Encephalartos ituriensis
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| Encephalartos ituriensis | |
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| Female cone of Encephalartos ituriensis showing red seeds and dripping "nectar." | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Encephalartos |
| Species: | E. ituriensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Encephalartos ituriensis P. Bamps & Lisowski | |
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."[1]
