Records determined by Frances Chase (née Crawford)

Determinations: 13

The following is a list of the records determined by Frances Chase (née Crawford) 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
94555Aeschynomene cristata var. cristata09 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 166 FM Chase (née Crawford) WIND
Caprivi: Nsundwa ?: S. of Schuckmannsburg:- marshy plain along river.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

Slender shrub, up to 2.5 m high. Stem slender, erect, unbranched, green, terete with dense indumentum (scabrid yellow hairs with red-brown podia). Leaves alternate, paripinnately decompound; stipules paired, broadly deltoid, apex acute, brown, membranous; petiole 1 cm long, characters as for stem; rachis as for petiole; lamina lanceolate, somewhat falcate, up to 12 x 1.5 cm; pinna ovate, 8 x 2 mm, apex apiculate, base oblique, margin entire, glabrous, subsessile, tend to fold closed along rhachis. Flowers large, showy, 35 mm in diameter, borne in axillary racemes; peduncle : 15 cm, characters as for petiole; pedicel 1-2 cm long. Petals golden yellow to orange. Sepals 5, green, broadly ovate, pubescent. Stamens and stigma not well exerted. Fruit: a pod, up to 100 x 6 mm, flattened, slightly falcate, apex apiculate, clearly constricted between seeds so as to appear segmented, glabrous.

-17.62500024.8750004
110600Brackenridgea zanguebarica24 Nov 2008JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows SM Burrows 10726 FM Chase (née Crawford) K
LMA
BNRH
Quiterajo, road and path north of the airstrip leading to the Guibourtia forest ('Banana Forest')0Mozambique1140C2N65

Evergreen tree to 6 m tall with rounded crown; bark brown, roughly fissured into small blocks; in degraded coastal forest/woodland mosaic on sandy soils, in secondary scrub. Occasional to frequent.

-11.74916740.4241677
110601Brackenridgea zanguebarica05 Dec 2008JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows SM Burrows 10975 FM Chase (née Crawford) K
LMA
BNRH
Road from campsite at the dambo to Nhica do Rovuma Village, Palma District0Mozambique1040C3N130

Small tree to 5 m tall; in somewhat degraded/disturbed Berlinia/Parinari woodland and thicket mosaic on sandy soils.

-10.75861140.2094442
110602Brackenridgea zanguebarica25 Nov 2008J Timberlake
J Timberlake 5516 FM Chase (née Crawford) BNRH
Macomia district, Namacubi Forest, c. 2 km W of Quiterajo.0Mozambique1140C4N90

Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest.-x000D- Notes: Tree to 6 m, branching very low. Slash with powder yellow streak. Bark deeply fissured, very brown. Leaves small, alternate, serrate, bright green, youong growth slightly flattened. Fruits hanging, in 3s, m

-11.76861140.3961116
67177Chamaecrista polytricha var. polytricha02 Nov 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
A Mapaura AM728 FM Chase (née Crawford) SRGH
K
BR
LMA
On shallow soil collecting on top of a quartzite rock in quartzite grassland. Plateau above Tsungudzi river, Chimanimani mountains. 168
33
0Mozambique1933C3MS1423

Low open shrub about 50 cm tall with many branches. Whole plant hairy. Light yellow flowers. Only one plant seen.

-19.81963033.1100907
93203Cissampelos mucronata09 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-21 FM Chase (née Crawford) WIND
Widely distributed on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil in full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park, Chetto village, south of the Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Annual creeper, 30 cm high. Stem slender, longitudinally grooved, covered in short hair. Leaves simple, smooth margin, dull green, bean-shaped, veins running from the base. Leaf apices round, base cordate.

-17.96033322.5500285
110115Clerodendrum robustum var. robustum03 Dec 2008JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows SM Burrows 10928 DJ Goyder FM Chase (née Crawford) K
LMA
BNRH
Palma, on old (western) road to Quionga, 9.2 km from the roundabout at the white church.0Mozambique1040C2N60

Low shrub to 1 m high, flowers white; in degraded coastal woodland/thicket on sands; occasional.

0.0000000.0000002
109393Combretum pentagonum03 Dec 2008JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows SM Burrows 10943 FM Chase (née Crawford) K
LMA
BNRH
Palma, on old (western) road to Quionga, 10.8 km from the roundabout at the white church.0Mozambique1040C2N60

Climber/scrambler to 2 m tall, flowers white; locally frequent in degraded woodland/thicket mosaic on coastal sands.

-10.68027840.4363895
108996Commiphora africana26 Nov 2008JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows SM Burrows 10779 FM Chase (née Crawford) K
LMA
BNRH
Ca. 6 km west from the airstrip, Quiterajo0Mozambique1140C4N84

Tree to 6 m tall, spines absent, bark smoothish mottled grey-white and light brown, thinly peeling to a dark green underbark. In coastal woodland on sands.

-11.76583340.4005567
110715Dombeya shupangae08 Sep 2009JE Burrows
SM Burrows
H Matimele
A Banze
JE Burrows SM Burrows 11406 FM Chase (née Crawford) K
LMA
BNRH
Rovuma River, track from Hunter's Mozambique camp to Rovuma R./Rio Nthumbue junction.0Mozambique1039D4N45

Rather slender tree to 6 m tall, semi-deciduous, flowers white, showy, all leaves severely eaten by insects; scattered in open woodland at base of low escarpment on outer edge of alluvial floodplain of the Rovuma River.

-10.87472239.9097227
110717Dombeya shupangae09 Sep 2009JE Burrows
SM Burrows
H Matimele
A Banze
JE Burrows SM Burrows 11417 FM Chase (née Crawford) K
LMA
BNRH
Ca. 30 km from Nangade on road to Mueda.0Mozambique1139B3N500

Tree to 4 m tall, fls white; scattered in severely degraded woodland on sandy soils.

-11.35472239.6091677
93442Markhamia obtusifolia23 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1202 FM Chase (née Crawford) WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3; along the road to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C11013

0.5 m high; Shrub; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex shrub, 0.5m high. Leaves: compound, leaflets opposite, sessile to sub-sessile, tomentose, obovate to elliptic. Inflorescence: a panicle. Flower: opposite, yellow, trumpet-shape.

-17.74972023.1608305
93281Tephrosia lupinifolia09 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-18 FM Chase (née Crawford) WIND
Widely distributed in woodland savanna on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil on a recently burnt area (2013) under full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East, Chetto village south of Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Annual shrub, 49 cm high. Stem dark green, thin, covered in silvery short hair. Leaves linear, green below with silvery hair, clustered at branch tips. Fruit a flattened green pod, seeds are divided within the pods. Roots very long, thin and smooth with a light grey main root.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Records determined by Frances Chase (née Crawford).
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-determinations-by-person.php?person_id=824, retrieved 25 April 2024

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