Records made by Darrel Plowes

Records: 20

The following is a list of the records made by Darrel Plowes 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
6112 Abutilon angulatum var. angulatum No date DCH Plowes
Nyanyadzi, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
6282 Agelanthus pungu 15 Mar 1968 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2891 6 km W of Mutare 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 0

Parasite on Julbernardia globiflora. Flowers orange, fading to greenish at the base and tipped with red. Leaves bluish grey-green.

0.000000 0.000000 2
6283 Agelanthus pungu No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1126 South of Gweru 0 Zimbabwe 1929D2 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 1
40612 Barleria senensis 28 Mar 1973 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4440 SRGH
Dry stony soil Mutema (Mtema) CL, Save valley near Birchenough Bridge 0 Zimbabwe 2032A2 E 450

Bushy perennial herb, flowers apricot yellow in terminal spikes, the bracts subtending bristles at the base of each flower. Leaves with pairs of stipellar spines at base.

5
12456 Carphalea pubescens 20 Dec 1965 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2746 SRGH
In a sheltered watercourse At Kariba Dam, Kariba 0 Zimbabwe N 460

0.000000 0.000000 0
19149 Craterostigma plantagineum No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2374 Masvingo 0 Zimbabwe S

0.000000 0.000000 0
21871 Crinum buphanoides No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 7032 Tewane River, 30 km north of Mahalapye, Botswana. 0 Botswana 2226D4 SE 1071

5
14525 Erianthemum ngamicum No date DCH Plowes
Airport, Gaberone, Botswana 0 Botswana

0.000000 0.000000 0
35745 Gladiolus magnificus No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1668 SRGH
Nyamandhlovu 0 Zimbabwe W 0

0
15501 Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. sublobatum No date DCH Plowes
120 kms south of Bulawayo 0 Zimbabwe

0.000000 0.000000 0
74123 Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. sublobatum 29 Jan 1974 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4468 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
On bare reddish sand over granite. Antelope Mine Dam, Matobo District 0 Zimbabwe 2128A2 W 980

Flowers dull purplish-maroon with light greenish yellow in the throat. Fruit with short stout hooks, mostly on margin.

-21.033333 28.433333 5
37149 Lepidagathis scabra Apr 1956 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1944 SRGH
BR
At the base of a basalt outcrop Pasture Research Station, Nyamandhlovu 0 Zimbabwe 1927D2 W 0

Herbs forming patches up to 10 ft wide; stems numerous up to 18'' tall; flowers white

0.000000 0.000000 0
7017 Markhamia zanzibarica No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2735 Chipangayi River, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe

0.000000 0.000000 0
6272 Nerine laticoma No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 7075 8 km east of Oodi, Botswana 0 Botswana 2426C1 SE 1000

4
6279 Siphonochilus kirkii 17 Dec 1971 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3485 SRGH
Under bushes on sandstone Hwange 0 Zimbabwe W

0.000000 0.000000 0
35760 Sphedamnocarpus pruriens var. pruriens 9 Apr 1963 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2334 SRGH
BR
Pasture Research Centre, Melsetter (Chimanimani) 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
35503 Striga gesnerioides 30 Apr 1969 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3203 SRGH
K
Wiltshire Estate, between Enkeldoorn (Chivhu) and Buhera, Charter District 0 Zimbabwe 1831C1 C 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 8 part 2:131 (1990)

0.000000 0.000000 2
24570 Talinum arnotii No date DCH Plowes
2541 Save Valley, Experimental Station 0 Zimbabwe

0.000000 0.000000 0
52490 Thelypteris confluens 23 May 1954 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1736 SRGH
Growing among grass etc. on banks of Tom-betyane stream. Near absent farm, Eastern Matopos 0 Zimbabwe 2028D2 W 0

Common small fern about 18-24" tall

0.000000 0.000000 2
6277 Tribulus zeyheri subsp. zeyheri No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3155 Beitbridge 0 Zimbabwe S

0.000000 0.000000 0


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Records made by Darrel Plowes.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=48, retrieved 5 December 2025

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