Encephalartos sclavoi [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Encephalartos sclavoi
Encephalartos sclavoi, common name Sclavo's cycad, is a critically endangered cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania, with a population of only ~50 mature plants.
Description.
"Encephalartos sclavoi" grows to about high. The leaves are long, dark green and semiglossy. Its seed cones are yellow, being long and in diameter.
It was described in 1990 by Aldo Moretti, D.W. Stevenson and Paolo Deluca, honoring Jean Pierre Sclavo, a French collector of cycads, who
Encephalartos ituriensis
Encephalartos ituriensis (common name "Ituri forest cycad") is a palm-like cycad of the family Zamiaceae. It is native to the grassland on two large granite monadnocks of the Ituri forest area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its IUCN conservation status is "Near Threatened."
Description.
This cycad grows to 6 metres tall with a trunk diameter of 50 cm. It has glossy dark green leaves. The leaflets are curved and tapering, with a spine at the top and