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, Thursday, 17 January 2019, we have 4,949 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 20,836 images for 2,620 species, of which 2,596 are native or naturalised and 24 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 |
| 16 Jan 2019 | Brachystelma buchananii |
| 09 Jan 2019 | Gonatopus clavatus |
| 09 Jan 2019 | Satyrium rhynchantoides |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Satyrium riparium |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Satyrium paludosum |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Eulophia coeloglossa |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Brachycorythis rhodostachys |
| 03 Jan 2019 | Triumfetta pilosa |
| 24 Dec 2018 | Chironia krebsii |
| 11 Dec 2018 | Chionanthus battiscombei |
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 |
Thursday, 17 January 2019
