EXTINCT & THREATENED

Aloe excelsa Berger var. brevifolia L.C.Leach ACANTHACEAE Status: CR B1B2cde D APIACEAE Distribution: South Isoglossa milanjiensis S.Moore Now sunk under A. excelsa. However, the varietal name Pimpinella mulanjensis C.C.Towns. Status: CR B1B2c is still in use in . Status: VU B1B2cD2 Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Threats: Forestry exploitation, alien infestation, greatheadii Schonland Threats: Fire, invasive species fire Status: CR B1B2ceD Distribution: South Distribution: South Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Widely distributed in other countries. Also referred to as A. greatheadii var. greatheadii but the varietal name is seldom used in Malawi. ALOACEAE Aloe lateritia Engl. Aster milanjianus S.Moore Aloe arborescens Mill. Status: CR B1B2cD Status: VU B1B2cD2 Status: VU B1B2c Threats: Habitat degradation, urban expansion Endemism: Endemic Threats: Agriculture Distribution: North Threats: Fire Distribution: South, Central Well represented outside Malawi. Also referred to as A. Distribution: South On mountain tops in Southern and Central Province. lateritia var. lateritia but the varietal name is seldom Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Widespread on Mount Mulanje. There may still be one used in Malawi. or two remaining localities on the top of the mountains Berkheya johnstoniana Britten surrounding Blantyre. Habitat is declining. However, it Aloe mawii Christian Status: CR B1B2c is very well protected. Well represented and widely Status: VU C1C2a Endemism: Endemic distributed outside Malawi. Distribution: South, North Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation, mining Also known from Tanzania and Mozambique. Distribution: South Aloe buchananii Baker Restricted to Mount Mulanje. The development of a Status: EN B1B2bcdC2a Aloe myriacantha (Haw.) Schult. & J.H.Schult. bauxite mine could be a threat. Distribution: South, Central Status: VU C1 C2a Found throughout most of the southern highlands. It is Threats: Habitat degradation, urban expansion Bothriocline milanjiensis (S.Moore) Wild & isolated on a few mountain tops. Widely distributed Distribution: South, Central, North G.V.Pope outside Malawi. Used to be on the Kirk Range but not found there Status: VU B1B2cD2 anymore. Apparently reported from the Mafingas Endemism: Endemic Aloe bulbicaulis Christian (); not found on the Nyika. Only four reported Threats: Fire

MALAWI Status: VU D2 instances in Malawi although no specimens in the Distribution: South Aloe buettneri A.Berger Malawi National Herbarium. Also recorded from South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: South, Central , through to Kenya and Tanzania. Looks like grass There may be many individuals. No specimens in and grows in grass, so very inconspicuous. Brachythrix sonchioides Wild & G.V.Pope Malawi’s National Herbarium. Also known to occur in Status: VU B1B2cD2 Zambia, Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and so forth. Aloe suffulta Reynolds Endemism: Near-endemic Status: CR B1B2cdeD Threats: Habitat degradation Aloe cameroni Hemsley var. dedzana Reynolds Threats: Habitat degradation, urban expansion Distribution: North Status: CR B1B2bc Distribution: South In Malawi, this species is found only on the Nyika Endemism: Endemic This species could be extinct by now. Restricted to Plateau. The locality in Zambia is about 160 km east, Threats: Agriculture, forestry exploitation southern Malawi. Commonly thought only to occur in and the distribution is probably continuous. Known Distribution: Central Zimbabwe and Mozambique. However, reported to also from fewer than five herbarium collections. Several field surveys have been unable to find it in the occur in Malawi. wild. Well-known from cultivation. Last seen in 1980 on Helichrysum bullulatum S.Moore the escarpement just below Dedza Mountain. Very Aloe swynnertonii Rendle Status: VU B1B2cD2 unlikely that it still exists in the wild. Status: VU A1aB1B2deC2a Endemism: Endemic Threats: Fire Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation Aloe cannellii L.C.Leach Distribution: South, Central Distribution: South Status: CR B1B2bdeD Taxonomic uncertainty that needs to be resolved. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Threats: Habitat degradation Distribution: Central Kniphofia monticola S.Blackmore Helichrysum densiflorum Oliv. subsp. densiflorum Commonly thought to only occur in Mozambique. Status: VU D2 Status: VU B1B2cD2 However, there is an account of the species occuring in Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic central Malawi where there is much habitat degrada- Distribution: South Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation tion. This may need further investigation. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Initially suggested to be Distribution: South categorised as Data Deficient. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Aloe chabaudii Schonland var. chabaudii Status: CR B1B2beC2a Kniphofia mulanjeana S.Blackmore Helichrysum dichroölepis Brenan Threats: Habitat degradation, collection Status: VU D2 Status: VU D2 Distribution: South, Central, North Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Near-endemic There are two forms of Aloe chabaudii, namely Aloe Distribution: South Distribution: South chabaudii var. milanjianus—not confined to Mount Initially suggested to be categorised as Data Deficient. The taxonomic identity of this species may be in Mulanje as the name suggests—and Aloe chabaudii dispute. var. chabaudii. The latter consists mainly of two very widely separated subpopulations. The main subpopula- ANACARDIACEAE Helichrysum hilliardiae Wild tion in the extreme south is 10 x 20 m. The other Status: VU B1B2cD2 subpopulations are much smaller. The distribution Rhus monticola Meikle Endemism: Near-endemic range is wide. Status: VU B1B2cD2 Threats: Habitat degradation Endemism: Endemic Distribution: North Aloe cryptopoda Baker Threats: Fire, invasive species Known only from the Nyika Plateau. Known from about Status: VU B1B2bce Distribution: South five collections at three localities, one of which is Distribution: South, Central Restricted to Mount Mulanje. unspecified in Zambia. Found in secondary forest at The distribution range is wide, but subpopulations are stream sides or in swampy ground. Possibly affected by patchy and discrete. Usually on rocks near water. tourist or visitor impacts.

34 EXTINCT & THREATENED Helichrysum polioides B.L.Burtt Impatiens shirensis Baker f. of Pinus patula is a serious threat. The area is Status: VU B1B2cD2 Status: VU B1B2cD2 protected by a number of firebreaks. Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation Threats: Habitat degradation, forestry exploitation Distribution: South Distribution: South CYATHEACEAE The identity of this species may be questionable. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. The habitat is known to be Restricted to Mount Mulanje. threatened by pitsaw activities. Cyathea mossambicensis Baker Status: VU D2 Helichrysum sordidum S.Moore Threats: Habitat degradation Status: CR B1B2c BEGONIACEAE Distribution: North Endemism: Endemic Species has a restricted distribution. Apparently also Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation Begonia nyassensis Irmsch. known from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Distribution: South Status: VU D2 The identity of this species may be questionable. Endemism: Endemic Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: South CYPERACEAE Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Helichrysum tithonioides Wild Pycreus spissiflorus C.B.Clarke Status: VU B1B2c Status: VU D2 Endemism: Endemic BUXACEAE Endemism: Endemic Threats: Habitat degradation Distribution: South Distribution: North Buxus nyasica Hutch. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Restricted to Nyika Plateau. Found in swampy marshy Status: EN B1B2ac ground. The species is represented by a number of Endemism: Endemic? Tetraria mlanjensis J.Raynal collections, which implies that it is common or fairly Distribution: South, North, Central Status: CR B1B2c conspicuous (locally abundant). Possibly affected by Restricted to Mount Mulanje, but uncertain. Endemism: Endemic? tourist or visitor impacts. Threats: Fire Distribution: South Helichrysum whyteanum Britten CANELLACEAE Restricted to Mount Mulanje. However, it has been Status: VU B1B2cD2 reported that the species may also exist in Barberton, Endemism: Endemic Warburgia salutaris (Bertol.f.) Chiov. South Africa. Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation, forestry Status: EN A1acd exploitation Threats: Collection

Distribution: South Distribution: South ERICACEAE MALAWI Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Harvested for medicinal purposes. Also recorded from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland and possibly other Erica austronyassana Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Lopholaena whyteana (Britten) Phill. & C.A.Sm. countries. Status: VU D2 Status: VU B1B2cD2 Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South MALAWI Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation CAPPARACEAE Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Cleome densifolia C.H.Wright Erica nyassana (Alm & T.C.E.Fr.) E.G.H.Oliv. Status: CR B1B2c Status: VU B1B2cD2 Senecio peltophorus Brenan Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Status: VU D2 Threats: Habitat degradation, forestry exploitation Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South Distribution: South Distribution: South The habitat is known to be threatened by pitsaw Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. The identity of this species activities. may be questionable. EUPHORBIACEAE Vernonia fractiflexa Wild CRASSULACEAE Status: VU B1B2cD2 Clutia brassii Brenan Endemism: Endemic Crassula globularioides Britten forma pilosa Status: CR B1B2c Distribution: North R.Fern. Endemism: Endemic Restricted to the Nyika Plateau. Known only from the Status: VU D2 Threats: Fire type collection. Several surveys have taken place in the Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South vicinity of the type locality, yet this species has not Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. been collected again. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Clutia conferta Hutch. Vernonia kawoziensis F.G.Davies Crassula sarcocaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. subsp. rupicola Status: CR B1B2c Status: VU B1B2cD2 Toelken var. mlanjiana R.Fern. Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Status: VU D2 Threats: Fire Threats: Habitat degradation? Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South Distribution: North Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Restricted to the Nyika Plateau. Known from only two Restricted to Mount Mulanje. collections at the type locality. The species grows in Euphorbia lividiflora L.C.Leach Brachystegia woodland at an altitude of 1,890 m. Status: VU D1D2 CUPRESSACEAE Distribution: South Vernonia milanjiana S.Moore Recorded from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Status: VU B1B2cD2 Juniperus procera Endl. Endemism: Endemic Status: EN B1B2cD2 Euphorbia mlanjeana L.C.Leach Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation Distribution: North Status: CR B1B2c Distribution: South Also recorded from Zimbabwe, East Africa and Central Endemism: Endemic Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Africa. There is evidence of poor regeneration owing to Threats: Fire fire exclusion on the Nyika Plateau. Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. BALSAMINACEAE Widdringtonia whytei Rendle Status: EN A1abcd B1B2abcde Phyllanthus confusus Brenan Impatiens quisqualis Launert Endemism: Endemic Status: VU B1B2cD2 Status: CR B1B2c Threats: Forestry exploitation, alien plant infestations, Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic fire Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation Threats: Afforestation, deforestation Distribution: South Distribution: South Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Patches of forest Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. associated with high peaks. The habitat is known to be threatened by pitsaw activities. Alien plant infestation

EXTINCT & THREATENED 35 Phyllanthus nyikae Radcl.-Sm. Threats: Habitat degradation, forestry exploitation Distribution: South Status: VU D2 Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Endemism: Endemic Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Felled as a timber tree. Distribution: North Cyphia decora Thulin Restricted to the Nyika Plateau. Grows at altitudes of Status: VU B1B2cD2 2,030–2,340 m. Found in montane grassland and on GERANIACEAE Endemism: Endemic the grassy edges of forests. Threats: Fire? Geranium mlanjense J.R.Laundon Distribution: South Status: VU B1B2cD2 Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Endemism: Endemic Threats: Fire, alien plant infestation Lobelia blantyrensis E.Wimmer Aeschynomene tenuirama Baker var. hebecarpa Verd. Distribution: South Status: VU D2 Status: VU D2 Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Endemism: Near-endemic Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South Distribution: North Restricted to the Nyika Plateau. Known only from the GESNERIACEAE type locality. Grows at an altitude of 2,400 m. LYCOPODIACEAE Apparently last collected in 1902. Streptocarpus nimbicola Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Status: VU D2 Lycopodium phlegmaria L. quanzensis Welw. Endemism: Endemic Status: VU A2bcdeB1B2abcde Status: VU A1acd Distribution: South Threats: Fire, habitat degradation, agriculture Threats: Forestry exploitation Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: South Distribution: South, Central, North It is epiphytic, and is extremely conspicuous. Suitable Found widely in small subpopulations. This species is habitat left is probably 5 km of riverine habitat. The over-exploited as a high quality timber. GLEICHENIACEAE habitat has been reduced. Also known from Zimbabwe, Asia and Tropical Africa. Crotalaria pilosiflora Baker Gleichenia elongata Baker Status: VU B1B2cD2 Status: EN A2bC1C2a Endemism: Endemic Threats: Fire MALVACEAE Threats: Habitat degradation? Distribution: North Distribution: North Found in forest margins along streams. However, recent Hibiscus burtt-davyi Dunkley Restricted to the Nyika Plateau. Known from only three surveys could not find it there (probably a relict). Status: VU B1B2c D2 collections. Livingstonia is known to be an area where Produces underground rhizomes (forms a clonal Endemism: Near-endemic there is much habitat degradation. population). Reproduction by spores takes very long; Distribution: South has a low spore viability. Also recorded from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. & Perr. Status: VU A1acdB1B2abce Threats: Forestry exploitation, fire, browsing MELASTOMATACEAE MALAWI HAMAMELIDACEAE Distribution: South, Central? Found in dry woodland. However, because of over- Trichocladus goetzei Engl. Dissotis lanata A. & R.Fern. harvesting, many individuals are developing a shrubby Status: VU B1B2bd Status: EN B1B2c character. Widespread in southern and eastern Africa. Distribution: North Endemism: Endemic Highly sought after by the wood carving industry. Threats: Fire Distribution: North Humularia descampsii (De Wild. & T.Durand) IRIDACEAE Endemic to Malawi. Duvign. var. nyassica Duvign. Status: VU B1B2bc Gladiolus bellus C.H.Wright Endemism: Endemic? Status: VU B1B2cD2 MORACEAE Threats: Fire, agriculture Endemism: Endemic Distribution: Central, North Threats: Fire? Dorstenia schleibenni Mildbr. Possibly restricted to Malawi. Distribution: South Status: VU D2 Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: North Indigofera hilaris Eckl. & Zeyh. var. microscypha The species grows from an underground tuber reaching (Baker) J.B.Gillett a height of almost 1 m. It is known from private land. Indigofera nyikense-Baker LAMIACEAE Because the species may often be overlooked (it is Status: VU D2 small in size and seasonal), it could easily be a case of Endemism: Endemic? Plectranthus crassus N.E.Br. undercollection. Found in riverine forest. Distribution: North Status: CR B1B2c Restricted to the Nyika Plateau. Only a single locality is Endemism: Endemic Ficus ottoniifolia (Miq.) Miq. subsp. ulugurensis known (known from two collections). No other Threats: Fire? (Mildbr. & Burret) C.C.Berg information is available. Distribution: South Ficus modesta-White Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Status: EN C2a D Pterocarpus angolensis DC. Threats: Alien plant infestation Status: VU A1cd/A2cd Plectranthus mandalensis Baker Distribution: Central Threats: Forestry exploitation Status: VU B1B2cD2 Found in dry closed woodland. Recruitment occurs at Distribution: South, Central, North Endemism: Endemic remnant subpopulations; juveniles were found growing Found in dry woodland. It is reported that most of the Threats: Fire? on trees. It is probable that other localities do not exist big trees come from Mozambique. Widespread in Distribution: South in Malawi. Essentially, the subpopulation in Malawi is southern Africa and DRC. Used as a highly sought after Restricted to Mount Mulanje. an evolutionary ‘dead end’. This taxon has a wide timber. distribution range. Also recorded from Tanzania and Stachys didymantha Brenan Kenya. Status: VU B1B2cD2 FLACOURTIACEAE Endemism: Endemic Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C.Berg Threats: Fire? Status: CR A1acdB1B2bce Dovyalis spinosissima Gild Distribution: South Threats: Forestry exploitation Status: EX? Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: South, Central, North Endemism: Endemic This tree can grow up to 20–50 m tall. It is a tropical Distribution: South African consisting of two species. It is commonly Restricted to southern Malawi. Known from only one LOBELIACEAE called ‘eroco timber’. It is a highly desirable, high-value collection. timber species. Only a few remnant patches remain, and Cyphia brummittii Thulin there are certainly no viable subpopulations left in Rawsonia burtt-davyi (Edlin) F.White Status: CR B1B2c Malawi. Forest timber species, known mainly from Status: VU B1B2cD2 Endemism: Endemic miombo. Wide African distribution. Endemism: Endemic Threats: Fire?

36 EXTINCT & THREATENED Morus mesozygia Stapf Threats: Fire Zeuxine ballii P.J.Cribb Status: EN A2cd Distribution: South Status: VU B1B2D2 Threats: Habitat degradation Possibly restricted to Mount Mulanje. Found on most Threats: Habitat degradation, deforestation Distribution: South, Central hills and mountains to the south of Zomba, but grows Distribution: North This is the only African species in the genus. It grows on Xerophyta, which is cut for pot scourers even in Known only from one locality. The habitat is to a tall tree of up to 40 m. It exists in small relict protected areas. Polystachya johnstonii Rolfe var. threatened. Widely ditributed outisde Malawi. patches. Its habitat is evergreen forest in a riparian johnstonii la Croix & P.J.Cribb is sometimes used as a habitat. No other localities are known. The species is synonym. The other variety of this species, P. john- widespread in Africa. stonii var. roseopurpurea, is also at risk, but there is POACEAE no information available for this variety. Alloeochaete oreogena Launert ORCHIDACEAE Polystachya kaluluensis P.J.Cribb & la Croix Status: VU D2 Status: EX? Endemism: Endemic Aerangis distincta J.Stewart & la Croix Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South Status: EN A2cd Threats: Deforestation, agriculture, habitat degrada- Known only from Mount Mulanje. Endemism: Endemic tion Threats: Forestry exploitation, habitat degradation Distribution: South Eragrostis sylviae Cope Distribution: South, Central, North This species may already be extinct since virtually all Status: VU D2 Epiphyte present in several localities throughout the trees from its forest habitat have been felled and Endemism: Endemic Malawi. much of the land is under agriculture. Distribution: South Known only from Mount Mulanje. Aerangis splendida J.Stewart & la Croix Polystachya minima Rendle Status: EN A2cdB1B2bcd Status: EN A2cd Threats: Forestry exploitation, habitat degradation Endemism: Endemic PROTEACEAE Distribution: South Threats: Deforestation, urban expansion, habitat Epiphyte. Thyolo locality extirpated. Still safe at degradation Protea caffra Meisn. subsp. nyasae (Rendle) Mulunguzi River where it is rare. Distribution: South Chisumpa & Brummitt Endemic to southern Malawi. Known only from Status: VU B1B2cD2 Brownleea mulanjiensis H.P.Linder woodland within an area about 40 km south of Endemism: Endemic Status: VU D2 Blantyre. This species used to be very common where it Threats: Fire Endemism: Endemic grew. Distribution: South Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje.

Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Polystachya mzuzuensis P.J.Cribb & la Croix MALAWI Status: VU A2c Cynorkis anacamptoides Kraenzl. var. ecalcarata Threats: Urban expansion, deforestation? PTERIDACEAE P.J.Cribb Distribution: North Status: VU D2 Known only from two or three sites near Mzuzu in Adiantum confine Fee Endemism: Endemic woodland. Status: VU A2c Distribution: North Threats: Agriculture, habitat degradation Endemic to the Nyika Plateau. It is associated with Polystachya purpureobracteata P.J.Cribb & la Croix Distribution: South perennial dambos. The species was last collected more Status: CR B1B2c This is the only Flora zambesiaca record for this than 30 years ago and is said to be an abnormal form. Endemism: Endemic species. There is widespread habitat destruction Threats: Fire affecting this species. Wide African distribution, Cynorkis brevicalcar P.J.Cribb Distribution: South including the Comores. Status: VU D2 Known only from Mount Mulanje. This is a tiny plant Endemism: Endemic and is probably overlooked. Adiantum reniforme L. Distribution: South Status: VU D1D2 Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Said to have a narrow Satyrium afromontanum la Croix & P.J.Cribb Distribution: North distribution. Status: VU D2 Four localities in Africa. Collected along half a Endemism: Endemic kilometre of river frontage. The species needs shade on Habenaria livingstoniana la Croix & P.J.Cribb Distribution: South humic ledges. It is not widespread in Africa (recorded Status: CR B1B2cD2 Known only from Mount Mulanje. from Kenya, , Gambia, Reunion, Canary Islands, Endemism: Endemic and so forth) as subpopulations are isolated. Threats: Agriculture, habitat degradation Stolzia compacta P.J.Cribb subsp. compacta Distribution: North Status: CR B1B2c Pellaea angulosa (Bory ex Willd.) Baker Restricted to the Nyika Plateau. Known only from the Endemism: Endemic Status: VU A2bcdeB1B2abcde type locality (two collections). Distribution: North Distribution: South Known only from the Nyika Plateau. Locally widespread. Also recorded in Reunion, Mascarenes, Mozambique, Habenaria petraea Renz & Grosvenor Known only from the type collection. Last collected in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and so forth. Status: VU D2 1968? Endemism: Near-endemic Distribution: North Stolzia nyassana Schltr. RESTIONACEAE Appears to be widely distributed. It is found in Status: EN B1B2c grasslands which interface with Brachystegia woodland. Distribution: North Restio milanjianus H.P.Linder It is known from a number of localities. Known only from a few tree habitats. Status: VU B1B2cD2 Endemism: Endemic Habenaria pubidens P.J.Cribb Taeniophyllum coxii (Summerh.) Summerh. Threats: Fire Status: VU D2 Status: EX? Distribution: South Endemism: Near-endemic Threats: Deforestation, urban expansion Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: North Distribution: North The species forms colonies. It has a patchy distribution. Known only from one small site which has probably been decimated due to tree felling. Also present but ROSACEAE Habenaria riparia Renz & Grosvenor rare in Ghana, DRC and Tanzania. Status: CR B1B2c Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm. Endemism: Endemic Tridactyle citrina P.J.Cribb Status: VU A1cd Threats: Habitat degradation Status: VU B1B2D Threats: Harvesting Distribution: North Threats: Deforestation Distribution: South, Central, North Known only from the Nyika Plateau. Several collections Distribution: North Found in dry woodland. Found at higher elevations in from the type locality. Possibly affected by tourist or Known only from a few woodland areas. At risk due to small fragmented subpopulations. Known from Angola, visitor impacts. tree felling. Also known from a few areas in Zambia and Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Central Africa, East Tanzania. Africa, DRC and so forth. Used for medicinal purposes. Polystachya johnstonii Rolfe Status: VU B1B2cD2 Endemism: Endemic

EXTINCT & THREATENED 37 Sericanthe odoratissima (K.Krause) Robbrecht var. RUBIACEAE ulugurensis Robbrecht THEACEAE Status: VU B1B2b Burttdavya nyasica Hoyle Distribution: North Ternstroemia polypetala Melch. Status: EN B1B2bce Found in montane forest. The taxonomic status of this Status: VU B1B2d Threats: Forestry exploitation, habitat degradation species may change. Distribution: North Distribution: South Found in forests. Also recorded from as far afield as In Malawi it has always been known from only one Tricalysia coriacea (Benth.) Hiern subsp. Cameroon. Also known from Tanzania. locality. Also recorded from Tanzania and Mozambique. angustifolia (Garcia) Robbrecht Status: VU D2 Coffea mufindiensis Hutch. ex Bridson subsp. Distribution: South VELLOZIACEAE lundaziensis Bridson Found in montane forest. Known fom the country Status: VU D1D2 border. This variety is uncommon in Malawi. Also known Xerophyta splendens (Rendle) N.L.Menezes Distribution: South, North from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Status: VU B1B2cD2 This is an afromontane species recorded at an altitude Endemism: Endemic of 2,000 m. Also known from the Zambia-Nyika Plateau. Threats: Fire RUTACEAE Distribution: South Morinda asteroscepa K.Schum. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Status: VU B1B2bD2 Vepris elegantissima F.White & Pannell Endemism: Near-endemic Status: CR B1B2c Distribution: Central, North Endemism: Endemic ZAMIACEAE Found in moist forests. Threats: Habitat degradation Distribution: South Encephalartos gratus Prain Pavetta comostyla S.Moore subsp. nyassica Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Status: CR B1B2ceC2b (Bremek.) Bridson Threats: Fire, browsing Status: VU B1B2b Zanthoxylum deremense (Engl.) Kokwaro Distribution: South Endemism: Near-endemic Status: VU B1B2b Found in forest margins. Affected by the activities of Distribution: North Distribution: North blue monkeys. Found in montane forest. Found in montane forest. It is very restricted, although found elsewhere. Encephalartos sp. Greenway 6283 Pavetta kyimbilensis Bremek. var. iringensis Status: EX? (Bremek.) Bridson Endemism: Endemic Status: VU B1B2b SAPINDACEAE Distribution: South Endemism: Near-endemic Collected in miombo woodland in the vicinity of Distribution: North Deinbollia nyasica Exell Blantyre. Known only from a single herbarium collection Found in montane forest. Status: EX? (in PRE). This collection represents a ‘good’ species. Endemism: Endemic Collected in 1941. The entire vicinity of Blantyre has Pavetta subumbellata Bremek. var. subcoriacea undergone extensive land and urban transformation,

MALAWI Threats: Habitat degradation, urban expansion Bridson Distribution: South and it is almost certain that the species no longer Status: VU B1B2b Found in moist forest. exists. Endemism: Near-endemic Distribution: North Found in montane forest. STERCULIACEAE

Pyrostria chapmanii Bridson subsp. chapmanii Cola mossambicensis Wild Status: VU B1B2cD2 Status: VU B1B2c Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South Threats: Fire Found in lowland forest. Recorded from Mozambique Distribution: South and Zimbabwe. Known only from Mount Mulanje.

Rytigynia adenodonta (K.Schum.) Robyns var. adenodonta Status: VU D2 Distribution: North Found in montane forests. is dubious. Also recorded from Zambia and Tanzania.

Rytigynia adenodonta (K.Schum.) Robyns var. reticulata (Robyns) Verdc. Status: VU B1B2bC2a Distribution: South, Central, North Found in moist forests. More than 1,000 individuals per subpopulation. The species appears to be common as indicated by the number of herbarium collections. Also known from Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania and possibly Zimbabwe.

Rytigynia bugoyensis (K.Krause) Verdc. subsp. glabriflora Verdc. Status: VU B1B2b Endemism: Near-endemic Distribution: North Found in montane forest. It is very restricted although it is known from several collections from different localities.

Rytigynia pawekiae Verdc. Status: VU D2 Endemism: Endemic Threats: Fire, habitat degradation Distribution: North Known only from the type collection in submontane grassland. Mulanje cedar forest in the upper Likabula Valley. (Photo: J. Burrows)

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ALOACEAE ASTERACEAE ERICACEAE

Aloe duckeri Christian Brachythrix malawiensis (Wild & G.V.Pope) Erica milanjiana Bolus Status: LR-lc G.V.Pope Status: LR-nt Distribution: South, Central, North Brachythrix brevipapposa-subsp. malawiensis Wild & G.V.Pope Endemism: Endemic The species is common and widespread, and in Status: LR-lc Distribution: South abundance. Endemism: Endemic Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Distribution: North Aloe zebrina Baker Grows in submontane grassland and woodland at an Status: LR-lc altitude of 2,133 m. Known from only two collections EUPHORBIACEAE Threats: Fire from two localities; endemic to the Nyika Plateau. Distribution: South, Central Croton megelobotrys Mull.Arg. Helichrysum syncephalum Baker Status: LR-lc Status: LR-nt Distribution: South ANACARDIACEAE Endemism: Endemic Common in large numbers along streams and rivers. Distribution: South Ozoroa reticulata (Bakerf.) R. & A.Fern. var. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Erythrococca trichogyne (Mull.Arg.) Prain var. nyasica R. & A.Fern. psilogyne Radcl.-Sm. Status: LR-lc Status: LR-lc Distribution: South BALSAMINACEAE Endemism: Near-endemic Known from both miombo and mopane woodlands. It is Distribution: North extremely widespread. Impatiens schulziana Launert The species appears to be extremely widespread. There Status: LR-lc is another unspecified locality on the Malawi-Nyika. Rhus acuminatissima R. & A.Fern. Endemism: Endemic Status: LR-lc Distribution: South, North Euphorbia whyteana Baker f. Endemism: Endemic On borders of montane forest. It is associated with Status: LR-nt

Threats: Fire waterfalls (2,200–2,600 m). It is apparently widely Endemism: Endemic MALAWI Distribution: South distributed in the Nyika National Park. The taxonomy of Threats: Fire Restricted to southern Malawi. this species is also very uncertain. Widely differing Distribution: South accounts state that it is either confined to the Nyika Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Represented by many Plateau or that it is also found on Mount Mulanje. herbarium specimens, indicating a level of abundance. ANTHERICACEAE

Chlorophytum nyasae (Rendle) Kativu BLECHNACEAE FABACEAE Status: LR-lc Distribution: South, North Blechnum ivohibense C.Chr. Tephrosia whyteana Baker subsp. whyteana Alternative genus name is Anthericum. Status: LR-lc Status: LR-nt Distribution: South Endemism: Endemic Wide distribution also recorded from Mozambique, Threats: Fire ASCLEPIADACEAE Zimbabwe, Madagscar, Kenya, Tanzania and others. Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Ceropegia paricyma N.E.Br. Status: LR-nt CELASTRACEAE Distribution: South, Central, North GESNERIACEAE Widespread throughout Malawi, but with a naturally Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes. var. uva-ursi scattered distribution. Also recorded from Mozambique, Brenan Streptocarpus dolichanthos Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Caprivi area and other Status: LR-nt Status: LR-nt areas. Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South Distribution: South Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. ASPLENIACEAE Streptocarpus hirtinervis C.B.Clarke Asplenium smedsii Pichi Serm. COMBRETACEAE Status: LR-lc Status: LR-lc Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic? Pteleopsis myrtifolia (Laws.) Engl. & Diels Threats: Fire Distribution: North Status: LR-lc Distribution: South Known only from the Nyika Plateau from a single, deep, Threats: Harvesting Restricted to southern Malawi. very inaccessible forest (2,200 m). However, it may Distribution: South, Central, North possibly occur on the Zambia-Nyika. Occurs in miombo. It is harvested for fuelwood and the Streptocarpus leptopus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt timber is used for poles. Status: LR-nt Asplenium torrei Schelpe Endemism: Near-endemic Status: LR-nt Distribution: South Threats: Habitat degradation, deforestation CYPERACEAE Distribution: South Streptocarpus milanjianus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Collected at 1,410 m. Known only from Malawi, Carex brassii Nelmes Status: LR-nt Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Status: LR-lc Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic? Distribution: South Asplenium unilaterale Lam. Distribution: South, North Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Status: LR-nt A single specimen from Rumphi District (Pawek 13856) Distribution: South, Central appears to be C. brassii, but the material is poor. Only three localities in the Flora zambesiaca region, Recently collected on the Nyika Plateau. Possibly found GRAMMITIDACEAE two of which are in Malawi. Recorded in Zimbabwe, in Tanzania. Madagascar, Mauritius, Mascarenes and widespread in Lellingeria oosora (Baker) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran Tropical Africa. Status: LR-lc Distribution: South Very small and probably overlooked. Found at high altitudes (about 2,000 m). Known from Zambia and Tropical Africa.

LOWER RISK 39 Known only from the Nyika Plateau. It grows in short LAMIACEAE well drained grassland above 2,000 m. PROTEACEAE

Plectranthus acaulis Brummitt & Seyani Polystachya songaniensis G.Will. Protea caffra Meisn. subsp. mafingensis Chisumpa Status: LR-lc Status: LR-lc & Brummitt Endemism: Near-endemic Endemism: Endemic Status: LR-lc Threats: Habitat degradation? Threats: Habitat degradation, deforestation? Endemism: Endemic Distribution: North Distribution: South Distribution: North Known from only a single locality in Zambia (Nyika Known from only a few localities on mountains in the Endemic to Malawi. This species appears to be common Plateau). Initially considered to be categorised as Southern Province. Found on rocks and remains of sedge on the Nyika Plateau. Vulnerable based on the number of herbarium , so not at risk of tree felling or cultivation. specimens. However, the species is probably continu- Common on Mount Zomba. ously distributed. PTERIDACEAE

Plectranthus zebrarum Brummitt & Seyani OXALIDACEAE Coniogramme africana Hieron. Status: LR-lc Status: LR-lc Endemism: Endemic Oxalis chapmaniae Exell Distribution: North Distribution: North Status: LR-lc Found in deep forests. It is rare wherever it occurs. Also Possibly endemic to the Nyika Plateau. The species Endemism: Endemic known from East Africa. appears to be common on the Nyika Plateau and it Distribution: North possibly extends into Zambia. Known only from the Nyika Plateau. Grows at an altitude of 2,130–2,440 m in submontane grassland. RUBIACEAE This species is fairly common on the Nyika Plateau. LOMARIOPSIDACEAE Ixora scheffleri K.Schum. & K.Krause subsp. scheffleri Elaphoglossum mildbraedii Hieron. POACEAE Status: LR-nt Status: LR-nt Endemism: Near-endemic? Distribution: South Alloeochaete geniculata Kabuye Threats: Harvesting 1,765–2,075 m altitude. Probably very easily Status: LR-nt Distribution: South, Central, North overlooked. Also known from East Africa. Endemism: Endemic Found in submontane forest where it is extremely Distribution: South widespread. Also recorded from Tanzania and Known only from Mount Mulanje. Mozambique. Often used as a fuelwood. MELASTOMATACEAE Alloeochaete gracillima Kabuye Psychotria zombamontana (Kuntze) Petit Dissotis johnstoniana Baker f. var. strigosa Brenan Status: LR-nt Status: LR-nt Status: LR-nt Endemism: Endemic Threats: Harvesting Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South Distribution: South, Central Distribution: South Known only from Mount Mulanje. Found in montane forests where it is widely distributed.

MALAWI Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Widely distributed outside Malawi. Reported to be very Digitaria trinervis Van der Veken common. Often used as a fuelwood. Status: LR-nt MYRSINACEAE Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South SCROPHULARIACEAE Anagallis oligantha P.Taylor Known only from Mount Mulanje. Status: LR-nt Buchnera crassifolia Engl. Endemism: Endemic Eragrostis fastigiata Cope Status: LR-lc Distribution: South Status: LR-nt Endemism: Endemic Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Endemism: Endemic Distribution: North Distribution: South It is known only from submontane grasslands up to Known only from Mount Mulanje. 2,400 m. The holotype was destroyed in Berlin. OPHIOGLOSSACEAE Panicum nymphoides Renvoize Selago blantyrensis Rolfe Ophioglossum thomasii Clausen Status: LR-nt Status: LR-lc Status: LR-lc Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South, North Distribution: South Distribution: South Small species and often overlooked. Known mainly from Known only from Mount Mulanje. Confined to southern Malawi. Found amongst rocks in dambos at an altitude greater than 2,000 m. Vast open grassland and woodland. Found along roadsides habitat of this species on the Nyika Plateau. Extremely Setaria grandis Stapf and firebreaks. widespread. Known only from two localities in Malawi. Status: LR-lc Known also from Tanzania, Kenya and possibly occurs Endemism: Endemic Selago thyrsoidea Baker var. thyrsoidea elsewhere. Distribution: North Status: LR-nt Known only from the Nyika Plateau. This species is Endemism: Endemic locally abundant in that it has a very restricted Threats: Habitat degradation ORCHIDACEAE distribution but occurs in extremely high numbers, Distribution: North almost to the point of being weedy. Known only from the Nyika Plateau. Possibly affected Cynorkis buchananii Rolfe by tourist or visitor impacts. Status: LR-nt Endemism: Endemic POLYGALACEAE Distribution: South Restricted to southern Malawi. Several sites on Zomba Polygala nyikensis Exell Plateau and Mount Mulanje. Status: LR-lc Endemism: Near-endemic Habenaria nyikense G.Will. Distribution: North Status: LR-nt This species has been collected from several unspecified Endemism: Endemic localities. Grows in submontane grassland up to Distribution: North 2,300 m. Early herbarium collections represent Known as an endemic of the northern plateaux of individuals older than a year, attributed to the effect of Malawi. The species has a wide altitudinal range of fire. almost 600 m.

Herschelianthe praecox (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder Disa zombica, a species possibly Status: LR-lc used for chikanda. Endemism: Endemic Distribution: North (Photo: G. Williamson)

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Restricted to Malawi. It is believed to be rare based on ASPLENIACEAE the low number of herbarium specimens. Herbarium LOMARIOPSIDACEAE specimens of both subspecies (S. richardsiae subsp. Asplenium uhlighii Hieron. richardsiae and S. richardsiae subsp. robusta) are Elaphoglossum deckenii (Kuhn) C.Chr. Status: DD mainly from Mzimba on granite outcrops. Status: DD Initially thought to be a depauperate form of A. Distribution: South aethiopicum. Associated with mountain peaks. Monadenium parviflorum N.E.Br. Rarest species of the genus. Found in wet forests. There Status: DD may be more localities. Also known from East Africa. Distribution: South, Central, North ASTERACEAE Restricted mainly to the Nyika Plateau, although it is Lomariopsis warneckei (Hieron.) Alston widespread throughout Malawi. Also known from Status: DD Helichrysum patulifolium Baker Tanzania and Zambia. A common synonym for this Threats: Fire, habitat degradation Helichrysum flammeiceps-Brenan species is M. depauperatum. Distribution: South, North Status: DD Very rare, never widespread. Widely creeping rhizome. Endemism: Endemic? Also known from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Threats: Fire FABACEAE Cameroon and so forth. Distribution: North Possibly endemic to Malawi. Grows in Brachystegia Lotus mlanjeanus J.B.Gillett woodland. Status: DD LYTHRACEAE Endemism: Endemic? Senecio auriculatissima Britten Distribution: South, Central, North Rotala juniperina Fern. Status: DD Possibly restricted to Malawi. Status: DD Endemism: Near-endemic Endemism: Endemic? Threats: Fire Rhynchosia clivorum S.Moore var. fulvida Meikle Distribution: South Distribution: South Status: DD Possibly restricted to Mount Mulanje. The identity of this species may be questionable. Endemism: Endemic? Distribution: South, Central, North

Senecio milanjianus S.Moore Possibly restricted to Malawi. MELASTOMATACEAE MALAWI Status: DD Endemism: Near-endemic Dissotis johnstoniana Baker f. subsp. johnstoniana Distribution: South FLACOURTIACEAE Status: DD The identity of this species may be questionable. Endemism: Near-endemic Rawsonia reticulata Gilg Distribution: South Status: DD CYPERACEAE Distribution: North Unspecified locality around ‘Lake Nyasa’ from an early MORACEAE Alinula malawica (J.Raynal) Goetgh. & Vorster herbarium specimen. Status: DD Ficus scassellatii Pamp. Endemism: Near-endemic Status: DD Distribution: South ILLECEBRACEAE Threats: Habitat destruction, forestry exploitation Known only from one record in Malawi, and from one Distribution: South, Central, North other record in Zambia. Corrigiola drymarioides Baker f. This species grows in mid-altitude semi-evergreen forest Status: DD (1,900–1,950 m). It is a tall strangler fig, recorded as Fuirena nyasensis Nelmes Endemism: Near-endemic growing to heights of 50 m. Also recorded from Status: DD Distribution: South Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and DRC. Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South, Central, North Restricted to Malawi. LAMIACEAE ORCHIDACEAE

Pycreus acaulis Nelmes Plectranthus dissectus Brenan Anagraecum stella-africae P.J.Cribb Status: DD Status: DD Status: DD Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Endemic Threats: Forestry exploitation, habitat degradation Distribution: South, Central, North Threats: Fire Distribution: South, North Restricted to Nyika Plateau. Distribution: South Level of endemism uncertain. Two known sites in the Restricted to southern Malawi. north and a single collection in the south.

EUPHORBIACEAE Plectranthus elegans Britten Bolusiella maudiae (Bolus) Schltr. Status: DD Status: DD Euphorbia ampliphylla Pax Endemism: Endemic Threats: Forestry exploitation, habitat degradation Status: DD Threats: Fire Distribution: South Threats: Deforestation Distribution: South Widespread in woodland and widely represented outside Distribution: North Restricted to southern Malawi. Malawi. Known from Nyika Plateau and Matipa Forest. Recorded from Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and so forth. Plectranthus malawiensis Mathew Cardiochilus williamsonii P.J.Cribb Also referred to as E. obovalifolia. Status: DD Status: DD Endemism: Endemic Endemism: Near-endemic Euphorbia isacantha Pax Distribution: North Distribution: North Status: DD Known from only two localities. Known only from a single area on Nyika Plateau. Distribution: North Known only from Karonga District. It is believed to be Plectranthus zombensis Baker Cynorkis symoensii Geernick & Tournay rare in Malawi based on the low numbers of herbarium Status: DD Status: DD specimens. Endemism: Endemic Distribution: North Threats: Fire Known from a small area. Also recorded from Tanzania Euphorbia richardsiae L.C.Leach subsp. robusta Distribution: South and Rwanda. L.C.Leach Restricted to southern Malawi. Status: DD Disa fragrans Schltr. subsp. fragrans Endemism: Endemic Status: DD Distribution: North Distribution: South

DATA DEFICIENT 41 Known from several countries. Collected only once or Polystachya calluniflora Kraenzl. var. hologlossa twice in Malawi. P.J.Cribb & la Croix RUBIACEAE Status: DD Disa nyikensis H.P.Linder Distribution: North Coffea mufindiensis Hutch. ex Bridson subsp. Status: DD Found in small areas at risk of tree felling. australis Bridson Distribution: North Status: DD Also recorded from Zambia and Tanzania. Polystachya goetzeana Kraenzl. Distribution: South, Central, North Status: DD The species appears to be extremely common as there Disperis breviloba Verdc. Ocassional in forest patches. are many collections for it. No other information is Status: DD available. Also recorded from Mozambique and Distribution: North Polystachya holmesiana P.J.Cribb Zimbabwe. Collected only once on Nyika Plateau. Status: DD Threats: Deforestation, habitat degradation Coffea sp. Brummitt 8936 Eggelingia clavata Summerh. Distribution: North Status: DD Status: DD Found inside a small area within Nyika National Park, Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South as well as at a locality on the Park’s periphery which is Distribution: South Has a wide African distribution, especially West Africa. under much threat from tree felling. Grows in thicket. Known only from the type locality. Type specimen collected in 1970. Eulophia monticola Rolfe Polystachya lawrenceana Kraenzl. Status: DD Status: DD Oxyanthus goetzei K.Schum. var. A Bridson Endemism: Near-endemic Endemism: Endemic Status: DD Distribution: South Distribution: South Endemism: Endemic Taxonomically difficult to separate Eulophia monticola Endemic to Malawi. Grows on rocks so not at risk from Distribution: South, Central from E. inyangensis Summerh. Previously, E. monticola tree felling. Restricted to Malawi. Known from a number of had been considered endemic to Mount Mulanje. specimens (Bridson 662 (K; MAL) 1991; Patel & Polystachya mafingensis P.J.Cribb Tawakali 999 (K; MAL) 1982). In undergrowth of Habenaria disselloides Schltr. Status: DD evergreen montane forest, with Newtonia, Garcinia, etc. Status: DD Endemism: Near-endemic or in submontane forest at altitude 1,400–1,500 m. Endemism: Near-endemic Threats: Deforestation Distribution: North Distribution: North Known from only a few localities on the Nyika Plateau. Restricted to the Mafinga Mountain. SANTALACEAE

Habenaria hirsutitrunci G.Will. Satyrium ecalcaratum Schltr. Thesium whyteanum Rendle Status: DD Status: DD Status: DD Endemism: Near-endemic Distribution: South Endemism: Near-endemic Distribution: North In Malawi it is known only from a few herbarium Distribution: South Also found on Zambia-Nyika. Occurs in several scattered collections. Known from other African countries. sites on Malawi-Nyika. Possibly known from other sites MALAWI further afield. Solenangis conica (Schltr.) L.Jonsson SAPOTACEAE Status: DD Habenaria pubipetala Summerh. Distribution: Central Synsepalum muelleri (Kupicha) T.D.Penn. Status: DD Known only from a small locality. Also in Mozambique, Status: DD Endemism: Endemic Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Endemism: Near-endemic Threats: Forestry exploitation, agriculture Distribution: South Distribution: South, Central, North? Stolzia williamsonii P.J.Cribb Endemic to Malawi. Only one old record from the North, Status: DD most of the localities are from southern and central Distribution: North SCROPHULARIACEAE Malawi. All the localities are threatened. Associated with forests of Nyika Plateau. Selago whyteana Rolfe Microcoelia corallina Summerh. Tridactyle verrucosa P.J.Cribb Status: DD Status: DD Status: DD Endemism: Endemic Distribution: South, North? Distribution: South Distribution: South Known only from the southern part of Malawi. Possibly Epiphytic on rocks and windswept trees. Restricted to Mount Mulanje. Known only from the occurs in northern Malawi. Also known from Kenya and western side of the massif. Most specimens of this Tanzania. Tridactyle virginea P.J.Cribb & la Croix species are from roadsides and other bare areas. Often Status: DD bauxite is mentioned as a substrate. Microcoelia megalorrhiza (Rchb.f.) Summerh. Distribution: North Status: DD Threats: Habitat degradation THYMELAEACEAE Distribution: South POLYPODIACEAE Known only from two localities in the South. It is Gnidia chapmanii Peterson reported that the species is poorly protected. This Platycerium elephantotis Schweinf. Status: DD species is known to be rare. Status: DD Endemism: Near-endemic Widespread throughout Africa in countries such as Distribution: South Microcoelia ornithocephala P.J.Cribb Sudan, Mozambique, and Zambia. Status: DD Endemism: Endemic VITTARIACEAE Threats: Habitat degradation PROTEACEAE Distribution: South Antrophyum mannianum Hook. Restricted to Malawi. Known only from two localities in Faurea racemosa Farmar Status: DD the South. Status: DD Distribution: South Endemism: Near-endemic There are only two records for it in the Flora Oberonia disticha Lindl. Distribution: South zambesiaca area. It was recently collected on Mount Status: DD Mulanje. Distribution: South Known only from two sites in Southern Province (and PTERIDACEAE only collected once at one of these) but fairly XYRIDACEAE widespread elsewhere in Africa. Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link Status: DD Xyris makuensis N.E.Br. Platylepis glandulosa (Lindl) Rchb.f Distribution: North Status: DD Status: DD There is only one known recent collection in Malawi; the Endemism: Near-endemic Distribution: South, North species is probably extremely widespread. It should Distribution: South Known only from two small areas in Malawi but probably be removed from the RDL. Also known from Mozambique and possibly occurs in widespread elsewhere in Africa. Tanzania.

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