Native to Malawi, Mozambique (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
gratus
Authorship
Prain
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 4.8
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#345 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 5 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →