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, Sunday, 21 April 2019, we have 4,961 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 21,827 images for 2,700 species, of which 2,672 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 |
| 19 Apr 2019 | Stephania abyssinica var. abyssinica |
| 18 Apr 2019 | Satyrium coriophoroides |
| 17 Apr 2019 | Gladiolus bellus |
| 17 Apr 2019 | Habenaria schimperiana |
| 17 Apr 2019 | Streptocarpus milanjianus |
| 17 Apr 2019 | Anthospermum usambarense |
| 17 Apr 2019 | Buchnera quadrifaria |
| 17 Apr 2019 | Habenaria hologlossa |
| 17 Apr 2019 | Buchnera cryptocephala var. cryptocephala |
| 15 Apr 2019 | Satyrium shirense |
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 |
Sunday, 21 April 2019
