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Encephalartos laurentianus De Wild.

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Taxon overview

Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo

IUCN Red List: Near Threatened B1a

Nomenclature

Published: Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 5, 1(1): 10, t. 25 (1903).

Type

Collector:
Gentil 98
Locality:
Democratic Republic of Congo, Kasongo, Kwango River
Date:
September 1902
Type location(s):
HT:BR
Etymology: Honoring Emile Laurent (1861–1904), 19th century Belgian collector who introduced this species into cultivation. [source]

Phylogenetic placement

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References (6)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos laurentianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41949A51044517. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Levine M. 2005. Encephalartos laurentianus - the Kwango giant cycad. Cycad Newslett. 28 (3) : 26-27. WLoC
Osborne R. 2005. The enigmatic Encephalartos laurentianus. Cycad Newslett. 28 (3) : 27-28. WLoC
Bamps PR, Lisowski S. 1990. A new species of Encephalartos (Zamiaceae) from Northeastern Zaire. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57 : 152-155. WLoC