About the website
New book: Field Guide to the wetter (Zambian) miombo woodland
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This two-volume field guide by Lari Merrett and Kaj Vollesen covers the wetter miombo woodland of Zambia and is based on field work undertaken in the Mutinondo Wilderness Area of northern Zambia. This work comprises 1,022 pages and covers 1,634 species of plant. It is particularly rich in colour photographs. Although based on Zambia, it contains much of interest for other countries in the region. A review of the work may be downloaded from this page. For further information download this flier or contact the author directly at larimerrett@gmail.com. |
Sample image from the Zambia flora
 | Our current sample image is of Impatiens gomphophylla. Click on the thumbnail image to see the full image or click on the species name to find out more. Reload the page to see further images of Zambian plants. |
About the website
This is one of six e-flora websites, which describe the floras of Botswana, Caprivi, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe and which together cover the Flora Zambesiaca area. We also have sister sites about Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, which together cover the Flore d' Afrique Centrale area.The principal contributors to the site are the late Mike Bingham✝, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Mark Hyde and the late Meg Coates Palgrave✝.
The Site history page gives details of the latest additions to the site. There is also a Frequently Asked Questions page.
Flora Zambesiaca
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The Flora Zambesiaca project has been the principal source of information for our project, particularly the keys, descriptions and images. It has been an invaluable tool to enable us to identify the many plant specimens we have recorded and collected and has been one of the most important sources to teach us the botanical skills we have acquired. Further information about Flora Zambesiaca can be found at this link. The picture shows the much-used and now dog-eared volumes which accompany us on our field trips. |
View recently edited pages
As a guide to where to look for new content, below are details of some of the most recently updated pages. Further recently updated species may be found on this page.
| Date | Species |
| 09 Jan 2025 | Monadenium pudibundum var. lanatum |
| 09 Jan 2025 | Ilex mitis var. mitis |
| 09 Jan 2025 | Leptoderris goetzei |
| 09 Jan 2025 | Polystachya zambesiaca |
| 09 Jan 2025 | Humularia elisabethvilleana |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Crotalaria quangensis var. quangensis |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Dissotis gilgiana |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Euphorbia eranthes |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Homalium africanum |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Adenia erecta |
| Mike Bingham✝ | Annette Willemen | Nicholas Wightman | Bart Wursten | Petra Ballings | Mark Hyde | Meg Coates Palgrave✝ | ||||||
| younga(at)ukzn.ac.za | annettewillemen(at)gmail.com | zambeziflora(at)gmail.com | btwursten(at)gmail.com | ballings.petra(at)telenet.be | mahyde(at)gmail.com |
Saturday, 18 January 2025
