Records determined by Benny Bytebier

Determinations: 117

The following is a list of the records determined by Benny Bytebier in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
119242Aerangis mystacidii10 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
B Bytebier Riverine forest Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4 N1431

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106136Brachycorythis buchananii21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB409 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus, Satyrium sp. (RB407) and Disa (RB408). Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele.
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0Zambia1227A1 W1313

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106203Brachycorythis buchananii06 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3554 B Bytebier K
NU
Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu.
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0Zambia1031A2 N1243

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106208Brachycorythis buchananii07 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3559 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo but not under water with high grass. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River
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0Zambia1031A1 N1325

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106252Brachycorythis buchananii11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3605 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Roadside dambo; in low grass in drier parts of the dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.
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0Zambia1330A1 C1545

6
106199Brachycorythis congoensis06 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3553 B Bytebier K
NU
Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu.
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0Zambia1031A2 N1243

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106291Brachycorythis congoensis07 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW98 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Large open dambo on Kalaharia sand growing amid grasses, Ascolepis sp. and Syzigium guineense subsp. huillense Very large open dambo border the town of Mufumbwe
58
0Zambia1324B2 W1152

Suspected species harvested for the Chikanda trade

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106168Brachycorythis pubescens28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB443 B Bytebier K
Dambo. Extensive searching revealed only 4 mature/ flowering plants (hence only spirit collection made as voucher and leaf sample taken for DNA extraction). Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116
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0Zambia1231A3 N1443

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110664Brachycorythis tenuior10 Feb 2011JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows SM Burrows 12168 B Bytebier BNRH
28 km towards Mualadzi from Ulongue turn-off, on the Furancungo-Mualadzi road.0Mozambique1433D1 T1228

Dambo in mixed, high rainfall woodland. Plants ñ 30 cm high. Flowers purple.

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116643Brachycorythis tenuior27 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia0931A2 N1613

Small population of albino flowered plants amid regular purple flowered plants

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94054Bulbophyllum expallidum01 Mar 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena High rainfall Miombo woodland Epiphyte on various trees in rocky seepage area near to Kalungwishi headwaters 0Zambia0930C4 N1638

Plants collected off trees cleared along transmission line following D39 road developments and flowered at Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi.

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106227Bulbophyllum expallidum08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3578 B Bytebier K
NU
Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters
58
0Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106226Bulbophyllum fuscum var. melinostachyum08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3577 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters
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0Zambia0930C1 N1636

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94055Centrostigma clavatum04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier Perennial wet peaty dambo Dambo above Kundalila Falls, Serenje District. 1210Zambia1330B1 C1502

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

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106148Cynorkis debilis26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB425 B Bytebier K
NDO
"Among boulders (conglomerate rocks and granite); canopy of Albizia, and large evergreen shrub (sterile, Lauraceae?), mosses and Melastomataceae herb (sterile). Humic soils in shade. 25-35 plants at flowering maturity, plus some in bud and some seed" Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118
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0Zambia1131A2 N1438

6
106253Cynorkis debilis11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3606 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
On rocks in shade of trees or in humus below the rocks, next to dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.
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0Zambia1330A1 C1545

6
106154Disa engleriana26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB432 B Bytebier K
NDO
"Opposite path from RB424 (Disperis). In humic soils with quartzite sand, leaf litter. Ca. 10 mature plants in are, + seedlings." Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118
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0Zambia1131A2 N1430

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106222Disa engleriana08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3573 B Bytebier K
NU
Seepage area under miombo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters
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0Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106224Disa equestris08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3575 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet, grassy seepage dambo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters
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0Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106150Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB428 B Bytebier K
NDO
Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (small green Habenaria, Platycoryne including RB427).
Ca. 10-15 mature plants seen across dambo (area ca. 250 m x 250 m checked).
Dambo at Kapishya. 118
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0Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106223Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3574 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet, grassy seepage dambo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters
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0Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106174Disa hircicornis05 Feb 2017MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB449 B Bytebier K
NDO
Grass and sedge dominated dambo. Evidence of burning. Some areas wet underfoot. Clumps of Raffia palm at margins with Melastoms and Syzgium. 10 plants seen in flower across wide area, after intensive searching + plus some seedlings resembling this species Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171
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0Zambia1529A1 C1073

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106179Disa hircicornis04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3535 B Bytebier K
NU
In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls.
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0Zambia1330A2 C1490

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105833Disa ornithantha20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB403 B Bytebier K
Dambo (seasonally iundated grassland), ca. 1km sq., dominated by grasses and sedges. Soils peaty. Large open dambo.
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0Zambia1125A3 W1491

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106171Disa walleri28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB446 B Bytebier K
Exposed area, anthropogenic grassland along rough margin of air strip (temporarily not in use). Grasses, sedges, legume herbs, Lamiaceae. 1 mature plant seen in flower, and two seedlings (spirit taken for ID only, due to scarcity, and leaf sample i Mutinondo Wilderness Area, air strip margin. 116
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0Zambia1231A3 N1444

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106135Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB408 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus, Satyrium sp. (RB407). Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele.
58
0Zambia1227A1 W1313

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106145Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii25 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB420 B Bytebier K
NDO
"Peaty dambo, wet underfoot, dominated by grasses and sedges. Woodland margin with common white Satyrium present (S. kitimboense). Counted 12 mature plants in area 15m x 15 m."Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht Tseke dambo, Mpepo Chief.
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0Zambia1131A1 N1298

6
106163Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB441 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dambo, dry underfoot, dominated by grasses. Disa and Brachycorythis seen, and one species of white flowered Satyrium, also Orthochilus trilamellatus. Ca. 30 mature plants seen in bud or in flower, plus juveniles, across a searched area of ca. 300 m b Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo.116
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0Zambia1231A3 N1442

6
106235Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii09 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3585 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Grassy, drier part of dambo. Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu
58
0Zambia0929D1 N1460

6
106246Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3599 B Bytebier K
NU
Dry, sandy part of dambo. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road
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0Zambia1229A2 N1171

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120294Disa welwitschii subsp. occultans18 Feb 2020N Wightman
K Mulenga
K Kangungu
N Armitage
M Lepinoy
B Moulin
N Wightman K Mulenga K Kangungu N Armitage M Lepinoy B Moulin NCW881 B Bytebier NU
Wet dambo grassland Kalonde Falls, Chipili area, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N1396

6
120295Disa welwitschii subsp. occultans18 Feb 2020N Wightman
K Mulenga
K Kangungu
N Armitage
M Lepinoy
2020-01-19 B Bytebier Wet dambo grassland Kalonde Falls, Chipili area, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N1396

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94057Disperis breviloba11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena Brachystegia woodland/Dambo In sandy seepage area among Drosera sp. and grasses on the edge of Bangweulu Wetlands.1130Zambia1229B1 N1178

Plants only approx. 15 cm tall and mostly single flowered or rarely with two flowers.

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106245Disperis breviloba11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3597 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Dry, sandy, moist fairly open grassland. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road
58
0Zambia1229A2 N1171

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116647Disperis reichenbachiana24 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3686 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
Escarpment miombo woodland Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr., Muchinga Province 1180Zambia1131B1 N1432

Growing in leaf litter over granite boulders

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106214Eulophia angolensis08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3565 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu.
58
0Zambia1030B1 N1233

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100586Eulophia calantha07 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
B Bytebier Wet dambo in black muck soil Lumwana area, Mwinilunga Distr., North-Western Province 0Zambia1031A1 N1308

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106211Eulophia calantha07 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3562 B Bytebier K
NU
Grassland at edge of dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River
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0Zambia1031A1 N1333

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100589Eulophia hians var. nutans04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
B Bytebier Moist to wet dambo in black muck soil Kundalila Falls, Serenje Distr., Central Province 1210Zambia1330B1 C1501

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106182Eulophia hians var. nutans04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3538 B Bytebier K
NU
At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls.
58
0Zambia1330A2 C1490

6
106193Eulophia latilabris06 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3547 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet dambo along river. Dambo along the road near the palace of the Chitimukulu.
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0Zambia1031A2 N1217

6
106194Eulophia malangana06 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3548 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet dambo along river. Dambo along the road near the palace of the Chitimukulu.
58
0Zambia1031A2 N1217

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106204Eulophia malangana06 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3555 B Bytebier K
NU
Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu.
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0Zambia1031A2 N1243

6
116038Eulophia seleensis30 Nov 2021N Wightman
Q Allen
P Nyathi
N Wightman NCW636 B Bytebier NDO
NU
Escarpment miombo woodland Lusaka East Forest Reserve 27, Lusaka Distr., Lusaka Province 0Zambia1528A4 C1277

Growing in escarpment miombo woodland in stony soils

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118691Eulophia streptopetala12 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3744 B Bytebier NDO
NU
Miombo woodland Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1329D1 C1417

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106189Glossostelma spathulatum05 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3544 B Bytebier K
NDO
Miombo woodland. Along the road towards the camp.
58
0Zambia1231A3N1470

-12.26808031.1721506
106180Gnidia chrysantha04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3536 B Bytebier NU
In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls.
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0Zambia1330A2C1490

-13.09124030.4219306
94060Habenaria cornuta08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena Wet dambos and grasslands Roadside dambo along M3 (Kasama District).0Zambia1030B2 N1232

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

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94061Habenaria cornuta10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena Wet dambos and grasslands Roadside dambo along D94 (Mansa District) 0Zambia1129A3 N1215

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

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106217Habenaria cornuta08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3568 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu.
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0Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106219Habenaria cornuta08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3570 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu.
58
0Zambia1030B1 N1233

6
106241Habenaria cornuta10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3592 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya.
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0Zambia1129A1 N1229

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106173Habenaria debeerstiana29 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB448 B Bytebier K
NDO
Miombo woodland with Protea. Other orchids include Satyrium kitimboense and Habenaria (cf. holubii). 15-20 mature plants seen (in bud or in flower). Mutinondo Wilderness Area, unpaved road from main camp towards Great North Road. 116
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0Zambia1231A3 N1493

6
106192Habenaria disparilis05 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3546 B Bytebier K
NU
At edge of fairly dry dambo and miombo woodland. Kabasamo dambo.
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0Zambia1231A3 N1470

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106161Habenaria filicornis27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB439 B Bytebier K
NDO
"Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Locally common- several patches in dambos both sides of road." Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117
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0Zambia1131A2 N1469

6
106242Habenaria filicornis10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3593 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya.
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0Zambia1129A1 N1229

6
106143Habenaria goetzeana24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB418 B Bytebier K
NDO
Uapaca copes on edge of sandy grassland. Grassland burnet (black/ carbon residue). Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot.
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0Zambia1031A1 N1295

6
106153Habenaria goetzeana26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB431 B Bytebier K
Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (Platycoryne including RB427, and Disa including RB428). Dambo at Kapishya. 118
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0Zambia1131A2 N1427

6
106144Habenaria holubii24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
F Llarena
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya F Llarena RB419 B Bytebier K
"Miombo woodland near dwelling. Only two mature plants found across extensive area." Near dwelling, Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot.
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0Zambia1031A1 N1291

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106215Habenaria holubii08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3566 B Bytebier K
NU
Moist dambo Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu.
58
0Zambia1030B1 N1233

6
101710Habenaria humilior04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
B Bytebier Moist to wet dambo slope in black muck soil Kundalila Falls, Serenje Distr., Central Province 1210Zambia1330B1 C1502

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106181Habenaria humilior04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3537 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls.
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0Zambia1330A2 C1490

6
106248Habenaria humilior11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3601 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Dry, sandy part of dambo. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road
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0Zambia1229A2 N1178

6
77328Habenaria kilimanjari19 Feb 2015C Mannheimer
C Mannheimer 4850 B Bytebier WIND
In depression next to road.Along road D3507 between Lake Liambezi and Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 924

First record for Namibia.

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94753Habenaria kilimanjari28 Feb 2015C Mannheimer
C Mannheimer 4850 B Bytebier WIND
Seasonally inundated depression, black clay. Occasional, very localised. Full sun and semi-shade.Caprivi: Depression next to road D3507 between Lake Laimbezi and Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 924

Geophyte growing between grasses, height 0.25-0.30 m. Corm elongate-cylindrical. Flowers mature, carried in terminal raceme, white, with long spur. Fruit not seen.

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106169Habenaria laurentii28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB444 B Bytebier K
Miombo woodland: canopy of Brachystegia with sub-canopy of Uapaca. Track of white sand. This species growing in shaded herbaceous layer of woodland floor, on rich humic soils with leaf litter. 11 plants counted in flower or in bud in dense patch ca. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, track between Little Chipundo and Big Chipundo dambo. 116
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0Zambia1231A3 N1462

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119162Habenaria leucotricha var. leucotricha15 Jan 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
C Conradie
N Wightman B Bytebier C Conradie NCW756 N Wightman B Bytebier NDO
NU
Flat areas of escarpment miomboMutuwili Farm, Kabwe, Kabwe Distr., Central Prov. 2Zambia1428C2 C1168

Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi

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119253Habenaria lindblomii08 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3778 B Bytebier NDO
NU
Wooded dambo margins Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4 N1452

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101737Habenaria papyracea12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
B Bytebier Undisturbed miombo woodland Moffat Farm, Mkushi Distr., Central Province 0Zambia1329D1 C1477

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106254Habenaria papyracea12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3608 B Bytebier K
NU
Open miombo woodland. Moffat Farm, Mkushi Farm Block
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0Zambia1329A4 C1462

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101739Habenaria perpulchra07 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
B Bytebier Undisturbed to disturbed miombo woodland Mwana-Mwata area, Kasama Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia1031A1 N1306

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106212Habenaria perpulchra07 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3563 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Miombo woodland above dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River.
58
0Zambia1031A1 N1341

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106250Habenaria pilosa11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3603 B Bytebier NU
Rocky ridge in miombo woodland. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.
58
0Zambia1230A3 C1327

6
106158Habenaria schimperiana27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB435 B Bytebier K
Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Passers-by on bicycles (with umbrellas in the rain) shouting "C Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117
58
0Zambia1131A2 N1469

6
106146Habenaria sochensis25 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB422 B Bytebier K
NDO
Copse around freshwater pools, ca. 30 m from RB420, peaty soil. Two plants growing side by side in apex of tree (only two seen). Tseke dambo, Mpepo Chief.
58
0Zambia1131A1 N1298

6
119254Habenaria splendens09 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3798 B Bytebier NDO
NU
Miombo woodland Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4 N1486

6
118694Habenaria subarmata06 Feb 2022C Conradie
B Bytebier Miombo woodland Mutiwila Farm, Kabwe Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1428C2 C1134

In leaf litter in deep shade between farm field and dambo

6
106255Habenaria uhehensis12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3607 B Bytebier K
NU
Open miombo woodland. Moffat Farm, Mkushi Farm Block
58
0Zambia1329A4 C1462

6
101743Habenaria villosa04 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
B Bytebier Undisturbed miombo woodland Moffat Farm, Mkushi Distr., Central Province 0Zambia1329D1 C1413

6
106176Habenaria villosa04 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.
58
0Zambia1329A4 C1365

6
106339Habenaria weberiana09 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW107 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Moist to very wet lower area of open seepage dambo grassland growing in black muck to peaty soils Medium-sized seepage dambo c. 60 km SW of Solwezi
58
0Zambia1226C1 W1267

6
106198Habenaria welwitschii06 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3552 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu.
58
0Zambia1031A2 N1230

6
106175Habenaria zambesina05 Feb 2017MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB450 B Bytebier K
NDO
Grass and sedge dominated dambo. Evidence of burning. Some areas wet underfoot. Clumps of Raffia palm at margins with Melastoms and Syzgium. This species growing either side of a dry ditch (probably prone to flooding). 10-30 plants seen in ""greenp Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171
58
0Zambia1529A1 C1075

6
106196Liparis nervosa06 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3550 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu.
58
0Zambia1031A2 N1228

6
106236Moraea bella09 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3586 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Grassland at edge of dambo Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu
58
0Zambia0929D1 N1468

6
116954Moraea bella02 Aug 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3586 B Bytebier NU
Riverside dambo grassland Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N1429

6
106244Moraea carsonii10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3596 B Bytebier K
In grass in the garden, not cultivated. Grassy area beside paved pathway to Lodge rooms .
58
0Zambia1129A2 N0

6
106249Nervilia adolphi var. adolphi11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3602 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Rocky ridge in miombo woodland. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.
58
0Zambia1230A3 C1327

6
110671Nervilia lilacea12 Jun 2012JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows 12781 B Bytebier BNRH
JRAU
EOWBL
NU
Gorongosa National Park, western edge of the Cheringoma Plateau, lip of Nhamfisse R. (Zamambo) Gorge.0Mozambique1834D2 MS120

Herb with small single leaf flat on the ground on sandy alluvial soils in leaf litter in forest in limestone gorge. Locally frequent.

6
106231Nervilia shirensis09 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3581 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
On the side of an anthill in miombo woodland. Samda Farm c. 10 km N of Luwingu
58
0Zambia1029B1 N1405

6
106247Orthochilus euanthus11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3600 B Bytebier K
NU
Dry, sandy part of dambo. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road
58
0Zambia1229A2 N1178

6
106221Orthochilus trilamellatus08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3572 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu.
58
0Zambia1030B1 N1233

6
106142Platycoryne buchananiana24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter RB417 B Bytebier K
NDO
"White sand, dry grassland. Grasses sparse with Striga (Orobanchaceae) and sparse clusters of low growing Uapaca trees. Growing with Habenaria sp (RB418). Growing in patches of 20 - 30 plants scattered across grassland, common locally." Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot.
58
0Zambia1031A1 N1299

6
106152Platycoryne buchananiana26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB430 B Bytebier K
Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (Platycoryne including RB427, and Disa including RB428). Dambo at Kapishya. 118
58
0Zambia1131A2 N1427

6
106207Platycoryne buchananiana07 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3558 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Very wet grassland in between Uapaca woodland. Love N Light Lukupa
58
0Zambia1031A1 N1296

6
106293Platycoryne buchananiana08 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW100 B Bytebier K
NDO
Medium open dambo amid grasses and Gladiolus sp. Medium open dambo c. 27 km SW of Kabompo
58
0Zambia1323D2 B1119

6
106338Platycoryne buchananiana05 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW82 B Bytebier K
NDO
Small to medium sized dambo grassland Grassland beside M18 between Lufwanyama and M8 turnoff growing with Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii, Eulophia calantha, Pachycarpus bisacculatus and grasses in clay to clay loam soils
58
0Zambia1227C3 W1247

6
106341Platycoryne buchananiana12 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW128 B Bytebier K
NU
Open wet dambo grassland growing in black muck soil Large wet open dambo c. 86 km E of Solwezi
58
0Zambia1227A3 W1317

6
106184Platycoryne mediocris05 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3540 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
On bare rock in seepage area. Dambo above falls.On rockslab between reception and chalet.
58
0Zambia1231A3 N1450

6
112971Platycoryne mediocris05 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3540 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Seepage slope on large inselberg Mutinonodo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A3 N1450

On rockslab of inselberg between Lodge reception and chalet

6
106156Polystachya concreta26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB433 B Bytebier K
Plant growing as lithophyte on free standing metamorphic boulder, with Xerophyta, Aloe, Pelargonium, Resnova (Hyacinthaceae). Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118
58
0Zambia1131A2 N1442

6
94064Radinosiphon leptostachya08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena High rainfall Miombo woodland Rocky seepage woodland area near to Kalungwishi headwaters 0Zambia0930C4 N1640

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

6
106239Radinosiphon leptostachya08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3590 B Bytebier K
NDO
On rocks in rocky miombo woodland. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters
58
0Zambia0930C1 N1636

6
106225Rangaeris muscicola08 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3576 B Bytebier K
NU
Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters
58
0Zambia0930C1 N1636

6
106134Satyrium amblyosaccos21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB407 B Bytebier K
Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus. Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele.
58
0Zambia1227A1 W1311

6
106237Satyrium amblyosaccos09 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3587 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Under Erica bushes at edge of dambo Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu
58
0Zambia0929D1 N1468

6
106164Satyrium buchananii28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB442 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dry margin of dambo. 50 m by 30 m area surveyed, > 30 mature plants seen plus juveniles. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116
58
0Zambia1231A3 N1443

6
106141Satyrium carsonii24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
Bama-Ruben
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter Bama-Ruben RB416 B Bytebier K
Free draining sandy loam on clay subsoil. Brachystegia and Uapaca dominated miombo woodland. Near path on small holding owned by Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht.
58
0Zambia1031A1 N1306

6
105830Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB400 B Bytebier K
Iron-red laterite. Most plants growing in full sun. Modified grassland verge: grasses & sedges, Aloe bulbophyllum; Chlorophytum; Asteraceae. Evidence of seasonal flooding. Grassy verge area, ca. 45 m parallel to road x 10 m wide.
58
0Zambia1124A4 W1443

6
105831Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB401 B Bytebier NDO
Iron-red laterite. Most plants growing in full sun. Modified grassland verge: grasses & sedges, Aloe bulbophyllum; Chlorophytum; Asteraceae. Evidence of seasonal flooding. Grassy verge area, ca. 45 m parallel to road x 10 m wide.
58
0Zambia1124A4 W1443

6
105835Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB406 B Bytebier K
NDO
Growing with Habenaria sp. (RB405). Miombo woodland. Legume trees include Brachystegia, Julbernardia and Isoberlina. Near junction on main road, on return from Mwinilunga
58
0Zambia1225A2 W0

6
110674Satyrium kitimboense10 Feb 2011JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows SM Burrows 12167 B Bytebier BNRH
28 km towards Mualadzi from Ulongue turn-off, on the Furancungo-Mualadzi road, Tete Province.0Mozambique1433D1 T1228

Mixed, high rainfall woodland. Plants ± 60 cm tall. Flowers white. Common.

6
106137Satyrium trinerve23 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB412 B Bytebier K
Peaty dambo, central area water-logged, with surface water.Dambo opposite Chiwolea village, Chief Kabamba area.
58
0Zambia1330A1 C1311

6
106170Satyrium trinerve28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB445 B Bytebier K
"Among tall, waist high, grasses and sedges in central area of dambo on peaty soil pockets, flooded areas but dry underfoot. Ca. 15 mature plants seen, mostly finished flowering." Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Big Chipundo dambo. 116
58
0Zambia1231A3 N1449

6
106172Satyrium volkensii29 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB447 B Bytebier K
Exposed area, anthropogenic grassland along rough margin of air strip (temporarily not in use). Grasses, sedges, legume herbs, Lamiaceae. Only 1 mature plant seen (spirit taken for ID only, due to scarcity, and leaf sample into silica for DNA extra Mutinondo Wilderness Area, air strip margin. 116
58
0Zambia1231A3 N1443

6
106233Sebaea grandis09 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3583 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dambo Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu
58
0Zambia0929D1N1446

-9.58291029.5381406
106240Sebaea grandis10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3591 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Edge of wet dambo. M13 between Kawambwa and Mansa.
58
0Zambia1029A3N1263

-10.37366029.0797106


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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Records determined by Benny Bytebier.
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