STANGERIA ERIOPUS
Author:
Henri Baillon, 1892
Family:
STANGERIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Baill. In: Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 12: 68, in adnot. (1894).
Collection number:
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Thickness:
20 Centimetres
Height:
2 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Lomaria eriopus, Otto Kunze, 1839.
Stangeria paradoxa, T.Moore, 1853.
Stangeria katzeri, Regel.
Stangeria sanderiana, J.Schust.
Stangeria schizodon, W.Bull.
This member of the Stangeriaceae family was given this name by Henri Baillon in 1892. It is found in the costal areas of eastern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and little to some sun. The carrot-like caudex can grow to more than twenty centimetres in diameter, the leaves can reach two metres. The cones are from brown to yellow, and seeds are the only way of reproducing this plant.
The genera name after Dr. Max Stanger, German surveyor of Natal province in South Africa.
The species name means 'wolly foot'. Sub-family: Stangerioideae.
Flower
No; Cones: Brown - Yellow
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Minimum - Medium