Records made by Peter Smith

Records: 17

The following is a list of the records made by Peter Smith in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
92709 Bergia pentheriana 4 Jul 1983 PA Smith
PA Smith 4335 SRGH
BR
In clay in the dry bed of an ephemeral rainwater pan in mopane woodland/scrubland mosaic. Near Ngamiland/Chobe district boundary road. 0 Botswana 1923B2 N 0

Prostrate stemmed herb with a woody rootstock. Flowers with white petals with magenta centres.

-19.161667 23.883333 5
92710 Bergia pentheriana 17 May 1976 PA Smith
PA Smith 1741 SRGH
BR
Seasonally flooded Cynodon dactylon grassed floodplain Benqa, Mogohelo River Floodplain 0 Botswana 1923D1 N 0

Low prostrate herb with small woody rootstock sending out long stems.

-19.561667 23.679167 5
67922 Dipcadi glaucum 29 Nov 1974 PA Smith
PA Smith 1201 SRGH
BR
Riverine woodland Along the Thamalakane River, Okavango Delta near Maun 164 0 Botswana 1923A4 N 950

-19.483333 23.433333 5
67921 Dipcadi longifolium 19 Feb 1975 PA Smith
PA Smith 1250 SRGH
BR
In open floodplain, sandy soil, moderately compacted At Xamatshaa Island, Okavango Delta 164 0 Botswana 1922B2 N 970

1.5-2 ft. tall plants. Greenish flowers.

-19.058333 22.800000 5
21885 Grangea anthemoides 9 Oct 1978 PA Smith
PA Smith 2490 SRGH
In clayey soil on the beach of a rain water pan in mopane (scrub and tree). Block 1823D1 (Botswana). 0 Botswana 1823D1 N 0

Perennial herb with yellow round flower heads. Some plants with white woolly hairs, others not woolly and appearing a much darker green.

0.000000 0.000000 0
77303 Hippocratea indica 21 Feb 1985 PA Smith
PA Smith 4656 SRGH
In rocky ground on basalt outcrop in mixed woodland. Commissioners Kop. 0 Botswana 1725C3 N 935

Shrub with very small flowers.

-17.782790 25.166480 6
94293 Hippocratea parviflora 26 Feb 1983 PA Smith
PA Smith 4144 SRGH
In sandy soil on the edge of a Mopane patch on the crest of an undulation. Near the TFC Savuti-Selinda road 0 Botswana 1823C2 N 953

Shrublet to 40 cm tall forming a group (connected by rhizomes?). No Flowers or fruits available. In very open (tree/scrub) grassland.

-18.648300 23.412500 5
73965 Holubia saccata 13 Dec 1986 PA Smith
PA Smith 4936 SRGH
In disturbed Enneapogon/Tragus grassland with low scattered shrubs (Acacia, Grewia) Besides Francistown-Gaberone road 0 Botswana 2326B3 SE 936

25 cm tall herb with trumpet-shaped flowers

-23.351667 26.719167 7
68972 Kedrostis foetidissima 18 Feb 1975 PA Smith
PA Smith 1261 SRGH
From an antheap on the floodplain on the North side of Island, at the base of a Sclerocarya tree Xamatshaa Island, Okavango Delta 164 0 Botswana 1922B2 N 971

A small herb giving off an unpleasant smell. Fruit red.

-19.058333 22.800000 6
68982 Kedrostis leloja 20 Feb 1990 PA Smith
PA Smith 5218 SRGH
In Acacia hebeclada thicket on a ridge extending into floodplain Bodumatau floodplain, Okavango Delta 164 0 Botswana 1923A4 N 950

Creeper rooted in hard loam with Cynodon grass

-19.296667 23.440000 6
68986 Kedrostis leloja 25 Feb 1973 PA Smith
PA Smith 451 SRGH
On a termitarium within the floodplain Gwetshaa Island, Okavango Swamp 164 0 Botswana 1923A1 N 900

Creeper

0.000000 0.000000 2
68987 Kedrostis leloja 10 Jan 1980 PA Smith
PA Smith 2947 SRGH
Creeper scrambling over large boulders and partly entwining other vegetation on steep rocky slope. West slope of one of the larger Kgwebe Hills 0 Botswana 2023C1 N 1030

Fruit deep reddish-orange in colour (mature). Flowers with greenish petals with bright orange centres.

-20.646667 23.071667 6
102249 Lessertia benguellensis 13 May 1976 PA Smith
PA Smith 1732 SRGH
K
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Nxaxumo, Gomoti River, Ngamiland District 164 0 Botswana 1923A4 N 950

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 3 part 7: 15 (2003)

-19.469170 23.418060 5
80187 Oplismenus burmannii 14 May 1973 PA Smith
PA Smith 583 SRGH
K
Moanachira, Okavango Delta 164 0 Botswana 1923A1 N 961

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 10 part 3, 1989: 6.

-19.088810 23.097290 5
41407 Salvinia molesta 9 Feb 1987 PA Smith
PA Smith 4960 SRGH
Free-floating, mat forming aquatic fern in Madiba, channels and Swamps in Xini 0 Botswana 1923A4 N 0

An introduced weed, the subject of an eradication campaign in this area

-19.383333 23.487500 5
74111 Sesamothamnus lugardii 20 Nov 1978 PA Smith
PA Smith 2517 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
Among Commiphora sp. and Catophractes alexandri in hard loamy soil in open grassland with few small Terminalia prunoides. !5.5 km from Mopipi village bound on track to Rysana Pan 0 Botswana 2125A1 SE 918

Tree 2-3.5 m tall with trunk swollen at base but tapering into branches like a baobab. Dark yellowish-green papery bark. Flowers trumpet-shaped white inside but tinged purplish outside.

0.000000 0.000000 2
74227 Sesamum calycinum subsp. baumii 31 Jan 1978 PA Smith
PA Smith 2328 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
In open grassland on an island edge well above water level. Along the Cuando-Linyanti system. 0 Botswana 1823A2 N 960

A 1 m tall herb with woody rootstock. Elsewhere noted at the drier limits of floodplains well away from perennial swamps. Scattered distribution.

-18.118333 23.361667 6


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Records made by Peter Smith.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=290, retrieved 27 December 2024

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