Pjh. Hurter et Hf. Glen, ENCEPHALARTOS EQUATORIALIS (ZAMIACEAE) - A NEWLY DESCRIBED SPECIES FROM TROPICAL AFRICA, South African journal of botany, 61(4), 1995, pp. 226-229
Encephalartos equatorialis P.J.H. Hurter is described from Uganda. Thi
s species resembles E. hildebrandtii A. Br. and Bouche and E. ituriens
is Bamps and Lisowski because of its stiff, dentate and pungent green
leaves. It differs from both these species on account of its ascending
, succubous, hard pinnae which become incubous and strongly imbricate
towards the apex of the leaves.