Kleinia garciana (Schltr.) Torre

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Status:	Uncertain
Description:	Succulent perennial herb, bushy and straggling up to c. 1.5 m high. Leaves small. Florets creamy-white. Very little information is available about this species. It seems generally similar to Kleinia longiflora and it it not sure whether this still an accepted name.
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Habitat:	On sandstone rock in littoral scrub.
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Worldwide distribution:	Specimens stored under this name known from Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	GI
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Thursday 14 July 2016
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. 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 26.

Flora of Zimbabwe: Kleinia garciana

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