Records made by Darrel Plowes

Records: 65

The following is a list of the records made by Darrel Plowes 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
6112 Abutilon angulatum var. angulatum No date DCH Plowes
Nyanyadzi, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
53231 Actiniopteris dimorpha subsp. dimorpha 7 Sep 1952 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1472 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Growing under a rock on side of granite kopje Kora Kora stream, near Absent Farm, Matopos Reserve 0 Zimbabwe 2028D2 W 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
26539 Aerangis appendiculata No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 8016 0 Not known

0
15648 Aerangis verdickii var. verdickii 3 Apr 1971 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3459 Christon Bank 7 0 Zimbabwe 1731C1 C

Epiphyte. Flowers white, with slightly twisted spurs greenish-cream in colour. Leaves rectangular, notched at the apex.

0
25641 Aframomum angustifolium 27 Oct 1969 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3420 In kloof forest on sandstone On the Mutsangadzi River, Ngorima TTL, Melsetter. 0 Zimbabwe E 1220

Plants growing c. 8 feet tall. Flowers reddish-orange, waxy, in spikes up to 9 inches tall. Rainfall 70 inches per annum.

0.000000 0.000000 0
6282 Agelanthus pungu 15 Mar 1968 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2891 6 km W of Mutare 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 0

Parasite on Julbernardia globiflora. Flowers orange, fading to greenish at the base and tipped with red. Leaves bluish grey-green.

0.000000 0.000000 2
6283 Agelanthus pungu No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1126 South of Gweru 0 Zimbabwe 1929D2 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 1
6284 Agelanthus subulatus No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 8057 South of Ngundu Halt, 100 km South of Masvingo 0 Zimbabwe S

On Pterocarpus angolensis.

0.000000 0.000000 0
22310 Angraecum conchiferum No date DCH Plowes
Below the hut, Chimanimani Mts. 33 0 Zimbabwe E

0
15670 Anisopappus kirkii 12 Aug 1973 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4465 On lower slopes of Chimanimani Mts 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1200

A large bushy erect herb up to 2 m tall. Leaves triangular, twice as long as broad, very slightly pubescent. Inflorescence a corymb, with showy golden yellow flowers 2 cm in diameter.

0.000000 0.000000 2
6262 Argyrolobium tomentosum 6 Apr 1970 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3428 In rank grassland on dolerite Lemon Kop, Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 0

Bushes 1-1.5 m tall, with clusters of showy yellow flowers.Calyx and buds maroon. Upper surface of leaves with fine silky hairs.

-19.950000 32.751000 5
15655 Barleria crassa subsp. crassa 20 Jun 1967 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2860 On whale back granite kopje Chiduku TTL, Rusape 0 Zimbabwe C 1400

Bushy herbs ± 2 ft tall in association with Aloe cameronii. Flowers bluish mauve, 1 inch diameter. Bracts reticulated with purple. Anthers violet, filaments light yellow. Spines 0.5 inches long at base of flowers.

0.000000 0.000000 0
15657 Barleria hirta No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2225 Nyahodi River, Chimanimani. 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
40612 Barleria senensis 28 Mar 1973 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4440 SRGH
Dry stony soil Mutema (Mtema) CL, Save valley near Birchenough Bridge 0 Zimbabwe 2032A2 E 450

Bushy perennial herb, flowers apricot yellow in terminal spikes, the bracts subtending bristles at the base of each flower. Leaves with pairs of stipellar spines at base.

-20.133333 32.383333 5
48693 Brachystegia spiciformis 23 Feb 2012 DCH Plowes
S Bellot
S Bellot 17 Open woodland with J. globiflora and B. spiciformis as main species. Mutare, Christmas Pass area, by path towards lodge on south side of A3 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1238

Tree infected with Berlinianche aethiopica

-18.937658 32.619617 7
73918 Brillantaisia cicatricosa 14 Aug 1962 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2261 SRGH
In opening in kloof forest Ngorima Reserve, Melsetter (Chimanimani) District. 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 1220

Plants with conspicuous inflorescences about 9" long of long violet coloured flowers; lower lip more purplish in shade except for the inward bulge in the throat which is rusty straw colour. Stems square; leaves opposite, cordate-acuminate, 9" long on 3" petioles. Plants bushy herbs.

-20.083320 32.883350 5
7668 Calanthe sylvatica No date DCH Plowes
0 Zimbabwe

0
6447 Camellia sinensis No date DCH Plowes
Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
12456 Carphalea pubescens 20 Dec 1965 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2746 SRGH
In a sheltered watercourse At Kariba Dam, Kariba 0 Zimbabwe N 460

0.000000 0.000000 0
52645 Christella gueinziana 23 May 1954 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1737 SRGH
A pretty shade loving fern about 18" tall on banks of Tombetyane stream Near absent farm, Eastern Matopos 0 Zimbabwe 2028D2 W 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
7173 Cladostemon kirkii 16 Oct 1963 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2353 SRGH
On a sandstone kopje Dott's Drift, Chisumbanje, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe E 400

0.000000 0.000000 0
6263 Cordyla africana 28 Sep 1965 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2710 Occasional on banks of the Save River Near Chibuwe Irrigation Scheme, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe 0

Very large shady trees. Masses of golden yellow flowers. Fruit like small mango in appearance, edible. Local name: Mutondo.

0.000000 0.000000 0
25111 Crassula setulosa var. setulosa 17 May 1972 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4417 On sheltered vertical banks of damp soil 15 km south of Cashel, growing with C. swaziensis. 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1600

Plants form low cushions 10 cm diameter. Flower stems 5-8 cm long. Flowers white. Leaves [alternately?] opposite in a series of 4, dull green.

0.000000 0.000000 2
21871 Crinum buphanoides No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 7032 Tewane River, 30 km north of Mahalapye, Botswana. 0 Botswana 2226D4 SE 1071

5
15600 Cyrtanthus breviflorus No date DCH Plowes
Mt Rukotso, Nyanga 25,155 0 Zimbabwe 1832B2 E 2400

0
27775 Disa baurii 3 Oct 1999 DCH Plowes
On dolerite World's View, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B2 E 2300

0
27778 Disa ochrostachya 2 Feb 1997 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 8432 On dolerite Kwaraguza, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe E 2150

0
27776 Disa ochrostachya 19 Feb 1983 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes sn Pungwe River, Nyanga NP 54 0 Zimbabwe E 0

0
27810 Disa ornithantha 20 Feb 1965 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2683 On wet granite slab. Near Trout Hatchery, Nyanga NP 54,155 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 1830

Plants 10 inches tall, flowers 1 inch diameter. Lateral sepals and extension of dorsal sepal red, interior of latter yellow spotted with red. Lip also yellow and red.

0
14524 Erianthemum dregei No date DCH Plowes
Chimanimani Mts 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 0

On Julbernardia globiflora

0.000000 0.000000 0
15498 Erythrina livingstoniana No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2072 Chibunje, Musikavanhu CL, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe 2032C2 E 400

0.000000 0.000000 0
15613 (cultivated) Eucalyptus grandis (cultivated) No date DCH Plowes
0 Zimbabwe

0.000000 0.000000 0
14519 Eureiandra fasciculata 17 Nov 1966 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2831 Trailing over grass and bushes On basalt, Hippo Mine, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe 2132A2 0

Flowers 2 inches, cream coloured with conspicuous yellow anthers at bottom of slight cup; petals spreading. Leaves palmately lobed; lobes linear with occasional linear projections.

-21.066667 32.253333 5
15612 Gardenia imperialis subsp. imperialis 8 Feb 1966 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2753 SRGH
In swamp Pungwe valley, Nyanga District 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 700

0.000000 0.000000 2
15611 Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis var. goetzei No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2364 Mutare 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
30480 Graderia scabra 17 Oct 1960 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2127 Stapleford, Mutare District 0 Zimbabwe 1832D2 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
30481 Graderia scabra No date DCH Plowes
0 Zimbabwe 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
7151 Hibiscus rhodanthus No date DCH Plowes
Vati, N of Karoi 0 Zimbabwe N

0.000000 0.000000 0
14136 Holarrhena pubescens 6 Dec 1964 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2507 SRGH
In Julbernardia-Terminalia-Bauhinia woodland, granite sand 35 kms South of Mutare 0 Zimbabwe 1932B3 E 910

0.000000 0.000000 2
14135 Holarrhena pubescens 7 Dec 1970 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3448 SRGH
Mixed woodland on granite sand Bikita District 0 Zimbabwe 2031B2 S 0

0.000000 0.000000 1
18197 Impatiens wallerana 18 Nov 1965 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2729 SRGH
On the banks of the Rusitu River Rusitu Valley, Ngorima CL 0 Zimbabwe E 460

0.000000 0.000000 0
48694 Julbernardia globiflora 23 Feb 2012 DCH Plowes
S Bellot
Open woodland with J. globiflora and B. spiciformis as main species. Mutare, Christmas Pass area, by path towards lodge on south side of A3 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1238

-18.937658 32.619617 7
6522 Kniphofia splendida No date DCH Plowes
Chimanimani Mts 0 Zimbabwe E

0
34938 Leonotis ocymifolia var. raineriana Mar 1972 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4412 SRGH
BR
On granite soils Erin Forest Reserve, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
7017 Markhamia zanzibarica No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2735 Chipangayi River, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe

0.000000 0.000000 0
27639 Osmunda regalis 23 May 1954 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1739 SRGH
Shady site at water edge Matopos east, Tambetyane stream near absent farm 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-33- W 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
27650 Osmunda regalis 1 Sep 1958 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2046 SRGH
Along river, roots in water Inyanga, Pungwe river 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 730

0.000000 0.000000 0
6084 Pilostyles aethiopica No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 8601 Christmas Pass, Mutare 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
48697 Pilostyles aethiopica 25 Feb 2012 DCH Plowes
S Bellot
S Bellot 25 DCH Plowes S Bellot Open miombo woodland Mutare, Vumba Road 0 Zimbabwe 1932B1 E 1307

Endoparasite on Brachystegia spiciformis

-19.049167 32.689894 7
48696 Pilostyles aethiopica 25 Feb 2012 DCH Plowes
S Bellot
S Bellot 23 DCH Plowes S Bellot Open miombo woodland Mutare, Vumba Road 0 Zimbabwe 1932B1 E 1007

Endoparasite on Brachystegia spiciformis

-19.189053 32.709911 7
48695 Pilostyles aethiopica 23 Feb 2012 DCH Plowes
S Bellot
S Bellot 20 DCH Plowes S Bellot Open woodland with J. globiflora and B. spiciformis as main species. Mutare, Christmas Pass, behind handcraft stand by A3 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1316

Endoparasite on Brachystegia spiciformis

-18.946153 32.636389 7
48692 Pilostyles aethiopica 24 Feb 2012 DCH Plowes
S Bellot
S Bellot 19 DCH Plowes S Bellot Open woodland with J. globiflora and B. spiciformis as main species. Mutare, Christmas Pass area, by path towards lodge on south side of A3 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1238

Endoparasite on Brachystegia spiciformis

-18.937658 32.619617 7
30266 Platycoryne mediocris No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes sn 0 Not known

0
53334 Pteris friesii 23 May 1954 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1735 SRGH
In association with other ferns on semi-shaded bed & bank of Tombetyane stream; only one seen growing in enriched granite sand. Near absent Farm, Eastern Matopos 0 Zimbabwe 2028D2 W 0

Fern standing about 3 ft high

0.000000 0.000000 2
5636 Raphia farinifera No date DCH Plowes
Burma Valley 63 0 Zimbabwe 1932B2 E

0.000000 0.000000 0
30261 Satyrium hallackii subsp. ocellatum No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 8629 0 Not known 0

0
30263 Satyrium macrophyllum 18 Mar 1972 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4411 In damp soil on roadside, on granite/ dolerite contact. Erin Forest Reserve, Inyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B3 E 1800

A magnificent species with deep pink flowers and reddish-green bracts about 50-60 cm tall.

0
6278 Siphonochilus aethiopicus 25 Nov 1962 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2282 SRGH
In Brachystegia / Uapaca woodland on granite soil Base of the Burma Valley Pass 63 0 Zimbabwe 1932B2 E 840

0.000000 0.000000 2
6279 Siphonochilus kirkii 17 Dec 1971 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3485 SRGH
Under bushes on sandstone Hwange 0 Zimbabwe W

0.000000 0.000000 0
35760 Sphedamnocarpus pruriens var. pruriens 9 Apr 1963 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2334 SRGH
BR
Pasture Research Centre, Melsetter (Chimanimani) 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
35503 Striga gesnerioides 30 Apr 1969 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3203 SRGH
K
Wiltshire Estate, between Enkeldoorn (Chivhu) and Buhera, Charter District 0 Zimbabwe 1831C1 C 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 8 part 2:131 (1990)

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32603 Strobilanthopsis linifolia 17 Jul 1958 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2040 SRGH
BR
Under Brachystegia boehmii on schists In Sawunyama Reserve, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1732D4 E 1070

Common small bushy herb. Plants smell like an old billy goat. Flowers pale bluish-mauve, with darker streaks in throat. Leaves lanceolate, entire. slightly hairy.

-17.751000 32.833333 5
6985 Strophanthus petersianus 16 Oct 1963 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2352 SRGH
Base of sanstone kope in Julbernardia woodland Dott's Drift, Chisumbanje, Lower Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe E 400

0.000000 0.000000 0
52490 Thelypteris confluens 23 May 1954 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1736 SRGH
Growing among grass etc. on banks of Tom-betyane stream. Near absent farm, Eastern Matopos 0 Zimbabwe 2028D2 W 0

Common small fern about 18-24" tall

0.000000 0.000000 2
7486 Viscum menyharthii No date DCH Plowes
Buhera 0 Zimbabwe 1931B4 E 915

Growing in Ficus.

0.000000 0.000000 2


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