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Frequency: | Locally common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
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Notes: | Although quite common and widespread in the Mozambique part of the Chimanimani Mts, the specimen in the images appears to be the first confirmed record for Mozambique. |
Derivation of specific name: | whyteanum: named after Alexander Whyte (1834-1908), Scottish plant explorer, and botanist who collected plants in Liberia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. He was Curator of the Entebbe Botanic Garden in Uganda. |
Habitat: | Grassland, rocky places with Xerophyta sp. and scrubby margins of forest. |
Altitude range: | 1400 - 2400 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Apparently restricted to Mount Mulanje in Southern Malawi and the Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Sunday 23 November 2014 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 259. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Hilliard, O.M. (2006). Santalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 239 - 240. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 76. Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 22. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 172. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 99. |
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