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18 September 2026

All Encephalartos Issues 1–142 Now Available to Registered Members

All Encephalartos Issues 1–142 Now Available to Registered Members 1985 → 2026 More than four decades of cycad knowledge, now preserved digitally in one...

18 September 2026

The Latest Issue of Encephalartos: Edition 142

New Encephalartos Edition 142 now available to all registered members! We are pleased to announce that Encephalartos Edition 142 is now available to all...

25 May 2021

PROTECTING HIGHLY THREATENED SOUTH AFRICAN CYCADS FROM EXTINCTION

A new approach – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that cycads (order Cycadales) are the most threatened plant group in...

25 May 2021

MINUTES OF THE CSSA COUNCIL

Click here to download the CSSA Council minutes Notule van die Raadsvergadering van die Broodboomvereniging van Suid-Afrika gehou op 20 Feb, 2016 Minutes of...

25 May 2021

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER

There are two ways of becoming a member. You can either apply by printing our form and filling it in or by apply online....

25 May 2021

CYCADS TRACKED THROUGH DNA BARCODES

Janice Williamson, Herman van der Bank, Ronny Kabongo and Michelle van der Bank – Veld & Flora, Vol 102 (2) – The cycad fossil...

25 May 2021

THE LATEST ISSUE OF ENCEPHALARTOS

ISSUE 135 – March 2019 On the cover of ENCEPHALARTOS No. 135: Cycas pruinosa on a steep rocky slope appropriately known as Cycad Hill,...

6 May 2021

PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN

for the Eleven Critically Endangered and Four Endangered Encephalartos (Cycad) Species. Kindly take note that the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has published the...