Mellera nyassana S. Moore

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Mellera nyassana

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mavhuradonha Eco Wilderness Camp

Mellera nyassana

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mavhuradonha Eco Wilderness Camp

Mellera nyassana

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mavhuradonha Eco Wilderness Camp

Mellera nyassana

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mavhuradonha Eco Wilderness Camp

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Status: Native
Description:
Type location:
Malawi
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: nyassana: from Malawi (Nyasaland)
Habitat: On wooded rocky hills and slopes and in Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range: 500 - 1300 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Mc,C,Lk,S
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Content last updated: Saturday 6 October 2012
Literature:

Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178.

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 14.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 19.

Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 150 - 152.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Mellera nyassana
African Plant Database: Mellera nyassana
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mellera nyassana
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Mellera nyassana.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153180, retrieved 21 November 2024

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