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of the NYIKA PLATEAU Malawi Plants of the Nyika Plateau MARY GUNN LIBRARY 0000009067 South African National Biodiversity Institute Recommendedcitationformat BURROWS,J.E. &WILLIS,C.K. (eds)2005. PlantsoftheNyikaPlateau:anaccountofthevegetationoftheNyikaNationalParks ofMalawiandZambia. SouthernAfrican BotanicalDiversityNetwork ReportNo. 31. SABONET, Pretoria. Producedand publishedby SouthernAfricanBotanicalDiversityNetwork (SABONET) doSouthAfricanNational BiodiversityInstitute,PrivateBagX101, 0001, Pretoria Printedin2005 intheRepublicofSouthAfrica byCapturePress,Pretoria, (27) 12349-1802 ISBN 1-919976-08-6 ©2005 SABONET. Allrights reserved. Nopartofthis publication maybereproducedortransmitted in anyform orbyanymeans withoutthepermissionofthecopyrightholder. Editor-in-chief: MarthinaMossmer & Subeditors: Lidia Gibson Hanlievan Heerden Indexing:Marthina Mossmer &MartinMossmer Textdesignandlayout:AntoinetteBurkhardt Coverdesign:AntoinetteBurkhardt,Pretoria, SouthAfrica (27) 83 6351446. Frontcover:Top:LakeKaulime (C.Willis). Bottom,leftto right: Vittariaguineensisvar. orientalis(J. Burrows);Disaukingensis (H. Kurzweil); Delphinium leroyi (J. Burrows);Streptocarpuswittei(W. Pawek);Scadoxusmultiflorussubsp. multiflorous (J. Burrows). Backcover:Impressions ofNyika (W. Pawek). Spine:Impatienstinctoriasubsp. latifolia (J. Burrows). SABONETwebsite: www.sabonet.org Thisreportis aproductofthe Southern African BotanicalDiversityNetwork (SABONET) andwasmadepossiblethrough support providedbytheGlobalEnvironmentFacility(GEF)/UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP)andtheUnitedStatesAgency for International Development (USAID)/World Conservation Union-Regional Office for southern Africa (IUCN ROSA) (Plot no. 14818 Lebatlane Road, Gaborone West, Extension 6 Gaborone, Botswana), under the terms of Grant No. 690-0283-A-00-5950. Theopinionsexpressed herein arethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsofGEF/UNDP,USAID/IUCNROSA, the SABONETSteeringCommitteeorSABONETNationalWorkingGroups. USAID IUCN HXTTTXi national biodiversity TheWorld Conservation Union GEF 'U|U' institute S A N B I 6S,',Cl (t&l.l H8<1.L,)PLFI 7 &2go ^ 20 200 = /^/ Plants of the Nyika Plateau An account of the vegetation of the Nyika National Parks of Malawi and Zambia SOUTHAFRICANHATiCV, private: REFUEUCGF Edited by John E. Burrows & Christopher K. Willis national biodiversity institute S A N B I 2005 Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 It looked in its colours its shape and its isolation, a contented, , serene and deeplyfulfilled land. It seemed a place, which, without human interference, had made its own contract with life, struck its own balance with necessity and nature. — Laurens van der Post, Venture into the Interior IJIQ w- ml; jVjf' fum ‘v^Jyw.V" , ; 4 • . This hook is dedicated to Indra Hassam Patel (Idft) and Augustine }. Salubeni (right), parataxonomists in the service ofMalawi's National Herbarium and ' Botanic Gardens. V \ \ T/ hey have been'involved in c• olle/cVt,i’ ng an/d stud•'y-ing plants of&KtjhV.e NG-yiiy)ka Pl.aft.'e/ay,ui for over 30 years and have acdorhpanied many plant collectorsffdm both Africa , i,C• l‘ I'ij**' 'i‘ and EVu- roipfe on*ex/pe/ditions to th/e N* }y.ika Plateau.*Y\ f 'l/-' ~ V j, , Their collection ofover 3/000 specimens is housed Nainly^in K, f)iAL\ and SRGH. HassaTn is based iri Mzuzu, northern Malawi, dhh Augusiiiie ulbrks 'at '[Malawi'sNational ifi /' \ 9 1 Contents Contributors viii Foreword ix Preface x Abbreviations and acronyms xi Herbarium acronyms xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 Climate 2 Drainage and soils 3 Landslips 3 Fire 4 Vegetation communities 4 Plant diversity 9 Endemism 9 Botanical exploration of the Nyika Plateau 1 Species accounts 1 Anthocerotophyta 20 Hepatophyta 20 Bryophyta 21 Pteridophyta 25 Gymnosperms 46 Dicotyledons 48 Monocotyledons 287 Glossary 369 References and further reading 376 Photo credits 382 Collectors' index 383 Index to common names 384 Index to scientific names 387 ill Contributors JohnBurrows BuffelskloofHerbarium, Lydenburg Scientific editor and species treatments for all families, except those listed below. Lyn Fish NationalHerbarium, South African NationalBiodiversity Institute, Pretoria Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Commelinaceae Marinda Koekemoer NationalHerbarium, South African NationalBiodiversity Institute, Pretoria Asteraceae, Bryophyta Hubert Kurzweil Compton Herbarium, South African NationalBiodiversity Institute, Cape Town Orchidaceae Graham Williamson Orchidaceae ChristopherWillis South African NationalBiodiversityInstitute, Pretoria Introduction and Botanical Exploration PieterWinter NationalHerbarium, South African NationalBiodiversity Institute, Pretoria (formerly ofUniversity oftheNorth Herbarium, Polokwane) Acanthaceae, Apiaceae, Crassulaceae, Lamiaceae Illustrators Sandie Burrows (principal illustrator) Charmaine Bartman Auriol Batten Eleanor Catherine Maureen Church Derek Erasmus Victoria Friis (Goaman) Christine Grey-Wilson Mary Grierson Pat Halliday Cythna Letty Julia Loken John Manning Wilma Roux Clare Smith MargaretTebbs WilliamTrevithnick H. Wouda-du Toit GrahamWilliamson HeatherWood
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