Collections made by Roger Polhill

Records: 4

The following is a list of the collections made by Roger Polhill 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
101793 Equilabium viphyense subsp. zebrarum27 Feb 1982RM Polhill
RK Brummitt
EAK Banda
RM Polhill RK Brummitt EAK Banda 16140 K
In montane grassland.Below Dam 1, Chelinda, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D2 N2200

Holotype cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 8: 227 (2013).

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101794 Equilabium viphyense subsp. zebrarum2 Mar 1982RM Polhill
RK Brummitt
EAK Banda
RM Polhill RK Brummitt EAK Banda 16228 K
LISC
In montane grasslandMafinga Hills, Chitipa District 2150Malawi0933C4 N2220

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 8:227 (2013).

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106612 (cultivated) Macroptilium atropurpureum (cultivated)21 Mar 1982RM Polhill
GV Pope
RM Polhill GV Pope 2077 SRGH
Roadside in Brachystegia woodlandMazoe Dam0Zimbabwe1730D2N0

Perennial with trailing stems, erect inflorescences, dark purple flowers. [The earliest record of this species in Zimbabwe].

-17.53467030.9885107
102539 Polystachya mafingensis2 Mar 1982RM Polhill
RK Brummitt
EAK Banda
RM Polhill RK Brummitt EAK Banda 16256 K
North end of the main ridge, Mafinga Mts, Chitipa District2150Malawi0933C4 N2300

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 342, 1998.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Collections made by Roger Polhill.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=49, retrieved 4 July 2025

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