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Encephalartos bubalinus Melville [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Kew Bull. 12(2): 252, fig. 4. (1957).

Etymology: From the Latin bubalinus (‘buff’), referring to the buff-brown tomentum on the cataphylls and leaf bases. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Bally 10600
Locality: Tanganyika, Northern Province, between Loliondo and Lake Natron, 2 11'S 35 40'E
Type Location(s): HT:K; IT:B

Distribution: Kenya (Narok), Tanzania (Arusha)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Near Threatened

References (2)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1957
Melville R. 1957. Encephalartos in Central Africa. Kew Bull. 12 (2) : 237-257.
Protologue description