Editing Encephalartos hirsutus

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[[File:Encephalartos_hirsutus.jpg|frame|Figure 1. Young plant of ''E. hirsutus''.]]
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===Common Names:===
Critically Endangered, possibly extinct in the wild.

===Common Names:===
Venda cycad

===Distribution & Habitat:===
This species was known from three separate localities in the Soutpansberg region
of the Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Plants grew on exposed south-east-facing quartzite cliffs, in moist semi-deciduous mixed scrub
from between 800 to 1,000m asl. The vegetation type is mainly Mountain Bushveld.
The rainfall is between 350-650 mm per year.

===Description:===
This is a medium to large cycad with stems up to 4m (13 feet) long,
and rigid, glaucous, bluish-silver leaves to 140cm (4.5 feet) long.
The stems usually lie along the ground and terminate in a dense crown of leaves.
The new leaves are covered in dense hairs, which weather quite slowly compared to other cycads,
hence the name hirsutus, which means "hairy".

===General:===
Only described in 1996 by South African horticulturist P.J.H. Hurter,
it belongs to a group of blue-leaved Transvaal cycads (''[[Encephalartos dolomiticus]]'', ''[[Encephalartos eugene-maraisii]]'',
''[[Encephalartos dyerianus]]'' and ''[[Encephalartos middelbergensis]]'').

===Cultivation:===
Likes a sunny, well drained position.
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[[File:Encephalartos_hirsutus02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''E. hirsutus'' female cone.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Dr Andre J. Cilliers (Figure 1)<br/>
Peter Heibloem '''Cycad Gardens''' (Figure 2)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://www.cycadlist.org/taxon.php?Taxon_ID=302 World List], 
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/41889/0 IUCN],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Encephalartos+hirsutus JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Encephalartos+hirsutus Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Encephalartos+hirsutus%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Encephalartos+hirsutus%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Encephalartos+hirsutus Flickr],
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[[Category:Encephalartos|hirsutus ]]
[[Category:Cycad|Encephalartos_hirsutus]]