TABLE
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Table 7.1: Distribution of
plant species in Malawi by district.
| District |
Number of species
|
|
Dicots |
Monocots |
Gymno-
sperms |
Pterido-
phytes |
Bryo-
phytes |
Lichens |
| Chitipa |
1123
|
267
|
2
|
52
|
2
|
1
|
| Karonga |
680
|
267
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| Rumphi |
1367
|
453
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| Mzimba |
1481
|
538
|
3
|
62
|
4
|
5
|
| Nkata Bay |
1216
|
326
|
1
|
59
|
2
|
0
|
| Kasungu |
501
|
124
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Nkhotakota |
371
|
75
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
| Ntchisi |
354
|
44
|
0
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
| Mchinji |
180
|
41
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
| Dowa |
260
|
69
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Lilongwe |
807
|
169
|
0
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
| Salima |
496
|
72
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
| Dedza |
1372
|
329
|
15
|
35
|
22
|
0
|
| Ntcheu |
585
|
103
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
| Mangochi |
923
|
180
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
| Machinga |
835
|
161
|
1
|
27
|
5
|
2
|
| Zomba |
1704
|
578
|
12
|
102
|
102
|
35
|
| Mwanza |
224
|
8
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| Blantyre |
1121
|
290
|
14
|
44
|
35
|
16
|
| Chiradzulu |
327
|
5
|
0
|
19
|
0
|
0
|
| Mulanje |
1540
|
364
|
4
|
122
|
42
|
1
|
| Chikwawa |
360
|
52
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Thyolo |
398
|
134
|
3
|
42
|
0
|
0
|
| Nsanje |
434
|
61
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
Source: Plant Diversity Task
Force Study. NHBG, 1997. (Unpublished)
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