Collections made by Lari Merrett

Records: 37

The following is a list of the records made by Lari Merrett in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Caprivi (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
80248 (cultivated)Aeschynomene glauca (cultivated)25 Feb 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM_1234 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Ekebergia benguelensis, Uapaca kirkiana, U. nitida, Faurea rochetiana, Faurea saligna, Ochna schweinfurthiana, Protea angolensis var. divericata, P. angolensis var. trichanthera, Phyllocosmus leaireanus, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Xylopia odoratissima, Pleurostylia africana, Garcinia huillensis, Rourea orientalis, Rothmannia engleriana, Strychnos spinosa, S. pungens, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthus, Psychotria djumaensis, Cyphostemma kerkvoordei, C. junceum. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: between rocks and Peter's dambo road 1160Zambia1231A4N1440

Shrub from woody rootstock, stems straight, several together, leaning at various angles, +-1m tall, rust brown with pale sticky lenticels, flowers pale yellow.
Common

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80468 (cultivated)Alysicarpus zeyheri (cultivated)21 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1531 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Ekebergia benguelensis, Uapaca kirkiana, Ochna schweinfurthiana, Phyllocosmus leaireanus, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Xylopia odoratissima, Pleurostylia africana, Garcinia huillensis, Rourea orientalis, Strychnos cocculoides, S. pungens, Hippocratea parvifolia. Herb layer: Pentanisia sykesii, Ectadiopsis oblongifolia. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Woodland near camp 1160Zambia1231A4N1451

Single stemmed herb, pale stem, stipules pinkish and sheathlike, leavs single leaflets.
Only noticed this season

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80469 (cultivated)Alysicarpus zeyheri (cultivated)19 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1502 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Ekebergia benguelensis, Uapaca kirkiana, U. nitida, Faurea rochetiana, Faurea saligna, Ochna schweinfurthiana, Protea angolensis var. divericata, P. angolensis var. trichanthera, Phyllocosmus leaireanus, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Xylopia odoratissima, Pleurostylia africana, Garcinia huillensis, Rourea orientalis, Rothmannia engleriana, Strychnos spinosa, S. pungens, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthus, Psychotria djumaensis, Cyphostemma kerkvoordei, C. junceum Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Along path between dry river bed and Mayense Rock 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Herb, lax stems >1m long, single leaflets along stem, upper +- third of stem rachis with pink flowers and bead shaped fruit in strings of 3, calyx rustic with fur lined margins.
Only seen this season

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75920 (cultivated)Aristea angolensis (cultivated)21 Dec 2011L Merrett
L Merrett 630 Kew Staff K
Dambo: Syzigium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Protea garguedii, P. welwitschii, Pankiaka carsonii, Habenaria filicornis, Gardenia subacaulis, Parinari capensis, Justicia elegantula, Ascolepsis protea.Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Little Chipundu dambo 1160Zambia1231A4 N1434

Monocot. Leaves: light grey-green, long slender, spreading from base. Flower stalk +-1m tall; flowers: widely spaced towards top of stalk, ppetals x 6 blue +-8mmx10mm, rounded to slightly tapered tips.

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75921 (cultivated)Aristea angolensis (cultivated)01 Jan 2013L Merrett
L Merrett 1167 Kew Staff K
Dambo: Syzygium cordatum, Syzygium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Protea garguedii, P. welwitschii, Gnidia chrysantha, Conyza welwitschi, Desmodium barbatum, Gardenia subacaulis. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Little Chipundu dambo 1160Zambia1231A4 N1434

Mono. Tubers below, leaves graas-like from base, variable lengths, fanning out along one plane, tallest central, shorter to the sides, flower stalk +-15cm above leaves, blue flowers, 6 petals, alternating from larger to smaller, yellow anthers central.

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79595 (cultivated)Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (cultivated)24 Oct 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM1016 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79591Bulbostylis hispidula19 Mar 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1289 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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85070 (cultivated)Bulbostylis pilosa (cultivated) 2014L Merrett
Bauters
Chinsala
L Merrett Bauters Chinsala 138, 186 K
Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area0ZambiaN0

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79711 (cultivated)Carex macrophyllidion (cultivated)19 Apr 2013L Merrett
Bauters
L Merrett LM1491 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

Bauters 137, 148, Merrett 1491, 1849.

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80477 (cultivated)Crotalaria alexandri (cultivated)10 Apr 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM_716 KB Vollesen K
Cleared woodland: Herb layer: Pentanisia sykesii, Centaurea praecox, Combretum sericeum, Adenodolichos punctatus, Cryptosepalum maraviense, Droogmansia pteropsus, Vigna antunesii (nuda), Hibiscus rhodanthus, Tricliceras longipedunculatum, Gladiolus melleri, Triumfetta welwitchii, Trichodesma physaloides, Thunbergia lathyroides, Aneilema nicholsonii, Cynoglossum geometricum, Disa walleri, Habenaria sp., Ectadiopsis sp. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Airstrip 1160Zambia1231A4N1430

Herb +-12cm tall, single stem, leaf covered; leaves: trifoliate, grey-green, hair covered, thick stalk +- length of leaflets; leaflets: compact, thick, stalkless, +-1cm long, +-7times width, widest near tip, curving to pointed tip and narrow base. Flowers growing from axils and top of plant, outside bud and petals orange covered with with white hairs, standard pale yellow with red-orange marks near base, keel yellow tip upwards.
Occasionally seen

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80478 (cultivated)Crotalaria alexandri (cultivated)22 Mar 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM_1309 KB Vollesen K
"On granite outcrop. Tree level: Brachystegia spiciformis, Pterocarpus angolensis, Ficus ingens , Ozoroa insignis subsp. reticulate, Cussonia arborea, Lannea discolour, Ochna puberula, Rothmania manganjae, Vangueria infausta, Vangueriopsis lanciflora, Zanha Africana, Shrub and climber level: Strychnos inocua , Vernonia bellinghamii, Heteromorpha aborescens, Pavetta schumanniana , Adenia gummifera , Xerophyta equisetoides, Lippea woodii, Vitex madiensis, V. mombassae,Herb level: Achyranthes aspera, Lefebvrea sp., Anisopappus africanus, Cyphia mazoensis, Ipomoea pileata, Kalanchoe lanceolata, Tephrosia lepida subsp. lepida, Pycnostachys stuhlmanii, Nervilia adolfi, Pentas nobilis , Basananthe baumii, Psychotria spithamea. " Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Near bar on lodge rock 1160Zambia1231A4N1461

Dwarf annual herb, haircovered, leaves trifoliate, leaflet margins curved up forming miniature toboggan runs. Flowers pale yellow, red marks at base of standard.
Locally common

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80486 (cultivated)Crotalaria anthyllopsis (cultivated)28 Mar 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1374 KB Vollesen K
Base of granite outcrop. Brachystegia spiciformis, Vangueriopsis lanciflora, Strychnos spinosa, Vitex mombassae, V. madiensis, Indigofera rhynochocarpa, Xerophyta equisetoides, Pavetta schumanniana, Anisopappus africanus, Felicia welwitschii. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: lodge rock near upper store rooms 1160Zambia1231A4N1453

Clumps of hair covered plants creeping along ground. Flowers in clusters of hair covered dark burgundy-brown calyces, pale yellow with burgundy stripes.
Only noticed at this site

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84719 (cultivated)Crotalaria lachnocarpoides (cultivated)21 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1534 KB Vollesen K
Gallery Forest. Tree level: Garcinia smeathmannii, Englerophyton magalismontanum, Trichocladus ellipticus, Brachystegia spiciformis, Uapaca sansibarica. Herb level in opening: Lamiaceae sp., Haumaniastrum sp., Dicliptera pumila, Justicia sp. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Near Middle Big Cipundu crossing. 1160Zambia1231A4N1427

Scrambling bush covered with soft light coloured hairs, flowers pale yellow, dark burgundy near base of standard and keel.
First record at MWA

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85003 (cultivated)Crotalaria shirensis (cultivated)26 Mar 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1340 MG Bingham K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Ekebergia benguelensis, Uapaca kirkiana, U. nitida, Faurea rochetiana, Faurea saligna, Ochna schweinfurthiana, Protea angolensis var. divericata, P. angolensis var. trichanthera, Phyllocosmus leaireanus, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Xylopia odoratissima, Pleurostylia africana, Garcinia huillensis, Rourea orientalis, Rothmannia engleriana, Strychnos spinosa, S. pungens, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthus, Psychotria djumaensis, Cyphostemma kerkvoordei, C. junceum. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: On track at end of airstrip 1160Zambia1231A4N1442

"Annual Dwarf herb, thread-thin stems changing direction at leaf junctions, leaves with single leaflet, flowers yellow with red markings at base of standard.
Not common

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79417 (cultivated)Cyperus angolensis (cultivated)23 Oct 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM_1012 Kew Staff K
Miombo woodlandIn front of Mayense Main Camp, Mutinondo Wilderness Area 1160Zambia1231A4N1434

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79831Cyperus pectinatus21 Jun 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1642 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79712 (cultivated)Eleocharis variegata (cultivated)09 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1382 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79713 (cultivated)Eleocharis variegata (cultivated)27 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1487 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79714 (cultivated)Fuirena stricta (cultivated)27 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1486 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79715 (cultivated)Fuirena stricta (cultivated)22 Oct 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM977 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79625Fuirena umbellata25 Oct 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM1020 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo, riverine Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79626Fuirena umbellata03 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1383 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo, riverine Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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75371Gnidia kraussiana var. kraussiana24 Sep 2008L Merrett
L Merrett 594 J Osborne K
Burnt old village site next to dambo, Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo edge, Caterpillar side 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Suffrutex. fleshy yellowish hair covered stems +-30cm tall, lens-shaped leaves, width 1/3 length, evenly spaced along stems +- 2cm, leaves +- 45 degrees to stem, increasing in size along stem ending up as long as or longer than interleaf space. Flower heads at top, subspjerical cluster of about 50 bright yellow waxy flowers; flower: 5 petals, petals widest at base tapering gently to tip.

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79833 (cultivated)Pycreus capillifolius (cultivated)19 Mar 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1299 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Seepage over rocks Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79834 (cultivated)Pycreus capillifolius (cultivated)19 Mar 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1298 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Seepage over rocks Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79514 (cultivated)Pycreus mundtii (cultivated)24 Oct 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM1013 L Merrett MG Bingham Mutinondo Widerness Area 1160Zambia1231A4N1460

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79808 (cultivated)Rhynchospora candida (cultivated)12 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1431 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79809 (cultivated)Rhynchospora candida (cultivated)24 Oct 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM1031 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79810 (cultivated)Rhynchospora candida (cultivated)21 Dec 2012L Merrett
L Merrett LM1090 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79716 (cultivated)Scleria bulbifera (cultivated)27 Mar 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1354 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79717 (cultivated)Scleria bulbifera (cultivated)15 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1459 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79726 (cultivated)Scleria melanomphala (cultivated)06 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1392 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79727 (cultivated)Scleria melanomphala (cultivated)08 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1400 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79728 (cultivated)Scleria melanomphala (cultivated)10 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett LM1407 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79729 (cultivated)Scleria melanomphala (cultivated)26 Jan 2013L Merrett
MG Bingham L Merrett Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Musamfushi1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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74641 (cultivated)Senecio pachyrhizus (cultivated)24 Sep 2008L Merrett
L Merrett 159 MG Bingham K
Burnt old village site next to dambo. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo edge, Caterpillar side 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Suffrutex. Bright green fleshy stalks +-10cm tall, 3mm wide, few thin widely spaced leaves. Robust flower heads. Basal cup: compact, bright green, single layer of bracts, restricted at lip, +-1.5cm high and wide (at base), 1cm wide at lip; rounded white head of florets, each with extended grey collumns and prominent curled white tips+- 3mm above.
Common

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74643 (cultivated)Senecio pachyrhizus (cultivated)06 Feb 2009L Merrett
L Merrett 344 MG Bingham K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Strychnos cocculoides, S. pungens, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthus, Psychotria djumaensis, Cyphostemma kerkvoordei. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: In woodland along riverside walk. 1160Zambia1231A4N1432

Suffrutex. Leaves: +-35cm tall, baldes as long as stalks. Rough, soft textured, margins serrated like bread knives on both edges, grey green above, silvery with prominent green midib behind.
Common

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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Collections made by Lari Merrett.
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