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Collections made by David du Plessis

Records: 23

The following is a list of the collections made by David du Plessis in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Malawi (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
116028 Aristea abyssinica16 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW676 N Wightman K
NDO
 Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4 N1931

Frequent component of the woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

6
116029 Asclepias palustris16 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW706 DJ Goyder K
NDO
 Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr. 1190Zambia0933C4N1931

Uncommon component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

-9.98702533.3038506
120964 Asplenium monanthes13 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW653 KB Vollesen K
 Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1893

The collection of this specimen is the first record of the species for Zambia

-9.98957033.3043626
116030 Begonia princeae17 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW717 N Wightman K
NDO
 Termitaria in upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr. 1190Zambia0933C4N1936

Locally common on the mounds of a species of Cubitermes

-9.99851033.3097596
122720 Begonia princeae23 Sep 2023N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis V Iliff N O'Connor NCW717 N Wightman KB Vollesen K
NDO
 Termitaria in upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1192Zambia1528C2N1936

-15.52157728.2664026
120972 Cyperus pulchellus15 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW671 KB Vollesen K
 Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1930

-9.98715033.3035336
116035 Disa aconitoides subsp. concinna14 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW664 N Wightman K
NDO
 Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4 N1931

Occasional component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

6
120975 Elaphoglossum lancifolium15 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW700b KB Vollesen K
 Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1840

-9.99146133.3098416
120977 Eriosema verdickii var. schoutedenianum16 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW705 KB Vollesen K
 Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1919

-9.98746233.3037956
116036 Eriospermum flagelliforme16 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW707 N Wightman K
NDO
 Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1934

Occasional component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

-9.98752733.3014126
120979 Fadogia triphylla var. georgii16 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW668 KB Vollesen K
 Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1930

-9.98715033.3035336
120980 Fadogiella stigmatoloba15 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW696 KB Vollesen K
 Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1899

-9.98972633.3072006
106176 Habenaria villosa4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
 N Wightman B Bytebier S du Plessis D du Plessis BB3532 B Bytebier K
NU
 Under cover of miombo woodland. Turn off from Great North Road towards Chegelo School, straignt on past substation. 580Zambia1329A4 C1365

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120981 Helichrysum mechowianum var. ceres16 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW677 KB Vollesen K
 Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1995

Growing on steeper sparsely vegetated slopes

-9.98342333.3074236
120986 Helichrysum tillandsiifolium12 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW642 KB Vollesen K
 Rocky montane grassland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia1033A2N2227

-10.00712833.3214266
116040 Monadenium mafingense12 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW641 N Wightman NDO
 Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 1190Zambia1033A2N2199

Locally common growing in soil pockets between rocks/boulders

-10.01024133.3237166
120989 Nervilia stolziana12 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW639 KB Vollesen K
 Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia1033A2 N1985

 6
120993 Ochna katangensis14 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW688 KB Vollesen K
 Montane grassland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N2099

-9.97935233.3100086
116041 Polystachya mafingensis12 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW640 N Wightman NDO
NU
 Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 1190Zambia1033A2 N2199

Locally common growing epiphytically on Xerophyta sp. and occasionally lithophytic on rock ledges

6
121000 Psychotria spithamea15 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW673 KB Vollesen K
 Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1915

-9.98754333.3045466
121001 Solanum giganteum13 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW647 KB Vollesen K
 Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1883

The collection of this specimen is the first record of the species for Zambia

-9.98977833.3038956
118702 Tricalysia coriacea subsp. nyassae10 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
D Vissani
 N Wightman B Bytebier S du Plessis D du Plessis D Vissani NCW860 N Wightman K
NDO
 Miombo woodland/Evergreen forest boundary Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1329D1C1369

-13.66115229.5358166
122727 Vernonia gerberiformis subsp. gerberiformis var. gerberiformis14 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW689 KB Vollesen K
 Montane grassland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N2095

-9.97907333.3086816

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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Collections made by David du Plessis.
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