Records made by Mary Richards

Records: 25

The following is a list of the records made by Mary Richards 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   
80740 Acacia hockii 9 May 1966 HM Richards
HM Richards 21479 Among long grass in scattered woodland near stream on loam soil. Chianga Stream near Kalambo Road. 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1350

Tree 15-20 ft. high. Bark dark, flaking off when cut, pale buff beneath, flowers yellow.

-8.750000 31.316667 5
80739 Acacia hockii 15 Sep 1956 HM Richards
HM Richards 6201 Side of road, dry. Mbala District; Kalambo Falls Road. 125 0 Zambia 0831C2 N 1500

Shrub 8 ft.

-8.716667 31.300000 5
81045 Aspidoglossum connatum 13 Feb 1959 HM Richards
HM Richards 10857 Mbala District; L. Chila 0 Zambia N 1707

0.000000 0.000000 0
49319 Bauhinia tomentosa 28 May 1961 HM Richards
HM Richards 15147 K
Mbala Distr., Sisya Forest, Kalambo road. 0 Zambia 0

Flowering

0.000000 0.000000 0
85069 Bulbostylis pilosa No date HM Richards
HM Richards 19591 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
Luwingu District, Chishinga Ranch 0 Zambia N 0

MRSC, det EAR as B.aphyllanthoides; det C.Archer

0.000000 0.000000 0
81634 Crotalaria glauca 20 Mar 1957 HM Richards
HM Richards 8839 Side of road sandy soil Mbale District; Mbala. Mpulungu road, 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1524

Annual. Pea yellow under side of hood brown

-8.800000 31.266667 4
81635 Crotalaria glauca 12 Apr 1962 HM Richards
HM Richards 16317 Mbala District; Mbala - Tunduma Road, 25 miles from Mbala 0 Zambia 0831D3 N 1500

Annual growing in sand at side of road. Flower yellow; back of standard reddish-brown; keel green

-8.950000 31.733333 5
88241 Cyperus denudatus No date HM Richards
HM Richards 19450 EA Robinson MRSC
Mbala District, Chinikila path to Loye Flats 0 Zambia N 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
81922 Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea 25 Oct 1962 HM Richards
HM Richards 16848 Mbala District; Lumi marsh, Kawimbe. 0 Zambia N 1740

Flowers cream; sepals green.

0.000000 0.000000 0
67916 Dipcadi longifolium 9 Jan 1959 HM Richards
HM Richards 10568 KA Bley K
BR
In sand under Mimosa and out in the open Road from Livingstonia to Karonga about 20 miles from Karonga 0 Malawi 1034A1 N 480

Flowers cream, bulb small

-10.205400 34.067100 5
81980 Disa nyikensis 3 Jan 1959 HM Richards
HM Richards 10429 Lundazi District; Nyika Plateau 0 Zambia 1033D1 N 2100

5
82077 Ekebergia capensis 27 Sep 1960 HM Richards
HM Richards 13286 HM Richards Voma Gap, Fwambo side; in muchitu by river 0 Zambia 0831D3 N 1500

Tree ca 5ft high, flowers creamy-green

-8.866667 31.533333 5
82423 Gnidia involucrata 23 Oct 1971 HM Richards
HM Richards 27314 Serenje District; Road to Lushere village 5 miles from Serenje. 0 Zambia C 1524

Leaves sessile. Calyx brown. Flowers orange-yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
82426 Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. fruticosus 6 Sep 1956 HM Richards
HM Richards 6122 WD Stevens MO
Mbale District; Mbala [=Mbala District], Kawimbe 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1524

Small shrub 5 feet, on ant-hill close to river. Wet ground. Stem stiff, green leaves, verticilate, glabrous. Flowers cream. Seeds green.

-8.782500 31.441111 5
34740 Hygrophila didynama 22 Aug 1956 HM Richards
HM Richards 5921 BR
Hanging over a stream; damp sandy soil. Shamba side of stream, Abercorn-Kambole Road, Zambia 0 Zambia N 1500

A straggling woody herbaceous plant. Stem brown, woody. Leaves opposite, long. Calyx green. Corolla tube short, green. Flowers, upper petals inside fringed with upright brown hairs. Flower dull mauve with yellow markings. Stamens inserted base of lower petal, developing seed long pointed.

0.000000 0.000000 0
113797 Lactuca calophylla 4 Jan 1959 HM Richards
HM Richards 10456 K
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2350

Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966.

-10.568040 33.760170 6
113800 Lactuca calophylla No date HM Richards
HM Richards 10394 K
Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966. 0 Malawi 1033B1 N 0

Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966.

-10.218900 33.551300 4
83167 Parinari excelsa 7 Oct 1966 HM Richards
HM Richards 21496 Vomo gap 0 Zambia 0831D3 N 1525

Entrance to vomo gap. Very large tree 60 ft.

-8.866667 31.516667 5
102524 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata 10 Jan 1959 HM Richards
HM Richards 10609 K
In rain forest. Misiku Hills 0 Malawi 0933C2 N 1650

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

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102525 Polystachya transvaalensis 4 Jan 1959 HM Richards
HM Richards 10476 K
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2340

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

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97583 Rubus ellipticus 8 Jan 1959 HM Richards
HM Richards 10543 K
Kaziwizwi River, Rumphi District 0 Malawi 1034C1 N 1350

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 4: 14 (1978).

-10.632700 34.082600 4
83771 Stereospermum kunthianum 28 Sep 1967 HM Richards
HM Richards 22321 Isoko-Mbala Region 1 m from Mbala. 0 Zambia N 1524

Recently burnt ground. Scattered trees. Trunk smooth. Leaves pinnate. Flowers pale pink purple markings.

0.000000 0.000000 0
84127 Vernonia muelleri subsp. brevicuspis 9 May 1952 HM Richards
HM Richards 1161 Mbala 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 0

-8.833333 31.383333 5
84128 Vernonia muelleri subsp. brevicuspis No date HM Richards
HM Richards 22262 Mbala, Lunzaw Falls 0 Zambia 0831C3 N 0

-8.933333 31.150000 5
84195 Wahlenbergia ramosissima subsp. centiflora No date HM Richards
HM Richards 5565 D'hulmiti-Katula on old Mbala-Mpulungu road. 0 Zambia 0931B2 N 0

-9.216667 31.816667 5


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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Records made by Mary Richards.
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