Records made by Penny English

Records: 38

The following is a list of the records made by Penny English in species name order.

Click on a column heading to sort the entries in that column

NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
108222Achyrospermum cryptanthum12 Apr 2020P English
MA Hyde Growing on the edge of a small patch of remnant forest.Near the road that goes to Fingira rock, Nyika NP.1800Malawi1033D4N2117

Straggly bush about 150cm tall, growing in the shade. Most of the flowers seem to have finished.

-10.77161733.7967337
113330Asclepias palustris02 Oct 2020P English
BT Wursten In burnt grassland.Chelinda area just south of log house at old stables, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2N2298

Erect plant about 20cm tall. White latex. Flower heads droop. Outer petals greenish white with white and dark pink inside. Paired linear leaves.

-10.58671033.7925807
108190Barleria lactiflora20 Feb 2020P English
BT Wursten Along the road to Thazima about 1.2 km SE of the Chankharamu school.0Malawi1033D3N1339

quite prolific in that area

-10.90550033.5659507
113323Berkheya bipinnatifida subsp. echinopsoides var. echinopsoides13 Jun 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In miombo woodlandAlong an overgrown road that used to approach the Juniper Forest from the west, in Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D4N2028

In semi shade, c. 150-200 cm tall with white stems and underleaf. The leaves had very irregularly indented margins and were quite prickly. Flowers white.

-10.75330033.8569907
98721Calyptrochilum christyanum17 Nov 2018P English
P English BT Wursten In mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hill slope toward seasonal streamChizarira NP1610Zimbabwe1727D2 N992

Large clump growing in a Diospyros mespiliformis

7
57737Cephalocroton mollis17 Nov 2009P English
MA Hyde On basaltAlong the road in the Chamalaya area of the Bubye Valley Conservancy.0Zimbabwe2129D2S660

Between the Chamalaya water point and No 25 water point.

-21.56622029.8895207
57738Cephalocroton mollis06 Feb 2010P English
MA Hyde On basaltAlong the road in the Chamalaya area of the Bubye Valley Conservancy.0Zimbabwe2129D2S660

Between the Chamalaya water point and No 25 water point.

-21.56622029.8895207
113802Ceropegia schliebenii04 Jan 2021P English
P English BT Wursten Area where the shallow soil met the rock slab.Along the track to Lutete river, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D1 N2250

Small herb winding a short distance through other vegetation. Paired leaves - the largest about 16 mm long and 4 mm wide. The flowers are about 3 cm across with each petal being about 1.5 cm. Five thread like petals a pale pinkish brown.

7
113739Costus macranthus09 Dec 2020P English
BT Wursten On a termite mound in dry deciduous woodlandAlong road between Bolero and Thazima, Rumphi District.0Malawi1033D3N1300

Flowers 13-15 cm high

-10.91975033.6074107
113740Costus macranthus17 Dec 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In deciduous woodland in a termite mound."shortcut " from Rumphi to Thazima, Rumphi District0Malawi1033D3N1503

LOTS of them flowering. Most measured were about 13 cm tall, including the ones photographed a few weeks ago. Several were as tall as 15cm.

-10.85941033.5913137
112637Cynanchum praecox25 Aug 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In a burnt area, on a roadside bank.Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2N2221

Four small plants, only one of which was starting to put out linear leaves. Small brownish yellow flowers on short stalks at ground level. Seems to attract flies, ants and several other bugs but no obvious smell to the plant. White latex present.

-10.53581033.8528907
98722Diospyros mespiliformis17 Nov 2018P English
P English BT Wursten In mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hill slope toward seasonal streamChizarira NP1610Zimbabwe1727D2N992

Large tree

-17.67015027.8972307
112636Disa longilabris25 Aug 2020P English
BT Wursten In burnt grassland.Road between Dembo bridge and the turn off to the north Rumphi bridge, Nyika National Park1800Malawi1033D2 N2380

Approx 7 cm tall. No leaves.

7
113444Disa perplexa09 Nov 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In a seasonally dryish boggy area along the stream.South of the old stables at Chelinda, Nyika National Park1800Malawi1033D2 N2293

Only one single specimen seen.

7
43443Distephanus divaricatus29 May 2010P English
MA Hyde Base of Silungube Hill, Towla HQ, Bubye Valley Conservancy0Zimbabwe2129B4S700

-21.43872229.8895287
43444Distephanus divaricatus25 May 2010P English
MA Hyde Along a trailMt Towla, Bubye Valley Conservancy0Zimbabwe2129B4S700

0.0000000.0000000
113697Eulophia livingstoneana20 Nov 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In Miombo woodland.Between Thazima offices and Park gate, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D3 N1665

This species was not listed by Burrows & Willis, Sabonet report 31, 2005.

6
113696Eulophia norlindhii20 Nov 2020P English
BT Wursten In miombo woodland.Near Thazima offices, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D3 N1665

The tallest plant not much more than 20cm tall. Some going to seed, and the least mature with buds still forming. The largest plant divided midway up the stem, just below where the flowers started, so it's flowers looked quite densely packed, other plants seemed to be single-stemmed. No visible leaves.

7
113706Fadogiella stigmatoloba20 Nov 2020P English
P English BT Wursten Miombo woodlandAround Thazima office, Nyika National Park. 0Malawi1033D3N1655

Small straggly shrub with yellow flowers. Upper leaves green, and lower surface whitish.

-10.83136033.5925207
113326Gnidia fastigiata21 Sep 2020P English
BT Wursten In grassland.About 375m south of log house at old stables, Chelinda, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D2N2330

About 25cm high. Some plants were just 3-4 stems, others looked quite bushy, with multiple, somewhat woody stems arising, from a central area, and branching several times. Very small leaves about 10-12mm long. On younger plants leaves seemed to clasp lower stem but on larger, more mature plants, the lower stems were bare. Tiny flowers about 3 mm across in leaf axils on distal portion of stems. Petals tipped with pale blue. Yellow in centre.

-10.58505033.7938107
112297Hedbergia abyssinica P English
P English BT Wursten Among the bracken scrub at edge of road in pine plantation.Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D2N2371

-10.58971033.8215907
112916Hedythyrsus thamnoideus05 Aug 2020P English
P English BT Wursten Montane scrubAlong the road to the Juniper forest, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2N2455

-10.69974033.9525207
112972Holothrix tridactylites06 Sep 2020P English
P English In burnt grassland. Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D2 N2140

Tiny plants - only about 7cm tall. The flowers are about 7 mm across and the spur is about 3-4 mm. One plant had a brownish leaf embedded in the ground around the stem, but others we found had no sign of leaves. The areas we found them had all been burnt.

6
113796Lactuca calophylla18 Dec 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In grassland. Along the track to Vitumbi peak, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D4N2306

Basal rosette of leaves with reddish veining on underside. Single stem with long reddish hairs. Flowers clustered at the top of the stem - yellow. White latex.

-10.80212033.9497607
113795Lippia plicata26 Dec 2020P English
BT Wursten Regularly burnt grasslandAlong road to Juniper Forest, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D2N0

Plants growing in small clumps about 15-20cm tall at most. Stems squarish and hairy. Flowers of some plants were in shades of pink, while others were more shades of purple. The leaves were paired, hairy, and ranged from a roundish ovate to elliptic. When crushed they initially smelled quite strongly of lemon but this faded quickly to a generally herb-like smell.

0.0000000.0000002
112309Macledium sessiliflorum14 Jul 2020P English
P English BT Wursten Miombo woodlandClose to Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park1800Malawi1033D3N1657

-10.83216033.5914007
113321Monactinocephalus shirensis14 Jul 2020P English
MA Hyde In miombo woodland.Near the Thazima offices, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D3N1657

About 35-40 cm tall with large yellow flowers. Leaves growing almost clasping the stem, which were all very hairy but no prickles.

-10.83203033.5915207
113338Neobolusia stolzii var. stolzii12 Mar 2020P English
BT Wursten In grass on a rocky outcropnear Chelinda bridge in Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2 N2229

7
72863Nuxia oppositifolia28 Dec 2013P English
BT Wursten At edge of riverBubye river, near boundary of BVC and Bubiana Conservancy.0Zimbabwe2129B4S687

-21.27191729.9103837
113346Polystachya dendrobiiflora16 Oct 2020P English
P English BT Wursten in dry grass at the edge of the road.A bit north of Zungwara bridge, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D1 N2106

There were several single stemmed plants averaging about 30cm tall. One had multiple very pale pink flowers growing along its stem. Three others had only one or two pink flowers. The lower lobe has a small purplish mark. No leaves evident. Area dry with lots of surface quartzite stones.

7
31953Raphionacme grandiflora 2000P English
In kopjesPast Masuma, Hwange NP50Zimbabwe1826C4MK244242W0

0.0000000.0000000
31955Raphionacme grandiflora11 Jan 1997P English
Turn off to borehole 5, Hwange NP50Zimbabwe1826C2MK279483W940

Altitude estimated by me (MAH)

0.0000000.0000000
113716Riocreuxia chrysochroma06 Dec 2020P English
P English BT Wursten Wooded edge of seasonally dryish boggy area.Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.0Malawi1033D2 N2302

Climbing among the other plants was this lovely little plant with bell shaped flowers, creamy white with orange on the inner surface if the petals. They grew in clusters from the leaf axils. Leaves were generally paired, heart shaped with cordate base. Medium green and only slightly paler underneath. Stems and leaves slightly hairy.

7
108133Romulea camerooniana15 Mar 2020P English
BT Wursten In clay soil of the track.Along track to Juniper Forest, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2 N2450

7
113791Schizocarphus nervosus18 Dec 2020P English
P English BT Wursten In a burnt area in grassland.Along the track beyond Vitumbi peak, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D4N2206

Up to about 20 cm tall. Leaves were just beginning to grow - generally 3 per plant. Flowers light mauve with a darker centre.

-10.80739033.9496907
97159Spermacoce filifolia03 Mar 2008P English
MA Hyde In damp grassy area near a seasonal pan, in mopane woodlandin damp grassy area near a seasonal pan, in mopane woodland, Midlands0Zimbabwe1830C3C0

Small 4 petal flowers protruding from an oval reddish "cushion" that surrounds the main stem at leaf axils. Petals white with mauve tips. Thin linear leaves widely spaced along stem, in pairs. Pressed specimen is almost 60cm tall.

0.0000000.0000002
108218Trifolium simense15 Mar 2020P English
BT Wursten Montane grasslandAlong road that goes to Juniper Forest, Nyika National Park1800Malawi1033D2N2456

-10.71300033.9554177
113736Wurmbea tenuis subsp. goetzei15 Dec 2020P English
BT Wursten In montane grasslandBelow old stables, Chelinda area, Nyika National Park. 1800Malawi1033D2N2330

Only about 6-7cm tall. One or two grass blade like leaves. Six white petals with 2 purplish blue markings midway along each petal.

-10.58498033.7938206


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 made by Penny English.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=374, retrieved 26 April 2024

Site software last modified: 8 October 2018 11:08am
Terms of use