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DURING an expedition made by the Hydrobiological Research Unit of the University of Khartoum in March and April 1958, Eichornia crassipes was encountered in the White Nile and Bahr el Gebel along about 1,000 km. of the river system. Observations were made in part from the Unit's launch (from Khartoum to the Sobat Mouth) and in the southern reaches (from the Sobat Mouth to Juba) from a Sudan Railways steamer. The latter travelled night and day so the southernmost limit of the plant could not be recorded precisely.
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Gay, P. A., Ann. Rep. Hydrobiological Research Unit. University of Khartoum, 4, 10 (1957).
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GAY, P. Eichornia crassipes in the Nile of the Sudan. Nature 182, 538–539 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182538b0
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