Asclepias breviantherae Goyder
subsp. breviantherae

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Status: Native
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Habitat: In peaty soil over rock in montane grassland.
Altitude range: 2100 - 2800 m
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Worldwide distribution: Southern Tanzania and northern Malawi
Malawi distribution: N
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Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Literature:

Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 Pages 389 - 391. Protologue (Includes a picture).

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 273 - 274.

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


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: Asclepias breviantherae subsp. breviantherae.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=225470, retrieved 28 March 2024

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