Cycad Names | Encephalartos kanga Pócs & Q.Luke

Encephalartos kanga Pócs & Q.Luke [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 96(2): 195 (193-201; figs. 2-3). (2008).

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: Q. Luke, P.A. Luke, L. Festo, G. Laizer 12015 A
Locality: Tanzania, Morogoro Region, Mvomero District, Kanga Mountain Forest Reserve , 1140 m , 9 May 2007
Type Location(s): HT:NHT; IT:EA, K, MO
Nomenclature notes: Dated 2007, published 15 Jan 2008

This name is considered a synonym of Encephalartos kisambo Faden & Beentje

Synonymy Notes: 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’.

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Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
2007
Pócs T, Luke Q. 2007. A new species of Encephalartos (Zamiaceae) from Tanzania. J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 96 (2): 193-201.
Journal of East African Natural History
Protologue description