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Encephalartos poggei Asch. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 20: 35-36. (1878). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring Paul Pogge (1838–1884), 19th century German collector in central Africa, who discovered this species in 1876 while traveling in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): ?
Type notes: According to Melville (1957), type is: 'Belgian Congo, between the Luisa and Casserigi Rivers, Pogge, s.n., 1876' .

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Distribution: Angola (Lunda Sul), Democratic Republic of Congo (Kasai-Occidental, Katanga)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

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References (3)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Encephalartos poggei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41944A51043385. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Ascherson P. 1878. Vorlage von mit Wolle eingeschleppten Pflanzen; Primula sisskimensis Hook. ; und von afrikanischen Pflanzen von H. Soyaux und Dr. Pogge.. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg . WLoC
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