Records made by Blake Goldsmith

Records: 52

The following is a list of the records made by Blake Goldsmith 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   
48944 Adiantum raddianum May 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 58/67 SRGH
Growing under cool damp conditions Swynnerton's spring, Chirinda Forest margin, Chipinga district 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1097

Maidenhair fern, leaves fine, of delicate texture with thin shiny black rhachis

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24480 Arthropteris orientalis Apr 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 34/68 SRGH
Amongst shattered rock faces Mt. Pene 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN895906 E 1735

0.000000 0.000000 2
35933 Asplenium lobatum Sep 1972 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 34/72 SRGH
Deep shade near water Mermaids Grotto, Mubangazi river, Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN868896 E 1300

0.000000 0.000000 6
35948 Asplenium mannii Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 29/67 SRGH
Epiphyte on fallen Craibia brevicaudata Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

0.000000 0.000000 2
36185 Asplenium rutifolium Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 28/67 SRGH
Epiphyte on fallen Craibia brevicaudata Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

0.000000 0.000000 2
15556 Blechnum tabulare Jul 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 105/68 SRGH
Edge of large gwasha, quartzite soil Chimanimani, Mt. Bunga, Tarka Forest Reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN95-93- E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 0
22429 Blotiella natalensis Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6621 SRGH
Chimanimani, Haroni Makurupini forest 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
35398 Crassula alsinoides Nov 1962 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 224/62 SRGH
K
LISC
PRE
EA
Gunguinyane Forest Reserve, Chipinge 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1065

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 7 part 1: 18 (1983)

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30188 Cyathea capensis Jun 1972 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 08/1972 SRGH
Cool shaded gwasha under large trees along watercourse Chimanimani, Mt. Pene 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN895906 E 1700

0.000000 0.000000 0
30241 Cyathea thomsonii May 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 57/67 SRGH
Growing in a cool moist place Chipinga, Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1100

0.000000 0.000000 0
80458 Cynanchum umtalense Jan 1962 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 1/62 SRGH
K
B
FI
BR
Margin of forest. Chirinda Forest. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1200

Type specimen. Cited in A revision of Cynanchum (Liede, 1996: 341)

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22555 Dicranopteris linearis Mar 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith Jun-68 SRGH
Common in damp spots on road verges Chimanimani, Tarka Forest reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN95-93- E 1155

0.000000 0.000000 0
35384 Dictyophleba lucida Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6617 SRGH
K
BR
Haroni/Makurupini Forest 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 400

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 7 part 2: 422 (1985)

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53168 Diplazium nemorale May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 8/73 SRGH
On wet slope in rocks & dense shade Muchira river bank, Chimanimani district 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 1600

0.000000 0.000000 2
49683 Elaphoglossum spathulatum var. spathulatum May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 10/73 SRGH
On quartside damp rock shade of large trees. Lithophutic fern in small short dense patches. Southern slope of Mount Peni 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1650

Old fertile leaves quite black on the underside; leaves very hairy, less than 15 cm long

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22596 Gleichenia polypodioides Apr 1970 B Goldsmith
Shady damp patch of gully forest on quartzitic sandstone soil Chimanimani, Tarka Forest reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN95-93- E 1500

0.000000 0.000000 0
34956 Haumaniastrum dissitifolium May 1966 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 60/67 SRGH
K
BR
Open grassland near Msilinge River Gungunyana Forest Reserve, Chipinga 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 915

0.000000 0.000000 2
35315 Helichrysum lepidissimum Jun 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 86/68 SRGH
Tarka Forest Reserve, lower slopes Mt Peni 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1525

0.000000 0.000000 2
74841 Helichrysum longiramum Jun 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 88/68 SRGH
On lower slopes Mt Peni, along eastern boundary Tarka Forest Reserve, Chimanimani. 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1525

Fairly common patches up to 4' tall. Flowers yellow.

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22633 Huperzia dacrydioides May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith Nov-73 SRGH
Epiphyte, hanging from large branch of Ochna holstii Mt. Peni, upper S-slopes 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN895906 E 1666

0.000000 0.000000 0
22656 Huperzia ophioglossoides May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith Sep-73 SRGH
Lithophyte on damp quartzite rock in dense shade Chimanimani, Mt. Peni, S-slopes 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN89-90- E 1650

0.000000 0.000000 0
22449 Hypolepis sparsisora Nov 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 119/67 SRGH
Dappled shade banks of Zona R. Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
40865 Lomariopsis warneckei Nov 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 111/67 SRGH
In damp well-shaded area. Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

The stem adheres to the tree like a tentacle. One stem had reached 30 feet tall. stems reddish brown. NOTE: the altitude given on the label is 6700 ft. This must be an error since nowhere in Chirinda Forest is higher than 1240 m (c. 4070 ft) and Lomariopsis never occurs at such high elevations.

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52788 Loxogramme abyssinica Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 24/67 SRGH
Epiphytic fern 100 feet above ground on fallen Celtis durandii Chirinda forest. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Small simple leaves with only a few found to be fertile. Brown spores occur in narrow rectangles on the top portion of the leaf.

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22713 Lycopodiella cernua May 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 49/67 SRGH
Moist road cutting Chirinda forest, outskirts 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1065

0.000000 0.000000 0
29136 Mellera lobulata Sep 1961 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 71/61 SRGH
A common weed on shaded road verges Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1100

Dense patches of this plant have a sour smell. Pure white flowers and tapered petals and a mauvish spot on the lip.

0.000000 0.000000 0
29128 Mellera lobulata Oct 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 90/67 SRGH
Along road verges Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1100

Tall herb with showy white to delicate mauve flowers of very regular petal lobe arrangement. Foul smelling.

0.000000 0.000000 0
52820 Microsorum punctatum Apr 1969 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 40/69 SRGH
Epiphyte clinging tightly to rough stemmed tree. Enormous where it grows in tree forks. Seen on rock outcrops & living after tree has fallen and decayed. Haroni river under evergreen forest 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 560

Common. Leaves very showy, often over 3' long with both surfaces shiny, darker green above, sporangia in small dots.

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49743 Nephrolepis biserrata Oct 1972 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 39/72 SRGH
Tall fern in good shade under large trees. Lisutu River bank above its confluence with Haroni river 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 700

Fern pinnately compound, tufted, with fronds over 2 metres tall; sori round evenly spaced, not quite marginal, light brown; stipe and rhachis deeply channeled above.

0.000000 0.000000 2
52689 Nephrolepis undulata May 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 56/67 SRGH
Colony in well shaded moist road verge under large pines. Gungunyana Forest Reserve (=Chirinda Forest), Chipinga district. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 940

Single fronds erect and flattened in one plane with pinnate leaves tapering to a broad point and leaflets distinctly overlapping on the undersurface.

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97013 Oldenlandia rupicola var. rupicola Sep 1970 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 19/70 SRGH
BR
In shade on perimeter of Gwasha Eastern slope of Mount Peni on Glencoe Forest Reserve, Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1400

Lax herb, small thin leaves. Flowers pretty mauvish. Whole plant of delicate appearance forming quite dense sward, up to 2 ft high.,

-19.966700 32.900000 5
24521 Oleandra distenta 14 Dec 1972 TM Müller
B Goldsmith
TM Müller B Goldsmith 2069 SRGH
Mixed evergreen forest Chimanimani, Mutsangazi river, W of Mt. Peni 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 900

0.000000 0.000000 0
27652 Osmunda regalis Jul 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 79/67 SRGH
On damp bank near source of Gungunyama river Chipinga, Gungunyana forest reserve 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
21835 Pachycarpus bisacculatus Jan 1962 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 25/62 SRGH
K
BM
LISC
PRE
BR
Spangabera (Espungabera), Manica 0 Mozambique 2032B4 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
21798 Pergularia daemia subsp. daemia Mar 1964 B Goldsmith
Gungunyana Forest Reserve, Chipinga Dist (Chirinda Forest) 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1150

0.000000 0.000000 0
52876 Pleopeltis macrocarpa Mar 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 15/68 SRGH
Epiphytic fern on tree, in cool shady riverine gully Lionhills Forest Reserve, +/- 10 miles from Melsetter (Mutare) 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1520

0.000000 0.000000 2
53052 Pleopeltis polypodioides subsp. ecklonii Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 23/67 SRGH
Epiphytic fern growing on the stem of a large Celtis durandii which has fallen 100 feet from the ground Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Many fronds growing from the stem with the roots forming a fairly dense fibrous layer

0.000000 0.000000 2
107422 Pleurostylia africana Jan 1959 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 3/59 SRGH
K
BM
LISC
BR
On exposed rocky hillside. Urungwe, Kariba 0 Zimbabwe 1629A1 N 610

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 2 part 2, 1966
A tree 30' high. Opposite leaves and branching. Flowers have a nauseating odor which attracts insects including many dragonflies; free flowering with numerous regularly rounded heads; bark rough, dark.

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52721 Pneumatopteris unita Nov 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 126/67 SRGH
Banks of Zona river. Chirinda forest. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Fern with pinnate leaves. Leaflets pointed, long lobed. Small plant developes on tip vegetatively.

0.000000 0.000000 2
22489 Pteridium aquilinum subsp. capense Jan 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 138/67 SRGH
Common in fireguards Chimanimani, Gungunyana Forest Estate. 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 1065

0.000000 0.000000 0
53278 Pteris catoptera Dec 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 141/67 SRGH
Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

Fronds pinnate with pinnae mainly alternate & tapered to fine tips. Distinctly pilose on undersurface of pinnae midribs.

0.000000 0.000000 2
53302 Pteris cretica Aug 1969 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 69/69 SRGH
In sandstone rock cracks on edge of the falls. Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani district. 64 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1000

Flattened in one plane & often trifoliolate; sori in blackish lines along leaf margin.

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53447 Pteris vittata Jul 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 78/67 SRGH
Fern growing on quartzitic sandstone near the dip tank. Gungunyana Forest Reserve, Chipinga district. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 945

Fronds with pinnae curling at tips; spores in narrow marginal lines; pinnate.

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73861 Pterocelastrus echinatus Nov 1969 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 88/69 SRGH
Muchira River, one mile West of Glencoe House, Melsetter (Chimanimani). 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 1200

Tree 40' tall; leaf petioles quite red, possibly due to more sun. Bark pale brown. When bark is lightly scraped it falls off to reveal a bright orange underbark, not slash.

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22762 Ptisana salicifolia Oct 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 110/67 SRGH
On banks of perennial stream, well shaded and permanently damp, not common Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

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53096 Pyrrosia rhodesiana Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 30/67 SRGH
Epiphytic fern on fallen Craibia brevicaudata, very common Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Simple leaves which are densely and conspicuously ferruginous and white pubescent. roots covered in ferruginous straw-like layers.

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5521 Rhoicissus tomentosa Dec 1965 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 51/65 SRGH
Evergreen forest Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1100

Enormous liane, very common. New leaves are densely tomentose.

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48702 Tectaria gemmifera Dec 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 140/67 SRGH
Fern common along shaded road verges Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

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48701 Tectaria gemmifera Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6630 SRGH
Gemmiferous fern by stream Haroni-Makurupini forest 0 Zimbabwe 2031A1 E 400

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48706 Tectaria gemmifera Jan 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 142/67 SRGH
Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Common fern to 3' tall. Vegetative buds evident on fronds

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112612 Telosma africana 4 Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6660 SRGH
K
Haroni River 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 396

Climber, cream green flowers, red on throat outside, sweet scented

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41593 Vittaria volkensii May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 12/73 SRGH
Epiphyte with Lycopodium dacrydioides Upper Southern slope of mount Peni 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1666

Fern with simple linear dark green glabrous fronds in tufts. Up to half a meter long, hanging almost vertically.

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