Hirpicium echinus Less.

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Status:	Native
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Type location:	South Africa
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Worldwide distribution:	Botswana, Namibia and Western Cape, South Africa
National distribution:	SW
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Literature:	Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 247. Roessler, H. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca Area, 5 Subtribe Gorteriinae. Kirkia 10(1) Page 88. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 35.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hirpicium echinus
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