Cycad Names | Cycadales > Zamiaceae > Encephalartos > Encephalartos ituriensis Bamps & Lisowski

Encephalartos ituriensis Bamps & Lisowski [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57: 152-155. (1990).

Etymology: Referring to its endemic occurrence in the Ituri Forest, northeastern Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: S. Lisowski 42909
Locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo], Mt. Mukonza near Nduye, border of rain forest , 1180 m , 12 Apr 1976
Type Location(s): HT:BR; IT:POZG

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Orientale)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable D1

References (2)

Comment(s)
1990
Bamps PR, Lisowski S. 1990. A new species of Encephalartos (Zamiaceae) from Northeastern Zaire. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57 : 152-155.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.