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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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| Type location: |
Malawi, Nyika |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | sonchoides: resembling a Sonchus sp. (also Asteraceae). |
| Habitat: | Secondary forest or marshes and streamsides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Nyika Plateau, Malawi and Zambia. |
| National distribution: | E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 86. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 178 - 179. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. & Pope, G.V. (1978). Brachythrix: a new genus of the tribe Vernonieae (Compositae) from South Central Africa. Kirkia 11(1) Page 29. Protologue Willis, C.K., Burrows, J.E., Fish, L., Phiri, P.S.M., Chikuni, A.C. & Golding, J. (2001). Developing a greater understanding of the flora of the Nyika Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2) Page 999. |
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