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, Wednesday, 24 April 2019, we have 4,961 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 21,855 images for 2,703 species, of which 2,675 are native or naturalised and 28 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 |
| 24 Apr 2019 | Tricalysia pallens |
| 22 Apr 2019 | Gloriosa superba |
| 22 Apr 2019 | Physotrichia heracleoides |
| 22 Apr 2019 | Parinari curatellifolia |
| 22 Apr 2019 | Croton macrostachyus |
| 21 Apr 2019 | Oldenlandia herbacea |
| 21 Apr 2019 | Chlorophytum andongense |
| 21 Apr 2019 | Antherotoma naudinii |
| 19 Apr 2019 | Stephania abyssinica var. abyssinica |
| 18 Apr 2019 | Satyrium coriophoroides |
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 |
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
