Records made by David du Plessis

Records: 40

The following is a list of the records made by David du Plessis 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   
116028 Aristea abyssinica 16 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW676 N Wightman K
NDO
Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1931

Frequent component of the woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

6
116029 Asclepias palustris 16 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW706 DJ Goyder K
NDO
Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr. 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1931

Uncommon component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

-9.987025 33.303850 6
120964 Asplenium monanthes 13 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW653 KB Vollesen K
Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1893

The collection of this specimen is the first record of the species for Zambia

-9.989570 33.304362 6
122720 Begonia princeae 23 Sep 2023 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis V Iliff N O'Connor NCW717 N Wightman KB Vollesen K
NDO
Termitaria in upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 2 Zambia 1528C2 N 1936

-15.521577 28.266402 6
116030 Begonia princeae 17 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW717 N Wightman K
NDO
Termitaria in upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr. 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1936

Locally common on the mounds of a species of Cubitermes

-9.998510 33.309759 6
116031 Begonia sutherlandii subsp. latior 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW700 N Wightman K
NDO
Riparian forest Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr. 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1856

Growing in seepage areas over moss covered rocks in permanently shaded areas

-9.991681 33.309169 6
120969 Clematis chrysocarpa subsp. bijuga 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis G Cameron C Conradie N O'Connor NCW693 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1914

-9.988157 33.306307 6
116033 Costus macranthus 11 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman Open escarpment woodland Chanama area, Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 1526

Growing in an open area at the base of escarpment woodland on edge of drainage channel in clay loam soils

-10.054119 33.302069 6
120971 Cyperus matagoroensis 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW684 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1930

6
120972 Cyperus pulchellus 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW671 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1930

-9.987150 33.303533 6
116037 Cyphostemma princeae 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1880

Occasional component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

-9.990845 33.308430 6
119247 Cyphostemma viscosum 16 Feb 2023 N Wightman
B Bytebier
D du Plessis
N Wightman Miombo woodland Mutuwila Farm, Kabwe Distr., Central Province 0 Zambia 1428C2 C 1153

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116035 Disa aconitoides subsp. concinna 14 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW664 N Wightman K
NDO
Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1931

Occasional component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

6
116051 Dissotis lanata 12 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 2099

Locally common growing amongst Xerophyta and Erica species in rocky scrub

6
120975 Elaphoglossum lancifolium 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW700b KB Vollesen K
Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1840

-9.991461 33.309841 6
120976 Equilabium selukwense 17 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW715 KB Vollesen K
Margins of Rocky montane grassland and riverine forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 2040

-10.011625 33.303087 6
120977 Eriosema verdickii var. schoutedenianum 16 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW705 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1919

-9.987462 33.303795 6
116036 Eriospermum flagelliforme 16 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW707 N Wightman K
NDO
Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1934

Occasional component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

-9.987527 33.301412 6
120979 Fadogia triphylla var. georgii 16 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW668 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1930

-9.987150 33.303533 6
120980 Fadogiella stigmatoloba 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW696 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1899

-9.989726 33.307200 6
116050 Gomphocarpus praticolus 17 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 2048

Uncommon component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

-10.009415 33.303368 6
106176 Habenaria villosa 4 Feb 2018 N Wightman
B Bytebier
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
N Wightman B Bytebier S du Plessis D du Plessis BB3532 B Bytebier K
NU
Under cover of miombo woodland. Turn off from Great North Road towards Chegelo School, straignt on past substation. 58 0 Zambia 1329A4 C 1365

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120981 Helichrysum mechowianum var. ceres 16 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW677 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1995

Growing on steeper sparsely vegetated slopes

-9.983423 33.307423 6
120985 Helichrysum mechowianum var. mechowianum 16 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW711 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1933

Growing on steeper sparsely vegetated slopes

-9.987527 33.301412 6
120986 Helichrysum tillandsiifolium 12 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW642 KB Vollesen K
Rocky montane grassland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 2227

-10.007128 33.321426 6
120987 Indigofera wentzeliana 14 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW685 KB Vollesen K
Montane grassland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 2064

-9.979794 33.310320 6
116043 Monadenium mafingense 14 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 2127

Locally common growing in soil pockets between rocks/boulders

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116040 Monadenium mafingense 12 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW641 N Wightman NDO
Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 2199

Locally common growing in soil pockets between rocks/boulders

6
120989 Nervilia stolziana 12 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW639 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 1985

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120993 Ochna katangensis 14 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW688 KB Vollesen K
Montane grassland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 2099

-9.979352 33.310008 6
116041 Polystachya mafingensis 12 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW640 N Wightman NDO
NU
Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 2199

Locally common growing epiphytically on Xerophyta sp. and occasionally lithophytic on rock ledges

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116044 Polystachya mafingensis 14 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 2127

Locally common growing epiphytically on Xerophyta sp. and occasionally lithophytic on rock ledges

6
119288 Protea micans subsp. micans 14 Feb 2023 N Wightman
B Bytebier
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
SD Johnson
N Wightman Miombo woodland Cantebury Estates, Mkushi Distr., Central Province 0 Zambia 1329D1 C 1386

-13.630678 29.638155 6
121000 Psychotria spithamea 15 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW673 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1915

-9.987543 33.304546 6
116042 Raphionacme madiensis 17 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW718 DJ Goyder K
NDO
Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 1033A2 N 2262

Locally common growing in soil pockets between rocks/boulders

-10.024132 33.300523 6
116045 Romulea camerooniana 14 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman Montane scrub Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 2158

Locally common growing in soil pockets between rocks/boulders

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121001 Solanum giganteum 13 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW647 KB Vollesen K
Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 1883

The collection of this specimen is the first record of the species for Zambia

-9.989778 33.303895 6
118702 Tricalysia coriacea subsp. nyassae 10 Nov 2022 N Wightman
B Bytebier
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
D Vissani
N Wightman B Bytebier S du Plessis D du Plessis D Vissani NCW860 N Wightman K
NDO
Miombo woodland/Evergreen forest boundary Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0 Zambia 1329D1 C 1369

-13.661152 29.535816 6
118701 Tricalysia coriacea subsp. nyassae 10 Nov 2022 N Wightman
B Bytebier
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
D Vissani
N Wightman Miombo woodland/Evergreen forest boundary Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0 Zambia 1329D1 C 1369

-13.661152 29.535816 6
122727 Vernonia gerberiformis subsp. gerberiformis var. gerberiformis 14 Jan 2022 N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW689 KB Vollesen K
Montane grassland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 119 0 Zambia 0933C4 N 2095

-9.979073 33.308681 6


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Records made by David du Plessis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=1356, retrieved 16 April 2025

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