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ASPHODELACEAE
to 600 mm tall, with 1–6 spreading branches; flowers bright coral-red, stamens
slightly exserted; in montane grassland and rocky outcrops; 1,280–
2,300 m. Malawi, Zambia, D.R.C., and Tanzania. An exceedingly variable
species.
Source. Reynolds (1966); Carter (2001).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, large numbers on rocks 3 km S.W. of Chelinda Rest
House, 1958, Reynolds 8643 (K, PRE, SRGH).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, 1968, Williamson 966 (SRGH).
Aloe nuttii Baker
Aloe mketiensis Christian
Erect succulent herb, suckering to produce 2–12 stems; leaves erect, grasslike,
400–500 mm long, linear, tapering to the apex, channelled towards
the apex, white-spotted near the base, margin with minute white teeth in
lower half; flowers in an erect inflorescence 0.6–0.8 m long, coral-pink to
orange-red, green-tipped, stamens scarcely exserted; in montane grassland
and high-rainfall miombo woodland; 1,450–2,400 m. Malawi, Zambia,
Angola, D.R.C., and Tanzania. Nearest allied to the Malawian species A.
buchananii Baker.
Source. Reynolds (1966); Carter (2001).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Nchena-Chena Spur, 1946, Brass 17147 (K); above
Nchena-Chena, 1956, Reynolds 8187 (K, PRE); Domwe Viewpoint, 2000,
Thera 3064 (MAL).
Bulbine abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Bulbine asphodeloides auctt., non (L.) Willd.
Tufted, hairless perennial herb 100–660 mm tall; leaves 5–many, erect to
arching, fleshy, grass-like, round to very narrowly linear, 2–6 mm wide;
inflorescence 100–500 mm tall, with numerous yellow flowers clustered
towards the top; in montane grassland, near dambos, in miombo woodland,
in seepage areas, and on shallow soils over sheetrock; 750–2,400 m.
Eastern Africa, from South Africa to Ethiopia.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 12(3): 42 (2001).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, 25 km S.E. of Chelinda Camp on Kasaramba
Road, 1977, Grosvenor & Renz 1190 (K, SRGH); Mwanda Ridge, 2000,
Winter 4183 (MAL).
?Zambia. Nyika Plateau, 1955, Lees 64 (UZL).
Kniphofia grantii Baker
Kniphofia zombensis Baker
Chichewa: kaluatete
Plants not clump-forming, with 1–3 shoots; leaves variable, linear to lanceolate,
60–750 x 20–38 mm, margins and keel smooth to minutely serrate;
inflorescence stalks 0.3–1.2 m long, head a dense ovoid raceme 50–
150 mm long, flowers yellow to yellowish green, 15–39 mm long, stamens
shortly exserted; in montane grassland, also in seasonally flooded areas,
flowering September–May with a peak in October–January; 780–2,700 m.
Zambia, Malawi, D.R.C., Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Source. Marais (1973: 476); Flora zambesiaca 12(3): 29 (2001).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, toward Chelinda Bridge, 1969, Pawek 3268
(K); edge of Dam #2, 1975, Phillips 1269 (K, MO).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, without locality, 1955, Lees 123 (herbarium unknown).
Kniphofia linearifolia Baker
Kniphofia longistyla Baker; Kniphofia rhodesiana Rendle
Chichewa: kaluatete
Robust, clump-forming plants; leaves 0.5–1.6 m x 8–20 mm, very strongly
keeled, margins smooth or minutely serrulate; inflorescence with a peduncle
to 1.5 m long, head a slender raceme 50–120 mm long, ovoid to lanceo-
Aloe swynnertonii Rendle
Neither this species nor any of the closely allied taxa are recorded from the
northern half of Malawi or Tanzania (Carter 2001) and, since we have no
confirmation of the identity of this record, it is excluded.
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Patel
1999).
292 Plants of the Nyika Plateau
Excluded species
late, the apex often tapering narrowly, flowers 25–40 mm long, yelloworange
to red; in montane grassland or swampy areas; 1,550–2,700 m.
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Malawi, reaching its northern
limit on the Nyika. It is doubtful if the Nyika material is the same as the
South Africa species.
Source. Marais (1973: 475); Flora zambesiaca 12(3): 31 (2001).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Game Park, Mapopo area, Richards 22615 (herbarium
not recorded); Chelinda Stream at Chelinda Camp, 1958, Robson
& Angus 382 (K, LISC, PRE); without locality, 2000, Willis 35 (PRE); near
Chelinda Camp, 2000, Kasakula 237 (MAL).
No country given. 1958, Robson 427 (UZL).
Kniphofia princeae (Berger) Marais
Chichewa: kaluatete
Plants solitary, 1.3–3 m tall; leaves 1.8–2 m x 23–37 mm, strongly keeled,
margins serrulate; inflorescence with a peduncle to 2.5 m long, heads in
dense or lax racemes 350–600 mm long, flowers 25–38 mm long, orangered,
vermilion or orange with yellow tips, anthers mostly included; in grassland
or montane scrub along streams and on forest margins; 1,830–2,286 m.
E. D.R.C., S. Tanzania, and N. Malawi.
Source. Marais (1973: 470); Flora zambesiaca 12(3): 31 (2001).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Sangule Kopje, Brummitt 10749 (K); Businande
Road, 1976, Phillips 1626 (M, SRGH).
Kniphofia reynoldsii Codd
Robust perennial with inflorescences 1–2.5 m tall; leaves 0.8–2 m long,
40–50 mm wide at base, linear, keeled, margins entire or minutely serrate;
flowers in a slender raceme 0.5–0.7 m long, spiciform, white, cream, greenish,
tipped with brown, 7.5–11 mm long; in rank grassland or scrub in
montane grassland or miombo woodland; 1,250–2,000 m. Zambia, Malawi,
and Tanzania. The very tall, slender inflorescences of this species are
unmistakable.
Source. Marais (1974: 480); Flora zambesiaca 12(3): 27 (2001).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, Chisanga Falls slope, 2000, Mwanyambo
494 (MAL); edge of Kafwimba Forest, 1973, Pawek 6579 (K, MO, UC).
Trachyandra malosana (Baker) Oberm.
Tufted grass-like herb to 450 mm tall; leaves many, to 300 x 3 mm, linear,
triangular in section, with scattered bristles, and glands arranged in 2–4
rows along the margins and midrib; inflorescences 1–5, branched, appearing
before the leaves, peduncle and branches pubescent-glandular, flowers
with spreading lobes, white or cream with a reddish keel; capsule 2.5–
4 mm long, 3-lobed, densely tuberculate; a pyrophyte in montane grassland;
1,900–2,500 m. Known only from Malawi and E. Zimbabwe.
Source. Brummitt (1973: 67); Flora zambesiaca 12(3): 38 (2001).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, Chelinda Camp near Chelinda Stream, 1958,
Robson & Angus 391 (K); Kasaramba View Road, 1969, Pawek 3312 (K); S.
slopes of Nganda, 1972, Synge 464 (K, MAL, SRGH, PRE).
Trachyandra saltii (Baker) Oberm.
Anthericum saltii Baker
Perennial grass-like herb 150–750 mm tall; leaves to 600 mm long, 1.5–
6 mm wide, flat or 3-angular in section, hairless or with long straight hairs;
inflorescences 1–6, unbranched, peduncle hairless or not, flowers white;
capsules 2–5 mm long, roundish to 3-lobed, not tuberculate; in rocky
montane grassland, forest margins, in open miombo woodland, and on
rocky outcrops; 5–2,350 m. South Africa through eastern Africa to Ethiopia.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 12(3): 34 (2001).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill
1979).
Kniphofia splendida E.A.Bruce
This species is recorded only from the S. of Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) and
southwards to South Africa and, since we have no confirmation of the
identity of this record, it is excluded.
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Patel
1999).