Developing a greater understanding of the flora of the Nyika

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 993-1008

  Willis, Christopher K ^a   Burrows, John E ^b   Fish, Lyn ^a   Phiri, Patrick S M ^c   Chikuni, Augustine C ^d   Golding, Janice ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d Natl Herbarium Bot Gdns of Malawi   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Botanical diversity; Malawi; Near endemics; Nyika National Park; Nyika Plateau; Plant collecting expedition; Pollination; Pteridophytes; SABONET; Southern Africa; Strict endemics; Zambia

Indexed keywords

PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0035784150     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3668733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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