Collections made by Benny Bytebier

Records: 54

The following is a list of the collections made by Benny Bytebier in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Zimbabwe (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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No   Species   Record date   Recorder(s)   Coll.   Det.   Conf.   Herbaria   Habitat   Location   Loc code   Outing code   Planted code   Country   QDS   Grid ref.   FZ Div   Alt. (m)   Notes   Lat   Long   Loc Acc Code   
106208 Brachycorythis buchananii7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3559 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo but not under water with high grass. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1325

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106252 Brachycorythis buchananii11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3605 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Roadside dambo; in low grass in drier parts of the dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.580Zambia1330A1 C1545

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106203 Brachycorythis buchananii6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3554 B Bytebier K
NU
Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1243

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106199 Brachycorythis congoensis6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3553 B Bytebier K
NU
Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1243

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106226 Bulbophyllum fuscum var. melinostachyum8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3577 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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120968 Chlorophytum recurvifolium22 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson NCW747 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Lavushi Manda District, Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4N0

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

-12.45290331.2915906
106253 Cynorkis debilis11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3606 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
On rocks in shade of trees or in humus below the rocks, next to dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.580Zambia1330A1 C1545

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119245 Cyphostemma crotalarioides10 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier NCW876j KB Vollesen NDO
Miombo woodland/rocky outcrops Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4N1481

-12.40046531.3009306
106224 Disa equestris8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3575 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet, grassy seepage dambo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106179 Disa hircicornis4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3535 B Bytebier K
NU
In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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106246 Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3599 B Bytebier K
NU
Dry, sandy part of dambo. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road 580Zambia1229A2 N1171

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106235 Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3585 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Grassy, drier part of dambo. Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1 N1460

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116647 Disperis reichenbachiana24 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3686 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
Escarpment miombo woodland Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr., Muchinga Province 1180Zambia1131B1 N1432

Growing in leaf litter over granite boulders

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119251 Eucomis autumnalis10 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier NCW876i KB Vollesen NDO
Dambo grasslands Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4N1453

Growing in shade of a small copse of trees within the dambo

-12.39850931.2965416
106214 Eulophia angolensis8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3565 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106182 Eulophia hians var. nutans4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3538 B Bytebier K
NU
At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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118690 Eulophia norlindhii21 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3771 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
Escarpment miombo woodland Chakwenga Headwaters, Rufunsa Distr., Lusaka Province, Zambia 2Zambia1529A2 C1101

Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms in Lilayi to flower for identification

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118691 Eulophia streptopetala12 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3744 B Bytebier NDO
NU
Miombo woodland Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1329D1 C1417

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106220 Eulophia tanganyikensis8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3571 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106189 Glossostelma spathulatum5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3544 B Bytebier K
NDO
Miombo woodland. Along the road towards the camp. 580Zambia1231A3N1470

-12.26808031.1721506
106180 Gnidia chrysantha4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3536 B Bytebier NU
In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2C1490

-13.09124030.4219306
106232 Habenaria calvilabris9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3582 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
In grassland above dambo. Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1 N1446

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106219 Habenaria cornuta8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3570 B Bytebier K
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106217 Habenaria cornuta8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3568 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106241 Habenaria cornuta10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3592 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya. 580Zambia1129A1 N1229

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106192 Habenaria disparilis5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3546 B Bytebier K
NU
At edge of fairly dry dambo and miombo woodland. Kabasamo dambo. 580Zambia1231A3 N1470

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106242 Habenaria filicornis10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3593 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya. 580Zambia1129A1 N1229

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106215 Habenaria holubii8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3566 B Bytebier K
NU
Moist dambo Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106181 Habenaria humilior4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3537 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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106248 Habenaria humilior11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3601 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Dry, sandy part of dambo. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road 580Zambia1229A2 N1178

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119253 Habenaria lindblomii8 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3778 B Bytebier NDO
NU
Wooded dambo margins Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4 N1452

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106254 Habenaria papyracea12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3608 B Bytebier K
NU
Open miombo woodland. Moffat Farm, Mkushi Farm Block580Zambia1329A4 C1462

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106250 Habenaria pilosa11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3603 B Bytebier NU
Rocky ridge in miombo woodland. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya. 580Zambia1230A3 C1327

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117952 Habenaria pilosa4 Dec 2019N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena NCW55a N Wightman B Bytebier NU
Escarpment miombo woodland Namutoya area, Chitambo Distr. Central Province 2Zambia1230C2 C1349

Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms from material collected at Namutoya

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106186 Habenaria retinervis5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3541 P Goldblatt K
NU
Miombo woodland. Along the road towards the camp. 580Zambia1231A3 N1470

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106190 Habenaria retinervis5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3541 P Goldblatt K
NU
Miombo woodland. Along the road towards the camp. 580Zambia1231A3 N1470

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106255 Habenaria uhehensis12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3607 B Bytebier K
NU
Open miombo woodland. Moffat Farm, Mkushi Farm Block 580Zambia1329A4 C1462

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116652 Habenaria uhehensis21 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3659 N Wightman NU
Miombo woodland Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr. Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4 N1487

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116885 Lapeirousia caudata3 Jan 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson NCW754b N Wightman UZL
NDO
Sand dune Lake Bangweulu, Samfya Distr., Luapula Province 1120Zambia1129B3 N1185

Growing on upper reached of sand dune among Crinum papilllosum and Trachyandra arvensis

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106183 Liparis nervosa4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3539 P Goldblatt K
NDO
NU
At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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106196 Liparis nervosa6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3550 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1228

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106244 Moraea carsonii10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3596 B Bytebier K
In grass in the garden, not cultivated. Grassy area beside paved pathway to Lodge rooms . 580Zambia1129A2 N0

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106249 Nervilia adolphi var. adolphi11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3602 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Rocky ridge in miombo woodland. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya. 580Zambia1230A3 C1327

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118699 Nervilia crociformis12 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3742 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
Miombo woodland Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1329D1 C1425

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106231 Nervilia shirensis9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3581 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
On the side of an anthill in miombo woodland. Samda Farm c. 10 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia1029B1 N1405

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116985 Pachycarpus bisacculatus27 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3709 N Wightman NU
Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia0931A2N1591

-9.06865031.4807126
106207 Platycoryne buchananiana7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3558 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Very wet grassland in between Uapaca woodland. Love N Light Lukupa 580Zambia1031A1 N1296

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112971 Platycoryne mediocris5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3540 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Seepage slope on large inselberg Mutinonodo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A3 N1450

On rockslab of inselberg between Lodge reception and chalet

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106184 Platycoryne mediocris5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
N Wightman B Bytebier BB3540 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
On bare rock in seepage area. Dambo above falls.On rockslab between reception and chalet. 580Zambia1231A3 N1450

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106239 Radinosiphon leptostachya8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3590 B Bytebier K
NDO
On rocks in rocky miombo woodland. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106225 Rangaeris muscicola8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3576 B Bytebier K
NU
Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106233 Sebaea grandis9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3583 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dambo Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1N1446

-9.58291029.5381406
106240 Sebaea grandis10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3591 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
Edge of wet dambo. M13 between Kawambwa and Mansa. 580Zambia1029A3N1263

-10.37366029.0797106
117004 Trachyandra arvensis28 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson NCW754a N Wightman UZL
NDO
Sand dune Lake Bangweulu, Samfya Distr., Luapula Province 1120Zambia1129B3 N1185

Growing on upper reached of sand dune among Crinum papilllosum and Lapeirousia caudata

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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: Collections made by Benny Bytebier.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=1002, retrieved 18 April 2025

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