Records determined by Penny English

Determinations: 10

The following is a list of the records determined by Penny English in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
98721 (cultivated)Calyptrochilum christyanum (cultivated)17 Nov 2018P English
P English BT Wursten In mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hill slope toward seasonal streamChizarira NP1610Zimbabwe1727D2 N992

Large clump growing in a Diospyros mespiliformis

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68565Camptorrhiza strumosa 2002P English
P English BT Wursten Near the hide at Shumba, Hwange National Park.50Zimbabwe1826C4W1040

0.0000000.0000006
113740 (cultivated)Costus macranthus (cultivated)17 Dec 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In deciduous woodland in a termite mound."shortcut " from Rumphi to Thazima, Rumphi District0Malawi1033D3N1503

LOTS of them flowering. Most measured were about 13 cm tall, including the ones photographed a few weeks ago. Several were as tall as 15cm.

-10.85941033.5913137
112637 (cultivated)Cynanchum praecox (cultivated)25 Aug 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In a burnt area, on a roadside bank.Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2N2221

Four small plants, only one of which was starting to put out linear leaves. Small brownish yellow flowers on short stalks at ground level. Seems to attract flies, ants and several other bugs but no obvious smell to the plant. White latex present.

-10.53581033.8528907
98722Diospyros mespiliformis17 Nov 2018P English
P English BT Wursten In mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hill slope toward seasonal streamChizarira NP1610Zimbabwe1727D2N992

Large tree

-17.67015027.8972307
113697Eulophia livingstoneana20 Nov 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In Miombo woodland.Between Thazima offices and Park gate, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D3 N1665

This species was not listed by Burrows & Willis, Sabonet report 31, 2005.

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112916 (cultivated)Hedythyrsus thamnoideus (cultivated)05 Aug 2020P English
P English BT Wursten Montane scrubAlong the road to the Juniper forest, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2N2455

-10.69974033.9525207
80315 (cultivated)Nicotiana glauca (cultivated)27 Jul 2017P English
P English BT Wursten In a dry paddockNear the golf course, Bulawayo.810Zimbabwe2028B1W1362

-20.17367028.6017207
113346 (cultivated)Polystachya dendrobiiflora (cultivated)16 Oct 2020P English
P English BT Wursten in dry grass at the edge of the road.A bit north of Zungwara bridge, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D1 N2106

There were several single stemmed plants averaging about 30cm tall. One had multiple very pale pink flowers growing along its stem. Three others had only one or two pink flowers. The lower lobe has a small purplish mark. No leaves evident. Area dry with lots of surface quartzite stones.

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113791 (cultivated)Schizocarphus nervosus (cultivated)18 Dec 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In a burnt area in grassland.Along the track beyond Vitumbi peak, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D4N2206

Up to about 20 cm tall. Leaves were just beginning to grow - generally 3 per plant. Flowers light mauve with a darker centre.

-10.80739033.9496907


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Records determined by Penny English.
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