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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 and Number: 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.

Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Distribution: Malawi (Mulanje), Mozambique (Zambézia)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Vulnerable A4cd

Image Gallery (2 observations with images)

Malawi (Mulanje)

Mozambique (Zambézia)

Reference Links (6)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1991
Osborne R. 1991. Focus on Encephalartos gratus. Encephalartos 25 : 4-9.
Encephalartos
2002
Whitelock LM. 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 374 p.
2003
Jones DL. 2003. Cycads of the World. 2nd Edition. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 456 p.
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1989
Goode D. 1989. Cycads of Africa. Singapore: Tien Wah Press. 256 p.
1916
Prain D. 1916. Diagnoses Africanae: LXVII. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 7 : 176-182.
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew