Asclepias grandirandii Goyder

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Status:	Native
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Habitat:	Seasonally burned grassland and woodland.
Altitude range:	1400 - 2200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Southeastern DRC, southwestern Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.
Malawi 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 70. as Asclepias sp. Richards 57 Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 Pages 393 - 395. Protologue (Includes a picture). Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 275.

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