Monotypic genus of cycads in the family Stangeriaceae
Stangeria
S. eriopus in coastal lowland forest, South Africa
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Gymnospermae
Division:
Cycadophyta
Class:
Cycadopsida
Order:
Cycadales
Family:
Stangeriaceae
Subfamily:
Stangerioideae
Genus:
Stangeria T.Moore
Species:
S. eriopus
Binomial name
Stangeria eriopus
(Kunze) Baill.
Range of Stangeria eriopus
Synonyms
Stangeria katzeri Regel Stangeria paradoxa T. Moore
Stangeria sanderiana J.Schust. Stangeria schizodon W.Bull Lomaria eriopus Kunze, 1839
Lomaria coriacea Kunze, 1836
Stangeria eriopus is a cycad endemic to southern Africa. It is the sole species in the genus Stangeria, most closely related to the Australian genus Bowenia, with which it forms the family Stangeriaceae.
^Williams, V.L.; Raimondo, D.; Crouch, N.R.; Cunningham, A.B.; Scott-Shaw, C.R.; Lötter, M.; Ngwenya, M. (2010). "Stangeria eriopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T41939A10605838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41939A10605838.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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