Encephalartos schmitzii

Encephalartos schmitzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Cycadophyta
Class:Cycadopsida
Order:Cycadales
Family:Zamiaceae
Genus:Encephalartos
Species: E. schmitzii
Binomial name
Encephalartos schmitzii
Malaisse

Encephalartos schmitzii (Schmitz's cycad) is a species of cycad in Africa.

Range

Encephalartos schmitzii occurs in the Luapula River watershed, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (on the extreme south of the Kundelungu plateau, Shaba Province) and in Zambia (along the Muchinga escarpment in Luapula and Northern provinces). A subpopulation is also found in North-Western Province, Zambia, to the east of Solwezi.[1]

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