{"title":"1133. Encephalartos woodii Sander","authors":"Brendan Sayers, Michael Calonje, Siobhán Larkin","doi":"10.1111/curt.12629","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>A centenarian specimen of <i>Encephalartos woodii</i> Sander, WOOD'S CYCAD, grown in the Palm House at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, since 1905, is discussed. Details of the scientific discovery, original habitat, distribution, cultivation and conservation status of this species are provided. The species is now extinct in the wild. The Glasnevin specimen produced pollen cones for the first time in the autumn of 2021.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"27-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/curt.12629","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
A centenarian specimen of Encephalartos woodii Sander, WOOD'S CYCAD, grown in the Palm House at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, since 1905, is discussed. Details of the scientific discovery, original habitat, distribution, cultivation and conservation status of this species are provided. The species is now extinct in the wild. The Glasnevin specimen produced pollen cones for the first time in the autumn of 2021.