single clump of an unknown cycad species was discovered by John Medley Wood on the edge of a forest in South Africa. Over the... More 7 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos msinganus)
Information on Encephalartos msinganus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Ngoye cycad (Encephalartos ngoyanus)
Information on the Ngoye cycad is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 videos
Alexandria cycad (Encephalartos arenarius)
The Alexandria cycad is a member of an ancient plant group, the cycads, which flourished over 150 million years ago alongside the dinosaurs... More 9 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos hirsutus)
Described as a new species in 1996, Encephalartos hirsutus is a Critically Endangered cycad from South Africa. The stems usually lie along... More 7 Images 0 videos
Kei cycad (Encephalartos princeps)
Having remained relatively unchanged for millions of years, the cycads are often referred to as ‘living fossils’. The Kei cycad is a medium... More 5 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos inopinus)
With a wild population estimated at less than 300 individual plants, Encephalartos inopinus is amongst South Africa’s growing number of... More 11 Images 0 videos
Natal giant cycad (Encephalartos natalensis)
Robust and tall, the Natal giant cycad is typically single-stemmed, but sometimes produces several trunks. Like all cycads, the stem is... More 3 Images 0 videos
Karoo cycad (Encephalartos lehmannii)
The Karoo cycad is one of around 300 living representatives of a plant group, the cycads, which flourished over 150 million years ago... More 11 Images 0 videos
Eastern Cape giant cycad (Encephalartos altensteinii)
In a conservatory at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens lives one of world’s oldest pot plants, an Eastern Cape giant cycad collected in South Africa... More 2 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos laevifolius)
Information on Encephalartos laevifolius is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 7 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos dolomiticus)
Information on Encephalartos dolomiticus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Cycad (Encephalartos cerinus)
Information on Encephalartos cerinus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos

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