Records made by Frederick Eyles

Records: 88

The following is a list of the records made by Frederick Eyles 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   
53215 Actiniopteris pauciloba Mar 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 259 SRGH
In rock crevices, partially shaded. Iron Mask, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1340

0.000000 0.000000 2
48932 Adiantum lunulatum Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 330 SRGH
Also on banks Mazoe River and other well shaded streambanks West face of Iron Mask, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1520

Plentifull locally

0.000000 0.000000 2
48898 Adiantum patens subsp. oatesii Apr 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1269 SRGH
Rain forest, very wet place, among grass, under palms Victoria Falls 24 0 Zimbabwe 1725D4 W 910

0.000000 0.000000 2
48906 Adiantum poiretii Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 328 SRGH
Under shade of rock Iron Mask, West side, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1550

Not common but plentiful locally

0.000000 0.000000 2
122683 (cultivated) Albizia lebbeck (cultivated) Oct 1924 F Eyles
F Eyles 4039 SRGH
Salisbury, Public Park, by back door of Power Station. 1 2 Zimbabwe C 1463

Wide spreading tree.

0.000000 0.000000 0
124203 Alectra orobanchoides 27 Mar 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4867 D Philcox SRGH
Partial shade. Sand-pit Kop, Salisbury. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

Stems red, leaf green, flowers orange wth red stripes.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106529 Ammannia baccifera subsp. aegyptiaca Jan 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 6884 SRGH
Salisbury 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

No detailed location specified

0.000000 0.000000 0
34884 Anemia simii 27 Nov 1920 F Eyles
F Eyles 2361 SRGH
Moist ground, little sun, in kloof. Iron Mark, Mazowe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 TR84-61- C 1340

0.000000 0.000000 5
90964 Aristida diminuta May 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4931 SRGH
Harare, Borrowdale 1 0 Zimbabwe C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
24492 Arthropteris orientalis Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 337 SRGH
Common Mazoe, Iron Mark, E face 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 TR84-61- C 1585

0.000000 0.000000 2
21778 Asclepias palustris 1 Jan 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4604 SRGH
K
Goromonzi 0 Zimbabwe C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
126361 Ascolepis capensis 30 Nov 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles s.n. SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Inflorescence 5 speres whering [sic]; chalk white.

0.000000 0.000000 0
36343 Asplenium varians subsp. fimbriatum 28 Jun 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles 1709 SRGH
Cecil Kop Bush 44,156 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1280

0.000000 0.000000 2
15547 Blechnum punctulatum var. punctulatum Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 342 SRGH
In cliff crevices Mazoe, Iron Mask 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 TR84-61- C 1530

0.000000 0.000000 0
15554 Blechnum tabulare 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3488 SRGH
Rusape, Makoni 0 Zimbabwe 1832C2 C 1400

0.000000 0.000000 0
106552 Buchnera buchneroides Mar 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles 1548 SRGH
On granite Salisbury East 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Upright. Flowers purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126364 Bulbostylis megastachys 30 Nov 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1390 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Inflorescence brown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
52407 Christella chaseana 17 Apr 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4891 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Among rocks, near river Goromonzi, Rua River 0 Zimbabwe 1731C4 C 1580

Bright green

0.000000 0.000000 2
52118 Christella dentata Jun 1920 F Eyles
JS Henkel
F Eyles JS Henkel 2353 JE Burrows SRGH
Hunyani onto limestone in Sinoia Cave Sinoia Cave, Lomagundi district 0 Zimbabwe 1730A3 N 1220

0.000000 0.000000 2
52120 Christella dentata No date F Eyles
F Eyles 95 SRGH
Rain Forest Victoria Falls 24 0 Zimbabwe 1725D4 W 914

Fern 2-3 ft high

0.000000 0.000000 2
52652 Christella gueinziana Apr 1904 F Eyles
F Eyles 63 SRGH
By water Matopo Hills Granite 0 Zimbabwe 2028D1 W 1524

0.000000 0.000000 2
74494 Coleus gracilipedicellatum 25 May 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 5681 SRGH
Botanic Garden, Salisbury ( now Harare). 1,21 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1500

3-4 ft bush, branches radially drooping, flowers blue

0.000000 0.000000 2
30189 Cyathea capensis Sep 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3639 SRGH
Forest fern Mutare, Scandinavia 0 Zimbabwe 1932B2 E 1220

0
126374 Cyperus deciduus 30 Nov 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1391 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Inflorescence green.

0.000000 0.000000 0
215 Cyperus deciduus Dec 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1391 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, below Dam wall 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1530

Specimen in SRGH

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32009 Duosperma quadrangulare 23 Jun 1934 F Eyles
F Eyles 8087 BR
Lukosi River, Wankie 0 Zimbabwe 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
122763 Eminia antennulifera Oct 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 848 SRGH
Salisbury town. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1494

A perennial covering vacant stands. (Not noticed on outside veld). Woody rootstock. [illegible] stems, 3 ft branching; leafy shoots later, twining. Fl. purple and white. Calyx persistent.

0.000000 0.000000 0
97121 Equilabium selukwense 24 Jun 1931 F Eyles
F Eyles 7114 K
Umzingwane, Umzingwane District 0 Zimbabwe 2129A2 S 995

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 8 pt. 8: 228 (2013).

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21800 Glossostelma carsonii 1 Dec 1905 F Eyles
F Eyles 216 SRGH
BM
Mazowe 0 Zimbabwe N 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
90757 Habenaria sochensis 19 Feb 1933 F Eyles
F Eyles 7288 K
Cleveland Dam, Harare District 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0
21427 Helichrysum aureum var. monocephalum Sep 1921 F Eyles
F Eyles 3184 SRGH
Salisbury 0 Zimbabwe C 1460

Rays bright gold. Centre dull yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
21947 Helichrysum chasei No date F Eyles
F Eyles 5086 SRGH
Umtali, Stapleford 0 Zimbabwe E 0

0
41312 Helichrysum stenopterum Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 363 H Wild SRGH
BM
SAM
Amongst dense undergrowth at edge of marshy jungle Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1630D2 N 1340

0.000000 0.000000 2
120416 Hermannia floribunda 27 Mar 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4864 SRGH
In shade at foot of rock. Sand-pit Kop, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

Flowers yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120307 Hibiscus ovalifolius Apr 1920 F Eyles
F Eyles 2164 SRGH
Salisbury. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1494

0.000000 0.000000 0
22628 Huperzia dacrydioides Aug 1920 F Eyles
F Eyles 2548 SRGH
Wet forest, depending from tree Inyanga, Mt. Inyangani, E-slopes 46,54,155 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 VQ83-76- E 1830

0.000000 0.000000 0
97126 Ilex mitis var. mitis 15 Oct 1924 F Eyles
F Eyles 1134 K
BR
Umvukwes (Mvurwi) 0 Zimbabwe 1730B2 C 1525

-17.016670 30.866670 2
120314 Ipomoea dichroa 27 Mar 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4863 SRGH
In shelter at foot of rock. Sand-pit Kop, Salisbury. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
21357 Ipomoea oenotherae var. oenotherae 27 Dec 1926 F Eyles
F Eyles 4590 SRGH
Hunyani, Old Charter Road 0 Zimbabwe C 0

Root tuberous. Flower purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120316 Ipomoea wightii var. wightii Feb 1925 F Eyles
F Eyles 4759 SRGH
Climber among tall grass. Salisbury. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

Flowers mauve.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106560 Jatropha multifida Mar 1934 F Eyles
F Eyles 7890 SRGH
From Forest Nursery, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
126383 Lagarosiphon muscoides 31 Jul 1916 F Eyles
F Eyles 573 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged at shallow end, a dense mass of dark weed.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126384 Lagarosiphon muscoides 10 Feb 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4747 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Large dark green mases under water running fairly fast.

0.000000 0.000000 0
79549 Lagarosiphon muscoides Feb 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 656 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 5
52786 Loxogramme abyssinica Apr 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3407 SRGH
Among moss in deep shade. Chindamora, Harare district 0 Zimbabwe 1731C2 N 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
22684 Lycopodiella caroliniana May 1904 F Eyles
F Eyles 51 SRGH
In marsh Matopo hills 0 Zimbabwe W 1525

0.000000 0.000000 0
119389 Macrotyloma axillare var. glabrum 5 Mar 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3328 SRGH
Hatfield, Salisbury 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
51497 Marsdenia abyssinica Jan 1921 F Eyles
F Eyles 2915 SRGH
Salisbury 0 Zimbabwe C 1460

Liane; fls herbaceous to white; petals pale greenish; corona white.

0.000000 0.000000 0
42285 Marsilea apposita Feb 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3302 GOE Launert SRGH
Large colony on recently dried up bank Uatjemhispe? or Matjemhispe? River, Bulawayo 81 0 Zimbabwe 1370

0.000000 0.000000 0
42481 Marsilea farinosa subsp. farinosa Jun 1903 F Eyles
F Eyles 26 GOE Launert SRGH
Sandstone country, dry sandy river bed N of Bulowajo, near Pasipas Mt. 0 Zimbabwe 2028A2 W 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
29132 Mellera lobulata 25 Jun 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles 1698 SRGH
Umtali in Christmas Pass 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1220

Flowers pale, nearly white, aromatic.

0.000000 0.000000 0
52694 Nephrolepis undulata Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 329 SRGH
In steep ravine West face of Iron Mask, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1524

0.000000 0.000000 2
106537 Nesaea radicans var. floribunda Feb 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 666 SRGH
By roadside Salisbury E Commonage, granite between Hillside and Letombo 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers purple; stems and some leaves tinted purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
112316 Ochna leptoclada 17 Dec 1926 F Eyles
F Eyles 4577 NKB Robson SRGH
Salisbury, Hillside No. 45 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

Shrublet; calyx accrescent, crimson; fruit green, then black

0.000000 0.000000 0
51866 Ophioglossum reticulatum Jan 1909 F Eyles
F Eyles 559 CF Reed SRGH
Swampy ground on E. slope of Iron Mask Hill Iron Mask Hill, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1460

0.000000 0.000000 2
126409 Orthochilus adenoglossus 30 Nov 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles 1396 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0
36151 Orthochilus eustachyus Jan 1907 F Eyles
F Eyles 501 SRGH
Near Bernheim Pump Station, Tatagura Valley, Mazowe District 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1300

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 546 (1998)

2
120883 Osyris lanceolata 13 Nov 1921 F Eyles
F Eyles 3212 SRGH
Salisbury, Epworth. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1524

In fruit, berry red.

0.000000 0.000000 0
73 Oxytenanthera abyssinica Jul 1924 F Eyles
4017 SRGH
Sakugwe River, 18 miles NW of Gatooma 0 Zimbabwe 1829B1 C 1160

Native bamboo, in seed

0.000000 0.000000 2
106591 Pentzia incana Oct 1935 F Eyles
F Eyles 8461 SRGH
Hatfield, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

A troublesome weed

0.000000 0.000000 0
34819 Peperomia leptostachya Mar 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1292 MA Diniz SRGH
Among rocks Palm grove, Victoria Falls 24 0 Zimbabwe 1725D4 W 795

Common diffuse succulent; spikes green

0.000000 0.000000 0
126424 Persicaria senegalensis 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 658 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Lax, spreading many branches from centre, often 4 ft long. Stem dull, brick-red, nodes whitish, midrib of leaf raised below, spikes pink.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106606 Phyllanthus leucanthus Jan 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 912 SRGH
Harare, E Commonage 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers white

0.000000 0.000000 0
106602 Phyllanthus nummulariifolius var. nummulariifolius 26 Feb 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4708 SRGH
Open space Sand-pit Kop, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Location of sand-pit Kop uncertain

0.000000 0.000000 0
106605 Phyllanthus pentandrus 3 Apr 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4875 SRGH
Amongst short grass open to sun Sand-pit Kop, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers pinkish; corolla pink, calyx dark green, white edged, stipules flesh-pink.

0.000000 0.000000 0
53204 Pityrogramma argentea Jan 1909 F Eyles
F Eyles 563 SRGH
Mazoe, on West slope of Iron Maste Hill 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1430

0.000000 0.000000 2
53206 Pityrogramma argentea Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 340 SRGH
In cliff crevices, plentiful locally Iron Mask, East face, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1585

0.000000 0.000000 2
126389 Platostoma strictum 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 662 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Erect, 3 ft herb, bracts and leaves below spike variegated with white at base, some bracts nearly white. Spikes lavender. Leaves tend to turn dark purple with age beginning at margin, old stems dark purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
39925 Polyphlebium borbonicum 28 Jun 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles 1710 SRGH
On under side of rock Cecil kop, Mutare 44,156 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1280

0.000000 0.000000 2
126426 Potamogeton octandrus 31 Jul 1916 F Eyles
F Eyles 577 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126425 Potamogeton octandrus 31 Jan 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles s.n. SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged weeds in such masses at to stop the propeller of small motor boat.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126427 Potamogeton richardii 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 659 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Aquatic, leaves floating, flower spikes projecting above surface, leaves brown or green.

0.000000 0.000000 0
41122 Psilotum nudum May 1904 F Eyles
F Eyles 115 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Growing on bole of living tree in rainforest Victoria Falls 24 0 Zimbabwe 1725D4 W 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
53307 Pteris cretica Dec 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 498 SRGH
In kloof, well shaded, sheltered & watered, stream running through lime. Great B farm, on east side Iron Mask, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 2070

0.000000 0.000000 2
53333 Pteris friesii May 1904 F Eyles
F Eyles 149 SRGH
Matopos 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
53355 Pteris vittata May 1904 F Eyles
F Eyles 66 SRGH
Near Bulowayo 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
126375 Pycreus macranthus 30 Nov 1981 F Eyles
F Eyles 1392 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Inflorescence very dark brown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
53136 Pyrrosia schimperiana Apr 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3412 SRGH
A fringe ringing tree trunk in deep shade, fronds hanging down Chindamora, Harare 0 Zimbabwe 1731C2 N 1310

0.000000 0.000000 2
42028 Selaginella imbricata Apr 1907 F Eyles
F Eyles 546 SRGH
Dry situation Victoria falls 24 0 Zimbabwe 1725D4 W 915

2
42092 Selaginella mittenii 1 Jul 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 828 SRGH
Dark cleft of rock, forest hill top Makoni 0 Zimbabwe C 1525

0.000000 0.000000 0
74226 Sesamum calycinum subsp. baumii Apr 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1315 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
Long Island, Victoria Falls. 0 Zambia 1725D4 S 895

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 3:102 (1988). Although this record is cited for the Western Division of Zimbabwe, the island now belongs to Zambia's Southern Division.

-17.894150 25.829630 6
99125 Setaria lindenbergiana Nov 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles 1922 SRGH
Salisbury, L. Hillside, on ooklip [hard to read] 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

[placed in the Harare location even though not certain]

0.000000 0.000000 0
99124 Setaria orthosticha May 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4932 SRGH
Borrowdale, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1520

0.000000 0.000000 0
52489 Thelypteris confluens Feb 1909 F Eyles
F Eyles 525 SRGH
Very plentiful in marshy places, in reed bed associated with Epilobium hirsutum Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1370

1.3 m long, lower 60-70 cm of stalk bare

0.000000 0.000000 2
52518 Thelypteris confluens Dec 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1434 SRGH
Rua River 0 Zimbabwe 1731C4 C 1520

0.000000 0.000000 2
126393 Utricularia gibba 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 657 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126394 Utricularia gibba 31 Jul 1916 F Eyles
F Eyles 574 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Fully submerged.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126395 Utricularia gibba 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 670 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

In stream below dam. Plant submerged, yellow flowers above surface.

0.000000 0.000000 0


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Records made by Frederick Eyles.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=21, retrieved 31 March 2025

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