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, 20 February 2019, we have 4,953 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 20,908 images for 2,623 species, of which 2,599 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 |
| 12 Feb 2019 | Tithonia diversifolia |
| 29 Jan 2019 | Phyllanthus arvensis |
| 20 Jan 2019 | Aeollanthus serpiculoides |
| 16 Jan 2019 | Brachystelma buchananii |
| 09 Jan 2019 | Gonatopus clavatus |
| 09 Jan 2019 | Satyrium rhynchantoides |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Brachycorythis rhodostachys |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Satyrium riparium |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Satyrium paludosum |
| 06 Jan 2019 | Eulophia coeloglossa |
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, 20 February 2019
