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, 8 April 2020, we have 5,023 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 24,659 images for 2,843 species, of which 2,809 are native or naturalised and 34 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 Mar 2020 | Barleria lactiflora |
| 16 Mar 2020 | Romulea camerooniana |
| 11 Mar 2020 | Oldenlandia corymbosa var. corymbosa |
| 06 Mar 2020 | Otomeria elatior |
| 04 Mar 2020 | Solanum anguivi |
| 04 Mar 2020 | Sphenostylis briartii |
| 02 Mar 2020 | Centrostigma papillosum |
| 02 Mar 2020 | Triumfetta glechomoides |
| 27 Feb 2020 | Emilia vanmeelii |
| 23 Feb 2020 | Gladiolus muenzneri |
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, 8 April 2020
