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Encephalartos marunguensis Devred [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 91: 104-110. (1958).

Etymology: Referring to its endemic occurrence in the Marungu Mountains, southeastern Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: R. Devred 3924
Locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Haut-Katanga: plateaux de Marungu, aux abords immediat de Kapona , 18 Jul 1957
Type Location(s): HT:BR; IT:YBI

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v)

Image Gallery (1 observation records)

Democratic Republic Of Congo (Haut-Katanga)

References (2)

Comment(s)
1958
Devred R. 1958. Une Cycadacée nouvelle du Congo Belge: Encephalartos marunguensis Devred. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 91 : 104-110.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.