| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| Plantae | Tracheophyta | Cycadopsida | Cycadales | Zamiaceae |
| Scientific Name: | Encephalartos woodii | |||
| Species Authority: | Sander | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct in the Wild ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Date Assessed: | 2009-10-31 |
| Assessor(s): | Donaldson, J.S. |
| Reviewer(s): | Agenbag, L. & Bösenberg, J.D. |
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Justification: Originally described from a single male plant with multiple stems. No other plants were ever found. Some of the original stems were killed through bark harvesting and the last wild plants had been transferred to botanic gardens by 1916. |
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| Range Description: | The species is only known from male plants collected in Ngoye Forest, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | ||
| Countries occurrence: | Regionally extinct: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | ||
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| Population: | Extinct in the wild. | ||||
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Extinct in the wild. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | The last remaining stems were all deliberately removed from the wild in 1916. |
| Conservation Actions: | This species is listed on Appendix I of the CITES Appendices. The species is grown in a number of botanical gardens. The area it came from is now a protected area. |
| Citation: | Donaldson, J.S. 2016. Encephalartos woodii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T41881A92750886. . Downloaded on 24 September 2016. |
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