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Encephalartos marunguensis Devred

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Taxon overview

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga)

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v)

Nomenclature

Published: Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 91: 104-110 (1958).

Type

Collector:
R. Devred 3924
Locality:
Democratic Republic of Congo, Haut-Katanga: plateaux de Marungu, aux abords immediat de Kapona
Date:
18 Jul 1957
Type location(s):
HT:BR; IT:YBI
Etymology: Referring to its endemic occurrence in the Marungu Mountains, southeastern Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). [source]

Phylogenetic placement

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Image Gallery Democratic Republic Of Congo Haut-Katanga

1 observation · 3 photos

Heibloem, P s.n.

Date not recorded · 3 photos

Heibloem, P s.n., photo 1 Heibloem, P s.n., photo 2 Heibloem, P s.n., photo 3

References (3)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos marunguensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41936A51047671. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Devred R. 1958. Une Cycadacée nouvelle du Congo Belge: Encephalartos marunguensis Devred. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 91 : 104-110. WLoC
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