Commelina nyasensis C.B. Clarke

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Status:	Native
Description:
Type location:	Malawi
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Derivation of specific name:	nyasensis: from Malawi (Nyasaland)
Habitat:	In seasonally waterlogged grassland, marshes, wet depressions, roadside ditches or among rocks by waterfalls.
Altitude range:	900 - 1900 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Literature:	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.

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