Thesium whyteanum Rendle

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Valley below Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts

Photo: Bart Wursten
Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts

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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
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Derivation of specific name:	whyteanum: named after Alexander Whyte (1834-1908), Scottish plant explorer, and botanist who collected plants in Liberia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. He was Curator of the Entebbe Botanic Garden in Uganda.
Habitat:	Grassland, rocky places with Xerophyta sp. and scrubby margins of forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	1600 - 2400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Apparently restricted to Mount Mulanje in Southern Malawi and the Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Images last updated:	Sunday 23 November 2014
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 259. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Hilliard, O.M. (2006). Santalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 239 - 240. 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 76. Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 22. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 172. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 99.

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