Collections made by William Astle

Records: 6

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

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
90727 Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus4 Jan 1963WL Astle
WL Astle 1881 C Archer MRSC
Floodplain, deep waterKasama District, Chambeshi, Kalunga R. floodplain0ZambiaN0

MRSC: "=Astle 1298, not C.digitatus", det CA as C.d.auricomus, Feb00);

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90728 Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus4 Jan 1963WL Astle
WL Astle 1919 MRSC
FloodplainChambeshi floodplain, forms communities around some lagoons0ZambiaN0

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90730 Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus13 Jul 1962WL Astle
WL Astle 1523 MRSC
Roadside ditch, across a damboNr. Mochipapa, roadside ditch, across a dambo.0ZambiaS0

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77307 Cyperus margaritaceus12 Dec 1961WL Astle
WL Astle WLA_1092 WL Astle C Archer MRSC
0Zambia0

Determined as Cyperus margaritaceus var nduru

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68978 Kedrostis foetidissima28 Feb 1963WL Astle
WL Astle 2207 SRGH
On termite mound vegetation.Near Kabanga Mission, Kaloma0Zambia1726D2S1260

Flowers yellow. Climbing

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83435 Rhamphicarpa fistulosa26 Mar 1969WL Astle
WL Astle 5658 Black clay.Mpika District; 10 m NE Mfuwe, Luangwa Valley.900ZambiaN610

Tufted herb, pale blue flowers. Echinochloa colonum sward on black clay.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Collections made by William Astle.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=461, retrieved 14 March 2025

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