Sisyranthus rhodesicus Weim.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mevumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts

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Status:	Native
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Notes:	The specimens in the images (Wursten BW1059, K, SRGH, LMA, BR) represent the first record from Mozambique.
Derivation of specific name:	rhodesicus: of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Habitat:	Grassland
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Worldwide distribution:	Restricted to the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Thursday 13 August 2015
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 51. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 62. 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 22. Timberlake, J., Darbyshire, I., Wursten, B., Hadj-Hammou, J., Ballings, P., Mapaura, A., Matimele, H., Banze, A., Chipanga, H., Muassinar, D., Massunde, J., Chelene, I., Osborne, J., Shah, T. (2016). Chimanimani Mountains: Botany and Conservation. Report produced under CEPF Grant 63512. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Page 47. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88.

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