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from 1.3.1974: Division of Geobotany, University of Nijmegen Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Nomenclature of species is given in the tables.
The authors wish to thank Dr. J. A. Coetzee for valuable assistance with the field work, and the staff of the Botanical Research Institute at Pretoria for the identification of the plant material. The authors are indebted to Dr. H. Ochi and Dr. B. O. van Zanten for naming the Bryophyta.
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van Zinderen Bakker, E.M., Werger, M.J.A. Environment, vegetation and phytogeography of the high-altitude bogs of Lesotho. Plant Ecol 29, 37–49 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02390894
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