Zamiaceae
Encephalartos

Encephalartos septentrionalis Schweinf. ex Eichler

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(1): 22 (1887)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central African Republic to S. Sudan and N. Uganda. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Tisserant, C. (1950). Catalogue de la flore de l'Oubangui-Chari. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Études Centrafricaines 2: 1-165.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Osborne, R., Calonje, M.A., Hill, K.D., Stanberg, L. & Stevenson, D.W. (2012). The world list of Cycads. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 106: 480-510.
  • Tisserant, C. (1950). Catalogue de la flore de l'Oubangui-Chari. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Études Centrafricaines 2: 1-165.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Osmaston, H.A. [4056] Uganda K005154889 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E3578] Uganda K005154887 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3992] K000076199 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2952] K000076201 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2952] K000076200 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eggeling [3578] Uganda K005154888 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [4056] Uganda K005154890 Yes
F.D. Staff [FD2055] Uganda K005154895 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Hummel [7295] Uganda K005154892 Yes
K:SPC-07071.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [E3426] Uganda K005154896 Yes
F.D. Staff [s.n.] Uganda K005154897 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Hummel, F.C. [7295] Uganda K005154891 Yes

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images