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Endemic and Economically Useful Plant Species of Malawi

Citation

Mwafongo E (2023). Endemic and Economically Useful Plant Species of Malawi. Version 1.4. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/bemw7c accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-22.

Description

The dataset is partial fulfillment to a project funded by GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP). This programme aims to address specific capacity needs identified by GBIF Participants by facilitating collaboration at regional and global levels. The project was to leverage available funding for KBA and Red List training assessments to build staff skills and technical capacity within the BIMF institutions. To ensure that data for relevant target species is mobilized, digitization will focus on specimen collections with pollinator and inland aquatic species along with survey data from journals and reports that could help inform historical biodiversity baselines. The project identifier is CESP2020-016

Sampling Description

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

Taxonomic Coverages

The present dataset includes all species which were targeted for Red Listing assessments under the Shire Valley Transformational project
  1. Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng.
    rank: species
  2. Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin
    rank: species
  3. Acacia nigrescens
    rank: species
  4. Disa nyikensis
    rank: species
  5. Disa satyriopsis
    rank: species
  6. Gladiolus bellus
    rank: species
  7. Aloe canis
    rank: species
  8. Brachystegia spiciformis
    rank: species
  9. Colophospermum mopane
    rank: species
  10. Disa zombica
    rank: species
  11. Holarrhena pubescens
    rank: species
  12. Terminalia sericea
    rank: species
  13. Aerangis distincta
    rank: species
  14. Alloeochaete oreogena
    rank: species
  15. Brachythrix pawekiae
    rank: species
  16. Catunaregam spinosa
    rank: species
  17. Cleome densifolia
    rank: species
  18. Cyphia nyikensis
    rank: species
  19. Diospyros kirki
    rank: species
  20. Impatiens shirensis
    rank: species
  21. Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers
    rank: species
  22. Phyllanthus nyikae
    rank: species
  23. Polystachya johnstonii
    rank: species
  24. Polystachya minima
    rank: species
  25. Streptocarpus milanjianus Hilliard & B.L. Burtt
    rank: species
  26. Streptocarpus nimbicola
    rank: species
  27. Strychnos spinosa
    rank: species
  28. Burkea africana
    rank: species
  29. Combretum imberbe
    rank: species
  30. Geranium mlanjense
    rank: species
  31. Habenaria livingstoniana
    rank: species
  32. Helichrysum whyteanum
    rank: species
  33. Julbernardia globiflora
    rank: species
  34. Osteospermum nyikensis
    rank: species
  35. Vernonia kawoziensis
    rank: species
  36. Beauveria malawiensis
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

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.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Elizabeth Mwafongo
originator
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Mwafongo
metadata author
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Mwafongo
publisher
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Mwafongo
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
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