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Encephalartos septentrionalis Schweinf. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 29(20): 334. (1871). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin septentrionalis (‘north’ or ‘northern’), meant to “establish an important phytogeographic fact,” in reference to the author’s contemporaries not having collected anything similar to it in eastern, western, or southern Africa (Schweinfurth 1871). [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector:
Schweinfurth 2952; 3992
Locality:
South Sudan: Gumango
Type location(s):
SYN—K
Type notes:
Syntypes sensu Melville (1957)

Distribution: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo (Orientale), South Sudan (Western Equatoria), Uganda (Northern)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Phylogenetic placement:

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Image Gallery

6 observations · 16 photos

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Central African Republic Mbomou

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2024-02-03 · 3 photos

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2022-03-13 · 7 photos

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References (4)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Bösenberg JD. 2010. Encephalartos septentrionalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T41950A10609549. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Regel EA. 1876. Cycadearum generum specierumque revisio. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4 (4) : 275-320. WLoC
Pages: 291
Schweinfurth G. 1871. Bericht über die botanischen Ergebnisse der ersten Niam-Niam Reise. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 29 : 324-341. WLoC
Etymology, Protologue, Pages: 334