Xerophyta splendens (Rendle) N.L. Menezes

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Status: Native
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Worldwide distribution: Only known from Mt Mulanje in Malawi and Mt Namuli in Mozambique.
Malawi distribution: S
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Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 238 - 239. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 44. (Includes a picture).

Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 78.

Gonçalves, A.E. (2009). Velloziaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 174 - 175.

Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 19.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 183.

White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 110.

Other sources of information about Xerophyta splendens:

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Flora of Mozambique: Xerophyta splendens

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Xerophyta splendens
African Plant Database: Xerophyta splendens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Xerophyta splendens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Xerophyta splendens
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Xerophyta splendens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Xerophyta splendens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Xerophyta splendens
JSTOR Plant Science: Xerophyta splendens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Xerophyta splendens
Plants of the World Online: Xerophyta splendens
Tropicos: Xerophyta splendens
Wikipedia: Xerophyta splendens


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Xerophyta splendens.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=180160, retrieved 29 March 2024

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