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Encephalartos hildebrandtii A.Braun & C.D.Bouché [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Index Seminum Hort. Bot. Berol. 1874: 18. (1874).

Etymology: Honoring Johann Maria Hildebrandt (1847–1881), 19th century German explorer, botanist, and collector of the type specimen. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Hildebrandt s.n.
Locality: Kenya, Mombasa
Type Location(s): HT:B

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Distribution: Kenya (Coast), Tanzania (Lushoto, Tanga, Zanzibar Island)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Geographic Distribution

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Collection Events (1)
Image Gallery (4 observation records)

Kenya (Kilifi)

Tanzania (Pwani)

Tanzania (Tanga)

Tanzania (Zanzibar Island)

References (9)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2010. Encephalartos hildebrandtii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T41931A10603165. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Osborne R. 1990. Focus on Encephalartos hildebrandtii. Encephalartos 22 : 6-12. WLoC
Bamps PR, Lisowski S. 1990. A new species of Encephalartos (Zamiaceae) from Northeastern Zaire. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57 : 152-155. WLoC
Huang TC, Grobbelaar N. 1989. Isolation and characterization of endosymbiotic Calothrix (Cyanophyceae) in Encephalartos hildebrandtii (Cycadales).. Phycologia 28 (4) : 464-468. WLoC