Lactuca paradoxa Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.

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Status:	Native
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Habitat:	In high altitude evergreen forest, often as a pioneer.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi
Malawi distribution:	N
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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 101. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 204 - 208. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lactuca paradoxa
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