Cycad Names | Cycadales > Zamiaceae > Encephalartos > Encephalartos gratus Prain

Encephalartos gratus Prain [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 181. (1916). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin gratus (‘pleasing’), apparently referring to the pleasing appearance. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector:
Davy 417
Locality:
Mozambique, Nyasaland, Mt Mlanji
Type location(s):
LT:K
Type notes:
Lectotype designated by Melville (1957) in Kew Bull. 12(2): 255.

Distribution: Malawi (Mulanje), Mozambique (Zambézia)

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A4cd

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Malawi (Mulanje)

Mozambique (Zambézia)

References (7)