Lactuca attenuata Stebbins

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Status:	Native
Description:
Type location:	DRC
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Derivation of specific name:	attenuata: tapering to a slender point
Habitat:	Widdringtonia forest and montane woodland or scrubland.
Altitude range: (metres)	Above 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Malawi.
National distribution:	S
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Literature:	Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 204 - 208. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 56.

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