Commelina nyasensis C.B. Clarke
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Native |
Description:
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Type location:
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Malawi |
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| Derivation of specific name:
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nyasensis: from Malawi (Nyasaland) |
| Habitat:
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In seasonally waterlogged grassland, marshes, wet depressions, roadside ditches or among rocks by waterfalls. |
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900 - 1900 m |
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DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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| Literature:
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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 86.
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 85.
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