Encephalartos latifrons is a very rare species of cycad, known as the Albany Cycad, in the family Zamiaceae. It is native to Eastern Cape province in South Africa at elevations of 200 and 600 m.

Bathurst is about 12 kilometres inland from Port Alfred, on the R67 road, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, and is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the