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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]

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)

References (7)

Comment(s)
2009
Cameron A. 2009. Encephalartos kisambo in cultivation - Athi River, Kenya. Cycad Newslett. 32 (1) : 17-18.
2010
Cameron A. 2010. Visiting Encephalartos kisambo in habitat. Cycad Newslett. 33 (4) : 12-14.
1989
Faden RB, Beentje HJ. 1989. Encephalartos kisambo, a new cycad from Kenya, with a note on E. tegulaneus. Utafiti 2 (1): .
Protologue description
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2004
Haynes JL. 2004. Taxonomic History, Conservation Status & Morphological Affinities of Encephalartos kisambo Faden & Beentje. Cycad Newslett. 32 (1) : 15-17.
2009
Holzman G. 2009. Growing Kisambos in Hawaii. Cycad Newslett. 32 (1) : 19-20.
1994
Hurter PJH. 1994. Focus on Encephalartos kisambo. Encephalartos 39 : 4-8.