Collections made by F Lyle Orpen

Records: 3

The following is a list of the collections made by F Lyle Orpen 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
81906 Diospyros batocana5 Jul 1954FL Orpen
FL Orpen 3854 Wankie. In Baikiaea slurifuga forest 12 miles West of Victoria Falls.0Zambia0

Small tree. Flowers and fruit on main branches. Flowers very fragrant and waxy. Fruit hairy.

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73939 Holubia saccata23 Mar 1950FL Orpen
FL Orpen 061/50 H Wild H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
On sandy soil in open veld.Antelope Mine, Bulawayo, Matobo0Zimbabwe2128A2W1067

18" herbaceous shrub; much branched stem, purple-pink; flowers creamy-green; fruit reddish.
Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 3:89 (1988).

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74108 Sesamothamnus lugardii Oct 1953FL Orpen
FL Orpen 35/53 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
Gwaai Bridge, Tjolotlo road, Wankie (Hwange) District.0Zimbabwe1927B3W990

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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 F Lyle Orpen.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=47, retrieved 31 March 2025

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