जीनस एन्सेफलर्टोस के कई cycads में से कोई भी स्टाउट बेलनाकार ट्रंक और लंबे समय तक स्पाइनी पिननेट पत्तियों के टर्मिनल ताज

encephalartos's Usage Examples:

Encephalartos c, p roximal cell and Macrozamia).

Cases have been recorded (by Thiselton-Dyer in Encephalartos and by Wieland in Zamia) in which the short carpellary cone-scales exhibit a foliaceous form.

Encephalartos) a considerable size, reaching a length of more than a foot.

3); in Encephalartos, Dioon, 'c., both rachis and segments are straight; in Zamia the rachis is bent or slightly coiled, bearing straight pinnae.

In rare cases the pinnae of cycads are lobed or branched: in Dioon spinulosum (Central America) the margin of the segments bears numerous spinous processes; in some species of Encephalartos, e.g.

The thick armour of petiole-bases enveloping the stem is a characteristic C y cad c an feature; in Cycas the alternation of scale-leaves and fronds is more clearly shown than in other cycads; in Encephalartos, Dioon, 'e., From a photograph of a plant in the Peradeniya the persistent scale - leaf Gardens, Ceylon, by Professor R.

The South African Encephalartos frequently produces several branches.

- Similar to Encephalartos except in the presence of a spinous projection from the swollen distal end of the carpels.

Encephalartos (South and Tropical Africa).

Conifers are scantily represented by Callitris and Podocarpus, which is common to all three sub-regions; and Cycads by the endemic Encephalartos and Stangeria.

encephalartos's Meaning':

any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves