Carex brassii Nelmes

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Status:	Native
Description:
Type location:	Malawi
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Habitat:	Along river banks and in river beds, bogs and on the forest floor.
Altitude range: (metres)	1000 - 2100 m
Flowering time:	May - Sep
Worldwide distribution:	Only known from the Nyika and Mulanje areas in Malawi.
National distribution:	N,S
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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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 298. 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 Pages 74 - 75.

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