Accepted species

Encephalartos kisambo Faden & Beentje

Published in: Utafiti 2(1): 7-10. 1989. (Utafiti )

Synonyms:

Encephalartos kanga Pócs & Q.Luke

Encephalartos voiensis A.Moretti, D.W.Stev. & Sclavo


Distribution: Kenya (Taita-Taveta), Tanzania (Kilimanjaro, ?Morogoro)

Conservation Status: EN


Synonymy notes: The distribution of 'Tanzania (Morogoro)' reported here is the type locality of E. kanga, considered a synonym of E. kisambo by Haynes (2009, Cycad Newslett. 32(1): 6-14) for the following reasons: ‘a high degree of overlap with E. kisambo in vegetative traits, the lack of male cone traits, and female cone traits reported from a single plant’.

Type information

Collector and Number: R.B. Faden, A.J. Faden, C. Smeenk, N. Smeenk, & D. Kichoi 71/965

Locality: Kenya, Taita·Taveta District, Maungu (Nyangala) Hills, 1025 m, 26 Dec 1971

Type Location(s): HT:K; IT:BR, EA, MO, PRE, UPS, US, WAG

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