Encephalartos woodii
– Extinct in the Wild
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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PLANTAE
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Phylum:
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TRACHEOPHYTA
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Class:
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CYCADOPSIDA
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Order:
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CYCADALES
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Family:
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ZAMIACEAE
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Scientific Name:
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Encephalartos woodii
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Species Authority:
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Sander
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EW ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2003
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Assessor/s:
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Donaldson, J.S.
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Evaluator/s:
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Victor, J. & Pillay, D. (Cycad Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Described in 1908 by English horticulturist Sander, from a single male plant found in the Ngoya Forest by Medley Wood. This plant had several stems and offsets, all of which were removed from the wild and taken into cultivation over the decade following its discovery. No other plants have been discovered, since despite several intensive searches, and this species is consequently Extinct in the Wild and survives only in cultivation as propagations from the original discovery.
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History:
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| 1997 | - | Extinct (Walter and Gillett 1998) |
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
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Habitat and Ecology
Conservation Actions
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Conservation Actions:
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Listed on CITES Appendix I.
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Donaldson, J.S. (ed.) 2003. Cycads. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
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