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Encephalartos schmitzii Malaisse [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(4): 401-406. (1969).

Etymology: Honoring André Schmitz, forest officer and plant collector at the Institut national l’ètude agronomique du Congo (1946–1963) and former director of the Laboratory of Silviculture, University of the Congo, who discovered this species while on a botanical expedition in 1955. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Malaisse 6286
Locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Katanga District, Kundelungu
Type Location(s): HT:BR

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Haut-Katanga), Zambia (Muchinga)

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

Image Gallery (1 observation records)

Zambia (Muchinga)

References (5)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos schmitzii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41938A51042764. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Hurter PJH, Whitelock LM. 1998. Focus on Encephalartos schmitzii. Encephalartos 55 : 4-8. WLoC
Malaisse F, Sclavo JP, Turner I. 1990. Zamiaceae, a new family for Zambia. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 57 : 162-168. WLoC
Malaisse F. 1969. Encephalartos schmitzii Malaisse, Cycadacée nouvelle du Congo-Kinshasa. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39 (4) : 401-406. WLoC
Protologue Pages: 401 Plates: 406
Notes: Protologue description