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Cycad Trivia E. lehmannii (Karoo Cycad) commemorates Prof J.G.C. Lehmann, a German botanist who studied the cycads and published a book on them in 1834.  |
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Kaapsehoop Cycad View Details E. laevifolius Price: R 18,500.00 Potted | 
Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 6,000.00 Potted | 
Modjadji Cycad View Details E. transvenosus Price: R 7,000.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos transvenosus occurs intermittently over a large area in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. In the south the distribution starts in the northern parts of the Drakensberg mountain range. Further northwards a large isolated subpopulation is found in the Modjadji Nature Reserve. The distribution is then taken up in the Soutpansberg mountains. It extends over most of this mountain range and continues further east to the middle of the Thohoyandou area. Recorded from elevations ranging from 600 to 1,500 m . All localities of E. transvenosus are on mountain mistbelt zones. Plants grow in tall grassveld and mixed bushveld, mainly on steep rocky slopes facing... |
