Notes on the vegetation of inselbergs in Malawi

Flora

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Porembski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endemics; Inselbergs; Malawi; Phytogeography; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC PLANT; FLORA; INSELBERG; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

MALAWI, MOUNT MULANJE , MALAWI;

AFROTRILEPIS PILOSA; COLEOCHLOA SETIFERA; CYPERACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; POLYSTACHYA JOHNSTONII; VELLOZIACEAE; XEROPHYTA SPLENDENS;

EID: 0029768444     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30685-0     Document Type: Article

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