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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tree |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
| Notes: | Red data status: VU D2 |
| Derivation of specific name: | mafingensis: of the Mafinga Hills in Malawi. |
| Habitat: | On rocky outcrops in montane grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mafinga Hills and Nyika Plateau in Malawi and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Pages 184 - 185. as Protea kilimandscharica Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 230. as Protea caffra subsp. mafingensis Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 69 - 70. Willis, C.K., Burrows, J.E., Fish, L., Phiri, P.S.M., Chikuni, A.C. & Golding, J. (2001). Developing a greater understanding of the flora of the Nyika Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2) Page 1000. as Protea caffra subsp. mafingensis |