Encephalartos kisambo
Faden & Beentje
[WFO]
[IPNI]
[POWO]
[MO]
First published in: Utafiti 2(1): 7-10. (1989).
[BHL]
Etymology: From kisambo, its vernacular name in the Taita language of the local people of the Taita Hills region of southern Kenya, where it is endemic.
[source]
Haynes, JL. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 2022;550(1):1-31.
Nomenclatural 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
Taxonomic Synonyms:
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’.
Distribution: Kenya (Taita-Taveta), Tanzania (Kilimanjaro, ?Morogoro)
IUCN Red List Conservation Status:
Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)
Image Gallery (6 observation records)
Kenya (Taita Taveta)
Kenya (Taita-Taveta)
Kenya (Taita-Taveta)
Kenya (Taita-Taveta)
Tanzania (Morogoro)
Tanzania (Morogoro)
References (7)
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Cameron A. 2009. Encephalartos kisambo in cultivation - Athi River, Kenya. Cycad Newslett. 32
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Cameron A. 2010. Visiting Encephalartos kisambo in habitat. Cycad Newslett. 33
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Faden RB, Beentje HJ. 1989. Encephalartos kisambo, a new cycad from Kenya, with a note on E. tegulaneus. Utafiti 2
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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550
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Haynes JL. 2004. Taxonomic History, Conservation Status & Morphological Affinities of Encephalartos kisambo Faden & Beentje. Cycad Newslett. 32
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Holzman G. 2009. Growing Kisambos in Hawaii. Cycad Newslett. 32
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Hurter PJH. 1994. Focus on Encephalartos kisambo. Encephalartos 39
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