Records made by Warren McCleland

Records: 91

The following is a list of the records made by Warren McCleland in species name order.

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No   Species   Record date   Recorder(s)   Coll.   Det.   Conf.   Herbaria   Habitat   Location   Loc code(s)   Outing code   Planted code   Country   QDS   Grid ref.   FZ Div   Alt. (m)   Notes   Lat   Long   Loc Acc Code   
75143 Acacia seyal var. fistula 5 Sep 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240A2 N 20

-12.147422 40.427119 7
75141 Acacia seyal var. fistula 5 Sep 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240A2 N 20

-12.149800 40.429263 7
75033 Acampe pachyglossa 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Epiphyte in open coastal woodland. Pande, Inhassoro District. 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 55

7
113407 Acampe pachyglossa 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Govuro 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 55

iNaturalist record

7
107980 Adansonia digitata 28 Sep 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Near Macovane, Inhasorro 0 Mozambique 2135A3 GI 19

iNaturalist record

-21.469627 35.033713 7
108343 Adiantum incisum 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 778 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 147

Fern growing against rock in leaf litter. In thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

-18.811450 34.736150 6
97156 Albizia petersiana subsp. petersiana 21 Feb 2014 W McCleland
Riparian scrub at edge of stream on large floodplain Quiterajo, Cabo Delgado Province 0 Mozambique 1140C2 N 7

-11.714398 40.401246 6
109782 Alchornea laxiflora 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 766 W McCleland WAG
BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 142

Shrub, c. 1.8 m tall. Fruit present. In low closed woodland/thicket on the lip of a limestone gorge; sparse understorey with dense leaf litter.

-18.812440 34.736760 6
113461 Ansellia africana 3 Aug 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Inhassoro, Inhambane 0 Mozambique 2134D4 GI 0

iNaturalist record

2
108764 Asparagus africanus var. puberulus 31 Oct 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 915 JE Burrows BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 137

As Asparagus puberulus in BNRH. Scrambling shrub, climbing into adjacent Gardenia resiniflua. Unopened flowers and some fruit. Growing in understorey of deciduous closed woodland dominated by Commiphora spp. and Kirkia acuminata.

-16.195740 33.652890 6
108304 Barleria ameliae 1 Nov 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 920 I Darbyshire BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 134

Small spiny shrub growing in sun at edge of thicket. Pale orange flowers. Growing in low thicket on a small outcrop at a spring. Canopy trees are Manilkara mochisia, Acacia robusta ssp. clavigera and Dalbergia melanoxylon

-16.199850 33.653100 6
108312 Barleria spinulosa subsp. spinulosa 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 852 I Darbyshire BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 157

Low shrub, c. 1 m tall, growing along edge of path. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

-18.819050 34.726210 6
97151 Bauhinia tomentosa 16 Feb 2014 W McCleland
Riparian thicket along a perennial stream 9 km north-west of Metuge, Pemba district 0 Mozambique 1240C4 N 22

-12.898057 40.341879 6
117268 Bombax rhodognaphalon 14 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland BT Wursten Muanza District 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 151

iNaturalist record

-18.809770 34.735210 7
110953 Bullockia setiflora 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 782 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 148

Small tree c. 4 m tall. In low closed woodland/thicket on the lip of a limestone gorge; sparse understorey with dense leaf litter.

-18.813150 34.732430 6
75105 Capparis erythrocarpos var. rosea 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.329207 34.857279 7
109220 Capparis sepiaria var. subglabra 1 Nov 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 918 W McCleland WAG
BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 127

Untidy, free-standing shrub c. 3 m tall. Heavily in flower. Attracted many bees. Growing in tall thicket at the edge of a floodplain lake near the Zambezi River. Dominant spp Diospyros mespiliformis and Garcinia livingstonei.

-16.208830 33.646180 6
61028 Carphalea pubescens 19 Feb 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Coastal scrub Quisanga, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240A4 N 36

-12.426523 40.464394 7
109316 Celtis gomphophylla 2 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 863 W McCleland WAG
BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 140

Small tree c. 4 m tall. In riparian forest patch on small island in Muanza River.

-18.812440 34.736760 6
72401 Ceropegia mirabilis 22 Feb 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Tall, wet miombo woodland near the edge of gallery forest Katanga, DRC 0 Democratic Republic of Congo 0

Flowers larger than most Ceropegias

0.000000 0.000000 0
75038 Cordia goetzei 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Open coastal woodland Pande, Inhassoro District 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 55

-21.345878 34.854177 7
119314 Decorsea schlechteri 31 Jul 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland T Van Der Merwe Maimelane, Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2135C1 GI 30

iNaturalist record

-21.736107 35.071780 7
75132 Deinbollia borbonica 5 Sep 2014 W McCleland
EJD Schmidt Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240A2 N 20

-12.144771 40.430286 7
75172 Dicliptera heterostegia 5 Sep 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240A2 N 14

-12.147422 40.427119 7
75085 Diospyros loureiriana subsp. loureiriana 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District. 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.340484 34.850496 7
109691 Diospyros senensis 30 Oct 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 917 W McCleland WAG
BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 135

Small tree, c. 4 m tall. Spine-tipped short side branches. Mostly unopened flowers, but a few open ones. Flowers pale creamy white. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

-16.197710 33.644770 6
109702 Diospyros squarrosa 30 Oct 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 913 W McCleland WAG
BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 135

Shrub c. 3 m tall. With flowers. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

-16.197710 33.644770 6
30504 Disa equestris No date W McCleland
In dambo Near Solwezi, North-western Zambia 0 Zambia W

0
110852 Drypetes reticulata 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 780 JE Burrows BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 148

Small tree c. 3 m tall growing in thicket within limestone gorge.

-18.811500 34.736860 6
75111 Ehretia amoena 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District. 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.324860 34.832467 7
112949 Erythroxylum emarginatum 6 Dec 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2135C1 GI 15

iNaturalist record

-21.570505 35.123259 7
112303 Eulophia horsfallii 17 Oct 2018 W McCleland
N Wightman
W McCleland N Wightman NCW75A W McCleland N Wightman NU
Wet dambo grasslands Chabiilikila area, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province 0 Zambia 0929D1 N 1223

Growing in riverside grassland edge amidst Pandanus livingstonianus

6
106428 Eulophia mumbwaensis 17 Oct 2018 W McCleland
N Wightman
W McCleland N Wightman NCW74 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
Miombo woodland in sandy clay soils Mumbuluma area, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province 0 Zambia 0929D1 N 1231

6
106430 Eulophia penduliflora 17 Oct 2018 W McCleland
N Wightman
W McCleland N Wightman NCW73 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
Miombo woodland in sandy clay soils Mumbuluma area, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province 0 Zambia 0929D1 N 1226

6
92705 Eulophia schweinfurthii 19 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland L Grobler Tall open woodland dominated by Combretum imberbe 10 km south-west of Save Bridge 0 Mozambique 2134B1 GI 96

6
39457 Ferraria glutinosa 23 Nov 2007 W McCleland
W McCleland Rocky grassland Malundwe Hill, Solwezi 0 Zambia 1226A2 W 0

2
117263 Gladiolus decoratus 25 Feb 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland BT Wursten Mocimboa da Praia 0 Mozambique 1140A4 N 45

iNaturalist record

6
100595 Gladiolus laxiflorus 14 Oct 2018 W McCleland
N Wightman
N Wightman Wet dambo in black muck soil Chimpempe, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0 Zambia 0929C2 N 1193

6
75106 Grewia forbesii 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.319664 34.888173 7
92693 Grewia lepidopetala 19 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland EJD Schmidt Tall open woodland on sandy soils. 7 km south-west of Save Bridge 0 Mozambique 2134B1 GI 95

-21.195456 34.531292 6
117252 Harrisonia abyssinica 14 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland BT Wursten Muanza district 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 149

iNaturalist record

-18.812091 34.733116 6
75097 Heinsia crinita subsp. parviflora 18 Aug 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 57

-21.325267 34.833081 7
97161 Heinsia crinita subsp. parviflora 21 Feb 2014 W McCleland
Understory of thicket on a low hilltop overlooking the Rio Messalo floodplain Quiterajo, Cabo Delgado Province 0 Mozambique 1140C2 N 55

-11.717496 40.395560 6
75139 Heliotropium indicum 5 Sep 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240A2 N 20

-12.145321 40.430237 7
75128 Hibiscus panduriformis 5 Sep 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240A2 N 20

-12.145321 40.430237 7
109922 Indigofera ormocarpoides 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 851 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 147

In low closed woodland/thicket on limestone ridge.

-18.811500 34.736860 6
109921 Indigofera ormocarpoides 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 850 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 158

Small shrub c. 1.3 m tall. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

-18.819250 34.726210 6
109926 Indigofera subulata var. scabra 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 849 BD Schrire BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 149

Low shrub c. 1 m tall. Pale pinkish orange flowers. In disturbed secondary woodland.

-18.813840 34.732850 6
117300 Isoglossa floribunda subsp. floribunda 2 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland I Darbyshire Muaza District 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 159

iNaturalist record

-18.818440 34.730226 7
108322 Isoglossa floribunda subsp. floribunda 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 858 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 156

Low shrub c. 1.2 m tall, growing along edge of path with Barleria spinulosa. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

-18.819050 34.725940 6
112619 Jasminum fluminense 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Near Buene, Goruvo 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 56

iNaturalist record

-21.345990 34.854200 7
108324 Justicia matammensis 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 854 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 157

Slender herb c. 250 mm tall. In dense herbaceous understorey. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

-18.819250 34.726210 6
90928 Lantana angolensis 23 Jan 2018 W McCleland
W McCleland MG Bingham Tall thicket on large termitarium. Upright, softly woody shrublet growing in shade under thicket canopy. About 7 km upstream of Ngonye Falls, Sioma 109 0 Zambia 1623D1 B 995

White flowers are unusual for this species.

-16.591434 23.534227 7
75096 Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District. 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.344273 34.832314 7
111861 Ludia mauritiana 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 775 W McCleland WAG
BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 152

Small shrub c. 1 m tall. Growing in crack of limestone along rocky bed of stream in limestone gorge.

-18.811080 34.737780 6
108650 Marsdenia macrantha 31 Oct 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 916 W McCleland WAG
BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 131

Herbaceous climber into canopy of large Xanthocercis zambesiaca. Flowers pale creamy green. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

-16.198660 33.646970 6
35710 Memecylon flavovirens 23 Sep 2011 W McCleland
JE Burrows Rocky woodland on uranium rich soils. Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania 0 Tanzania 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
120377 Microcoelia exilis 3 Aug 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland BT Wursten Oachane, Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2134D3 GI 145

iNaturalist record

7
112628 Olax dissitiflora 24 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland BT Wursten In dune vegetation Between Afonso and Caulino, Inhassoro. 0 Mozambique 2135C2 GI 10

iNaturalist record

-21.734847 35.282914 7
111376 Pavetta klotzschiana 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 770 JE Burrows BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 142

Shrub c. 2 m tall. Spray of white flowers. In low closed woodland/thicket on the lip of a limestone gorge.

6
111377 Pavetta klotzschiana 30 Oct 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 914 W McCleland BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 135

Understorey shrub, c. 1.5 m tall. In full flower. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

6
92692 Polysphaeria dischistocalyx 22 Mar 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland JE Burrows Narrow strip of riparian forest along a stream in large sugarcane fields. 14 km north-west of Nkhotakota 0 Malawi 1234C3 C 485

-12.807588 34.240362 6
75035 Polysphaeria lanceolata subsp. lanceolata var. lanceolata 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland JE Burrows Open coastal woodland Pande,Inhassoro District 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 55

-21.345878 34.854177 7
92691 Polysphaeria lanceolata subsp. lanceolata var. lanceolata 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland JE Burrows Tall evergreen thicket on a termitarium. 40 km north-west of Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 56

-21.345826 34.854117 7
111455 Polysphaeria lanceolata subsp. lanceolata var. lanceolata 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 771 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 147

Shrub c. 2 m tall growing on alluvium on bed of gorge; young fruit. In thicket within limestone gorge.

-18.811500 34.736860 6
109969 Pseudarthria hookeri var. hookeri 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 848 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 147

Tall herb c. 1.5 m tall. Large sprays of pink flowers. In low closed woodland/thicket on limestone ridge.

-18.811500 34.736860 6
110074 Rawsonia lucida 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 779 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 148

Small tree c. 4 m tall growing on alluvium on bed of gorge. In thicket within limestone gorge.

-18.811500 34.736860 6
75114 Rhynchosia sublobata 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.324860 34.832467 7
108330 Ruspolia decurrens 1 Nov 2013 W McCleland
W McCleland 919 W McCleland BNRH
Moatize. 0 Mozambique 1633B1 T 134

Herb c. 500 mm tall. Growing in sunny clearing in thicket. Pale yellow flowers with deep pink centre. Growing in low thicket on a small outcrop at a spring. Canopy trees are Manilkara mochisia, Acacia robusta ssp. clavigera and Dalbergia melanoxylon

-16.199850 33.653100 6
108332 Ruspolia seticalyx 1 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 862 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 150

Low shrub c. 700 mm tall, growing in deep shade at edge of path. Pale pinkish red flowers. In tall riparian forest on steep slope just above Muanza River.

-18.813800 34.730470 6
92702 Salacia elegans 19 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland EJD Schmidt Small patch of thicket in woodland. 25 km north-west of Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 40

-21.432414 34.972955 6
108337 Sclerochiton kirkii 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 768 JE Burrows WAG
BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 142

Leafy shrub c. 1.3 m tall. Soft, large leaves. Inflorescence with unopened flowers. In low closed woodland/thicket on the lip of a limestone gorge; sparse understorey with dense leaf litter.

-18.812440 34.736760 6
118499 Seddera suffruticosa var. suffruticosa 3 Aug 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland BT Wursten c. 18 km East of Cometela, Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2134D3 GI 150

iNaturalist record

-21.901943 34.672791 6
61035 Siphonochilus kirkii 17 Feb 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Sandforest Napuda, Cabo Delgado. 0 Mozambique 1240C4 N 160

-12.775733 40.398050 7
75112 Siphonochilus kirkii - yellow-flowered form 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District. 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.340763 34.839864 7
97173 Solanum goetzei 25 Feb 2014 W McCleland
JE Burrows Coastal dry forest 28 km south of Mocimboa da Praia 0 Mozambique 1140C2 N 100

-11.637010 40.316298 6
61033 Sterculia africana 19 Feb 2014 W McCleland
W McCleland Wooded grassland Quissanga, Cabo Delgado 0 Mozambique 1240A4 N 11

-12.404714 40.446503 7
107861 Sterculia quinqueloba 22 Mar 2016 W McCleland
West of Kalonga, Nkhotakota District 0 Malawi 1234C3 C 487

Africanplants Senckenberg record

-12.815950 34.237450 7
97068 Strychnos decussata 9 Dec 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Low semi-deciduous thicket on coastal dunes 9 km south-east of Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2135C2 GI 8

-21.606114 35.250103 6
117257 Tamarindus indica 7 Dec 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Inhassoro 0 Mozambique 2134D2 GI 0

iNaturalist record

-21.624801 34.993968 5
117260 Tamarindus indica 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland Muanza 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 158

iNaturalist record

-18.817354 34.728972 7
110378 Tiliacora funifera 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland OM777 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 147

In thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

-18.811450 34.736150 6
93520 Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana 22 Mar 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Narrow strip of riparian forest in sugarcane fields 14 km north-west of Nkhotakota 0 Malawi 1234C3 C 485

-12.807588 34.240362 6
75091 Trichilia capitata 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District. 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.344273 34.832314 7
108443 Uvaria lucida subsp. virens 15 Nov 2011 W McCleland
W McCleland 774 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Quarry. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 147

Low shrub c. 1 m tall. Growing in undergrowth of thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

-18.811450 34.736150 6
101867 Vanilla polylepis 11 Oct 2018 W McCleland
N Wightman
W McCleland N Wightman Riverine vegetation trailing on ground or climbing up trees Riverine island by rapids downstream of Kalonde Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0 Zambia 0929D4 N 1313

6
101866 Vanilla polylepis 13 Oct 2018 W McCleland
N Wightman
W McCleland N Wightman Riverine vegetation trailing on ground or climbing up trees Riverine island by Chimpempe Falls, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province 0 Zambia 0929C2 N 1184

6
108880 Vernonia glabra var. glabra 3 Apr 2012 W McCleland
W McCleland 847 W McCleland BNRH
Muanza Gorge. 0 Mozambique 1834D3 MS 150

Shrub 1.5 m tall. Purple flowers. In disturbed secondary woodland.

-18.813840 34.732850 6
75109 Xeroderris stuhlmannii 18 Jan 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland Pande, Inhassoro District. 0 Mozambique 2134B4 GI 60

-21.329351 34.871123 7
97138 Xylia torreana 2 Jun 2015 W McCleland
Fairly tall thicket on deep sand 3 km south of Save Pan 0 Mozambique 2134B3 GI 90

-21.255662 34.669497 6
69820 Zygotritonia nyassana 19 Feb 2016 W McCleland
W McCleland In the shade of low miombo woodland on a rocky outcrop Katanga, DRC. 0 Democratic Republic of Congo 0

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