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, 23 September 2018, we have 4,821 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 19,872 images for 2,527 species, of which 2,503 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 |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Wahlenbergia virgata |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Chassalia parvifolia |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Xymalos monospora |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Cyperus nduru |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Euphorbia daviesii |
| 20 Sep 2018 | Lobelia giberroa |
| 20 Sep 2018 | Peperomia tetraphylla |
| 20 Sep 2018 | Jasminum abyssinicum |
| 19 Sep 2018 | Cephalaria integrifolia |
| 19 Sep 2018 | Gerbera viridifolia subsp. viridifolia |
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, 23 September 2018
