Images taken by Darrel Plowes

Records: 62

The following is a list of the records made by Darrel Plowes in species name order.

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NoImageSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Picture byColl.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc CodeImage
6112Abutilon angulatum var. angulatum Abutilon angulatum var. angulatum DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Nyanyadzi, Save Valley0ZimbabweE

0.0000000.00000001
26539Aerangis appendiculata Aerangis appendiculata DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 8016 0Not known

01
15648Aerangis verdickii var. verdickii Aerangis verdickii var. verdickii03 Apr 1971DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 3459 Christon Bank70Zimbabwe1731C1 C

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

01
6282Agelanthus pungu Agelanthus pungu15 Mar 1968DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2891 6 km W of Mutare0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

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

0.0000000.00000021
6283Agelanthus pungu Agelanthus pungu DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 1126 South of Gweru0Zimbabwe1929D2C0

0.0000000.00000012
6284Agelanthus subulatus Agelanthus subulatus DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 8057 South of Ngundu Halt, 100 km South of Masvingo0ZimbabweS

On Pterocarpus angolensis.

0.0000000.00000001
6262Argyrolobium tomentosum Argyrolobium tomentosum06 Apr 1970DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 3428 In rank grassland on doleriteLemon Kop, Chimanimani0Zimbabwe1932D4E0

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

-19.95000032.75100051
6037Babiana bainesii Babiana bainesii DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2312 Rusape0Zimbabwe C

01
6037Babiana bainesii Babiana bainesii DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2312 Rusape0Zimbabwe C

02
15655Barleria crassa subsp. crassa Barleria crassa subsp. crassa20 Jun 1967DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2860 On whale back granite kopjeChiduku TTL, Rusape0ZimbabweC1400

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.

0.0000000.00000001
40612Barleria senensis Barleria senensis28 Mar 1973DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 4440 SRGH
Dry stony soilMutema (Mtema) CL, Save valley near Birchenough Bridge0Zimbabwe2032A2E450

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.

-20.13333332.38333351
15653Barleria spinulosa subsp. kirkii Barleria spinulosa subsp. kirkii19 Apr 1965DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2690 On coarse granite sandveld.Near Mt Rudd, Save Valley0Zimbabwe2032A2E490

With Acacia tortilis and baobabs. Bushy herbs, c. 18 inches tall. Flowers pale blue, 1 inch diameter and tube 1 inch long. Calyx ... [illegible].

0.0000000.00000001
7668Calanthe sylvatica Calanthe sylvatica DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 0Zimbabwe

01
7668Calanthe sylvatica Calanthe sylvatica DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 0Zimbabwe

02
12456Carphalea pubescens Carphalea pubescens20 Dec 1965DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2746 SRGH
In a sheltered watercourseAt Kariba Dam, Kariba0ZimbabweN460

0.0000000.00000001
15587Ceropegia floribundior Ceropegia floribundior07 Dec 1966DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2603 In plot next to Chimanimani Hotel, Melsetter.0ZimbabweE

Colony of ± dozen plants. Flowers deep maroon, slightly spotted with greenish on base externally; lobes 2 cm long, spreading. Tuber 10-15 cm diameter, 3-5 cm thick. Leaves linear, 4-5 cm long.

0.0000000.00000001
7173Cladostemon kirkii Cladostemon kirkii16 Oct 1963DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2353 SRGH
On a sandstone kopjeDott's Drift, Chisumbanje, Save Valley0ZimbabweE400

0.0000000.00000001
7173Cladostemon kirkii Cladostemon kirkii16 Oct 1963DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2353 SRGH
On a sandstone kopjeDott's Drift, Chisumbanje, Save Valley0ZimbabweE400

0.0000000.00000002
6263Cordyla africana Cordyla africana28 Sep 1965DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2710 Occasional on banks of the Save RiverNear Chibuwe Irrigation Scheme, Save Valley0Zimbabwe 0

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

01
19149Craterostigma plantagineum Craterostigma plantagineum DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2374 Masvingo0Zimbabwe S

01
7100Crinum paludosum Crinum paludosum19 Dec 1971DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 3493 In shallow water on black clay soil.5 km SW of Norton0Zimbabwe1730D3 C1375

A showy species. Flowers white with faint pink stripe on back of each perianth lobe and turning pink with age. Anthers dark. Style and stigma purple for terminal half of length. Leaves only lightly undulate; margins minutely toothed, 30-50 cm long, 3-5 cm wide.

51
7101Crinum paludosum Crinum paludosum29 Dec 1964DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2544 In shallow rain water pans in flat mopane veldChibuwe Irrigation Scheme, Save Valley0Zimbabwe2032A4 E460

Plants 18 inches tall. Flowers white, trumpet-shaped, with faint pink stripe on back of each corolla lobe. Anthers yellow. Apical half of style purple. [illegible]. Leaf margins straight.

52
15600Cyrtanthus breviflorus Cyrtanthus breviflorus DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Mt Rukotso, Nyanga25,1550Zimbabwe1832B2 E2400

01
27775Disa baurii Disa baurii03 Oct 1999DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes On doleriteWorld's View, Nyanga0Zimbabwe1832B2 E2300

01
27776Disa ochrostachya Disa ochrostachya19 Feb 1983DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes sn Pungwe River, Nyanga NP540Zimbabwe E0

01
27776Disa ochrostachya Disa ochrostachya19 Feb 1983DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes sn Pungwe River, Nyanga NP540Zimbabwe E0

02
27778Disa ochrostachya Disa ochrostachya02 Feb 1997DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 8432 On doleriteKwaraguza, Nyanga0Zimbabwe E2150

03
27810Disa ornithantha Disa ornithantha20 Feb 1965DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2683 On wet granite slab.Near Trout Hatchery, Nyanga NP54,1550Zimbabwe1832B4 E1830

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.

01
14524Erianthemum dregei Erianthemum dregei DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Chimanimani Mts0Zimbabwe1932D4E0

On Julbernardia globiflora

0.0000000.00000001
14525Erianthemum ngamicum Erianthemum ngamicum DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Airport, Gaberone, Botswana0Botswana

0.0000000.00000001
14525Erianthemum ngamicum Erianthemum ngamicum DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Airport, Gaberone, Botswana0Botswana

0.0000000.00000002
14527Erianthemum virescens Erianthemum virescens DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes In mopane woodland, on Dichrostachys cinerea.Base of Njelele Pass, 25km East of Gokwe.0Zimbabwe1829A3N1225

-18.29479029.09583051
15498Erythrina livingstoniana Erythrina livingstoniana DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2072 Chibunje, Musikavanhu CL, Save Valley0Zimbabwe2032C2E400

0.0000000.00000001
15498Erythrina livingstoniana Erythrina livingstoniana DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2072 Chibunje, Musikavanhu CL, Save Valley0Zimbabwe2032C2E400

0.0000000.00000002
15613 (cultivated)Eucalyptus grandis Eucalyptus grandis (cultivated) DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 0Zimbabwe

0.0000000.00000001
14519Eureiandra fasciculata Eureiandra fasciculata17 Nov 1966DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2831 Trailing over grass and bushesOn basalt, Hippo Mine, Save Valley0Zimbabwe2132A20

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.

-21.06666732.25333351
14519Eureiandra fasciculata Eureiandra fasciculata17 Nov 1966DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2831 Trailing over grass and bushesOn basalt, Hippo Mine, Save Valley0Zimbabwe2132A20

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.

-21.06666732.25333352
15612Gardenia imperialis subsp. imperialis Gardenia imperialis subsp. imperialis08 Feb 1966DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2753 SRGH
In swampPungwe valley, Nyanga District0Zimbabwe1832B4E700

0.0000000.00000021
15611Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis var. goetzei Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis var. goetzei DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2364 Mutare0ZimbabweE

0.0000000.00000001
35745Gladiolus magnificus Gladiolus magnificus DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 1668 SRGH
Nyamandhlovu0Zimbabwe W0

01
35745Gladiolus magnificus Gladiolus magnificus DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 1668 SRGH
Nyamandhlovu0Zimbabwe W0

02
15501Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. sublobatum Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. sublobatum DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 120 kms south of Bulawayo0Zimbabwe

0.0000000.00000001
7151Hibiscus rhodanthus Hibiscus rhodanthus DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Vati, N of Karoi0ZimbabweN

0.0000000.00000001
14135Holarrhena pubescens Holarrhena pubescens07 Dec 1970DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 3448 SRGH
Mixed woodland on granite sandBikita District0Zimbabwe2031B2S0

0.0000000.00000011
14136Holarrhena pubescens Holarrhena pubescens06 Dec 1964DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2507 SRGH
In Julbernardia-Terminalia-Bauhinia woodland, granite sand35 kms South of Mutare0Zimbabwe1932B3E910

0.0000000.00000022
41201Kleinia fulgens Kleinia fulgens DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Echo Cave, Mpumalanga, South Africa.0South Africa0

0.0000000.00000001
7017Markhamia zanzibarica Markhamia zanzibarica DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2735 Chipangayi River, Save Valley0Zimbabwe

0.0000000.00000001
6084Pilostyles aethiopica Pilostyles aethiopica DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 8601 Christmas Pass, Mutare0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

0.0000000.00000021
6084Pilostyles aethiopica Pilostyles aethiopica DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 8601 Christmas Pass, Mutare0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

0.0000000.00000022
6084Pilostyles aethiopica Pilostyles aethiopica DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 8601 Christmas Pass, Mutare0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

0.0000000.00000023
30266Platycoryne mediocris Platycoryne mediocris DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes sn 0Not known

01
6278Siphonochilus aethiopicus Siphonochilus aethiopicus25 Nov 1962DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2282 SRGH
In Brachystegia / Uapaca woodland on granite soilBase of the Burma Valley Pass630Zimbabwe1932B2E840

0.0000000.00000021
6279Siphonochilus kirkii Siphonochilus kirkii17 Dec 1971DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 3485 SRGH
Under bushes on sandstoneHwange0ZimbabweW

0.0000000.00000001
6279Siphonochilus kirkii Siphonochilus kirkii17 Dec 1971DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 3485 SRGH
Under bushes on sandstoneHwange0ZimbabweW

0.0000000.00000002
6985Strophanthus petersianus Strophanthus petersianus16 Oct 1963DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes DCH Plowes 2352 SRGH
Base of sanstone kope in Julbernardia woodlandDott's Drift, Chisumbanje, Lower Save Valley0ZimbabweE400

0.0000000.00000001
26258Tapinanthus quequensis Tapinanthus quequensis DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes sn On exotic Black Wattle - Acacia mearnsiiClaremont, 6 km north of Juliasdale0Zimbabwe1832B3E1900

-18.32041232.69537651
26258Tapinanthus quequensis Tapinanthus quequensis DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes sn On exotic Black Wattle - Acacia mearnsiiClaremont, 6 km north of Juliasdale0Zimbabwe1832B3E1900

-18.32041232.69537652
14122Vanwykia remota Vanwykia remota DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Ruti Dam, Buhera0Zimbabwe1931D1S990

-19.57359631.74155251
14122Vanwykia remota Vanwykia remota DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Ruti Dam, Buhera0Zimbabwe1931D1S990

-19.57359631.74155252
14122Vanwykia remota Vanwykia remota DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Ruti Dam, Buhera0Zimbabwe1931D1S990

-19.57359631.74155253
7486Viscum menyharthii Viscum menyharthii DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Buhera0Zimbabwe1931B4E915

Growing in Ficus.

0.0000000.00000021
7486Viscum menyharthii Viscum menyharthii DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes Buhera0Zimbabwe1931B4E915

Growing in Ficus.

0.0000000.00000022


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Images made by Darrel Plowes.
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