Endemic and Economically Useful Plant Species of Malawi

Study Extent

The present dataset originates from herbarium records

Sampling

The records were basically extracted from BRAHMS database housed at National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi

Quality Control

Name validations was done using online databases such as GBIF and Name parser program

Method steps

1. The records were basically extracted from BRAHMS database housed at National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi

The present dataset includes all species which were targeted for Red Listing assessments under the Shire Valley Transformational project

1. Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng.
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2. Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin
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3. Acacia nigrescens
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4. Disa nyikensis
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5. Disa satyriopsis
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6. Gladiolus bellus
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7. Aloe canis
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8. Brachystegia spiciformis
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9. Colophospermum mopane
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10. Disa zombica
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11. Holarrhena pubescens
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12. Terminalia sericea
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13. Aerangis distincta
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14. Alloeochaete oreogena
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15. Brachythrix pawekiae
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16. Catunaregam spinosa
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17. Cleome densifolia
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18. Cyphia nyikensis
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19. Diospyros kirki
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20. Impatiens shirensis
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21. Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers
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22. Phyllanthus nyikae
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23. Polystachya johnstonii
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24. Polystachya minima
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25. Streptocarpus milanjianus Hilliard & B.L. Burtt
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26. Streptocarpus nimbicola
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27. Strychnos spinosa
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28. Burkea africana
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29. Combretum imberbe
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30. Geranium mlanjense
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31. Habenaria livingstoniana
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32. Helichrysum whyteanum
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33. Julbernardia globiflora
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34. Osteospermum nyikensis
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35. Vernonia kawoziensis
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36. Beauveria malawiensis
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Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa. It is wholly within the tropics; from about 9°30S at its northernmost point to about 17°S at the southernmost tip. The country occupies a thin strip of land between Zambia and Mozambique, extending southwards into Mozambique along the valley of the Shire River. In the north and north east it also shares a border with Tanzania. Malawi is connected by rail to the Mozambican ports of Nacala and Beira. It lies between latitudes 9° and 18°S, and longitudes 32° and 36°E.