Asclepias pygmaea N.E. Br.

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Status:	Native
Description:
Type location:	Tanzania
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Habitat:	Montane grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)	1800 - 2500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania and northern Malawi.
National distribution:	N
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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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 67. Goyder, D.J. (2001). A revision of the tropical African genus Trachycalymma (K. Schum.) Bullock Kew Bulletin 56 Page 159. Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 Page 396. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 277 - 278.

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