Holothrix nyasae Rolfe

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Status:	Uncertain (see note)
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Notes:	Although mentioned in FTEA part 1(Summerhayes, 1968) and in A Provisional Checklist of Orchidaceae (Schelpe, 1973), no actual specimens are known and it is absent in Flora Zambesiaca (La Croix & Cribb, 1995).
Derivation of specific name:	nyasae: referring to Lake Nyasa, where the type specimen was found
Habitat:	In (sub)montane grassland and among rocks
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania and doubtfully in Malawi and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	N?
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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 329. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1976). A Provisional Checklist of the Orchidaceae of Mozambique South African Journal of Botany 42(4) Page 389. Summerhayes, V.S. (1968). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 7 - 8.

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