Encephalartos chimanimaniensis
| Chimanimani cycad | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Encephalartos |
| Species: | E. chimanimaniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Encephalartos chimanimaniensis R.A. Dyer & I. Verd.
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The Chimanimani cycad (Encephalartos chimanimaniensis) is a species of cycad that is endemic to the Chimanimani Mountains of eastern Zimbabwe.[1] It is a threatened species which has been locally extirpated by cycad collectors.[2]
Status
According to an assessment in 2003, between 500 and 1,000 plants remained in the wild.[2] Capela (2006) however provided an estimate of 1,200 mature plants at Makurupini and an additional 300 at Morambo, besides smaller isolated colonies.
Habitat
It is found in mountain grassland in areas of high rainfall (over 1,800 mm per annum), and at an altitude of about 1,000 metres above sea level. It is associated with schist and quartzite sediments in granitic mountains.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41902/0
- ^ a b c Encephalartos chimanimaniensis, IUCN Red List, J.D. Bösenberg, 2010
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