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Encephalartos kisambo Faden & Beentje [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Utafiti 2(1): 7-10. (1989). [BHL]

Etymology: From kisambo, its vernacular name in the Taita language of the local people of the Taita Hills region of southern Kenya, where it is endemic. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: R.B. Faden, A.J. Faden, C. Smeenk, N. Smeenk, & D. Kichoi 71/965
Locality: Kenya, Taita·Taveta District, Maungu (Nyangala) Hills , 1025 m , 26 Dec 1971
Type Location(s): HT:K; IT:BR, EA, MO, PRE, UPS, US, WAG

Taxonomic Synonyms:

Synonymy Notes: The distribution of 'Tanzania (Morogoro)' reported here is the type locality of E. kanga, considered a synonym of E. kisambo by Haynes (2009, Cycad Newslett. 32(1): 6-14) for the following reasons: ‘a high degree of overlap with E. kisambo in vegetative traits, the lack of male cone traits, and female cone traits reported from a single plant’.

Distribution: Kenya (Taita-Taveta), Tanzania (Kilimanjaro, ?Morogoro)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii)

Location Privacy Notice: This map is provided to show a rough estimate of the distribution of this species based on georeferenced localities on the WLoC database. The points may not be comprehensive of the species distribution and may contain errors. To protect the precise locations of populations of this highly threatened plant group, coordinates displayed on this map have been denatured to 0.1 degree precision (approximately 11 km accuracy). Map zoom levels are also limited for conservation purposes.

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References (8)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Cameron A. 2010. Visiting Encephalartos kisambo in habitat. Cycad Newslett. 33 (4) : 12-14. WLoC
Bösenberg JD. 2010. Encephalartos kisambo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T41906A10588549. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Holzman G. 2009. Growing Kisambos in Hawaii. Cycad Newslett. 32 (1) : 19-20. WLoC
Cameron A. 2009. Encephalartos kisambo in cultivation - Athi River, Kenya. Cycad Newslett. 32 (1) : 17-18. WLoC