Sample image from the Malawi flora
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About the website
This site provides information about the flowering plants and ferns of Malawi. This is one of 6 e-floras which cover the Flora Zambesiaca area in south-central Africa. Five countries are now covered, namely Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The 6th e-flora deals with the Caprivi Strip, which is part of Namibia.
The principal contributors to the site are Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Meg Coates Palgrave and Mark Hyde.
As of today, Tuesday, 1 December 2020, we have 5,052 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 25,168 images for 2,885 species, of which 2,849 are native or naturalised and 36 are purely cultivated.
The Site history page gives an overview of site development. There is also a Frequently Asked Questions page.
View recently edited pages
As a guide to where to look for new content, below are details of some of the most recently updated pages. Further recently updated species may be found on this page.
| Date | Species |
| 30 Nov 2020 | Fadogiella stigmatoloba |
| 21 Nov 2020 | Eulophia norlindhii |
| 21 Nov 2020 | Eulophia livingstoniana |
| 21 Nov 2020 | Eulophia horsfallii |
| 20 Nov 2020 | Eschenbachia stricta |
| 20 Nov 2020 | Pellaea doniana |
| 20 Nov 2020 | Justicia mollugo |
| 20 Nov 2020 | Cannabis sativa |
| 20 Nov 2020 | Cussonia arborea |
| 20 Nov 2020 | Chamaecrista mimosoides |
Mark Hyde |
Bart Wursten |
Petra Ballings |
Meg Coates Palgrave |
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mahyde(at)gmail.com |
btwursten(at)gmail.com |
ballings.petra(at)telenet.be |
megcp(at)zol.co.zw |
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
