Records determined by Jo Osborne

Determinations: 13

The following is a list of the records determined by Jo Osborne 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
61699Alectra picta18 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
H Matimele HM2073 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Steep slopes on cliffs Small pass on ridge North of Mt Peza, Chimanimani Mts 168
32
0Mozambique1932D2MS1889

Herb to 50 cm tall, green leaves, dark brown stems, flowers yellow with brown vertical lines outside petals, fruits orange. Scattered locally

-19.74275032.9998617
61711Alectra picta18 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
H Matimele HM2081 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Steep slopes in a thicket vegetation on cliffsSmall pass on ridge North of Mt Peza, Chimanimani Mts 168
32
0Mozambique1932D2MS2008

Herb to 50 cm tall, green leaves, dark brown stems, flowers yellow with brown vertical lines outside petals, fruits orange

-19.74311132.9993067
62137Alectra picta22 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
J Timberlake JT5976 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
In lush vegetation between sheltered sandstone boulders. With Phillipia and low shrubs. Slopes towards Mt Nhamedimu, Chimanimani Mts.168
32
0Mozambique1933C3MS1785

Herb to 20cm. Yellow flowers. Dark green leaves, purplish stems

-19.75364933.0913177
61757Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis17 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2238 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Among grasses and boulders on quartzite sandstone rocks Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts 168
32
0Mozambique1933C1MS1649

Erect unbranched herb, up to 20 cm high; flowers yellow

-19.74276033.0132607
61929Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis16 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
A Mapaura AM652 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Growing in grassland between quartzite rock boulders. Slopes of Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts. 168
32
0Mozambique1933C1MS1455

Both flowers and roots yellow. Stem slightly sticky. Fairly common locally.

-19.74577233.0303317
73654Crassocephalum × picridifolium14 Nov 2015I Darbyshire
A Banze
I Darbyshire 899 J Osborne LMA
Seasonally wet open grassland with sandy-peaty soils, some areas now dried out and with more sandy soil; scattered small trees and bushes of Maprounea africana, Aeschynomene, Dissotis and Eriosema; and small patches of swamp forest.Chimanimani foothills, Maronga, Wandowani, west of Comeni's compound.
44
0Mozambique1933C3MS340

Erect herb c. 1 m tall, stems fleshy. Involucral bracts green; florets yellow-orange.

-19.97583333.0892227
75371Gnidia kraussiana var. kraussiana24 Sep 2008L Merrett
L Merrett 594 J Osborne K
Burnt old village site next to dambo, Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo edge, Caterpillar side 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Suffrutex. fleshy yellowish hair covered stems +-30cm tall, lens-shaped leaves, width 1/3 length, evenly spaced along stems +- 2cm, leaves +- 45 degrees to stem, increasing in size along stem ending up as long as or longer than interleaf space. Flower heads at top, subspjerical cluster of about 50 bright yellow waxy flowers; flower: 5 petals, petals widest at base tapering gently to tip.

-12.41908331.2901006
73684Helichrysum nudifolium var. nudifolium15 Nov 2015I Darbyshire
A Banze
I Darbyshire 929 J Osborne K
LMA
Ndzou
Small area of open wet grassland with patch of swamp forest with Uapaca lissopyrena and Syzygium cordatum; drier parts of grassland cut and burnt fairly recently. Thick peaty soil, drying out in some areas.Chimanimani foothills, Maronga, between Comeni's compound and Murere River.
44
0Mozambique1933C3MS270

Erect herb to 70 cm tall; foliage silvery-green. Florets pale golden-yellow.

-19.96861133.1027787
73983Helichrysum nudifolium var. nudifolium08 Nov 2015A Banze
A Banze 334 J Osborne K
LMA
GrasslandChimanimani, Ndombeni forest, in the grassland.
44
0Mozambique1933C1MS841

A herb about 0.50 to 1 m tall, inflorescence terminal, yellow flowers.

-19.70416733.1800006
74735Lobelia erinus27 Oct 2014J Timberlake
K Mutasa
J Timberlake JT5994 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Schistose grassland, associated with old termite mounds. near Rio Mucano/Rio Mufomodzi, Chimanimani mountains. 168
33
0Mozambique1933C3MS1120

Annual herb to 30cm. Few small narrow leaves, +/- leafless, basal leaves rounded. Flowers in terminal inflorescence, small, lilac.

-19.81605633.1561117
61852Solanum retroflexum21 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
A Mapaura AM680 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Somewhat disturbed patch in rocky grassland.Slopes towards Mt Nhamedimu, Chimanimani Mts.168
32
0Mozambique1933C3MS1735

Several plants both in flower and fruit.

-19.75562033.0925717
61866Sopubia mannii var. tenuifolia21 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
J Hadj-Hammou JHH048 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Grassland, forming a patch of Sopubia. Slopes towards Mt Nhamedimu, Chimanimani Mts 168
32
0Mozambique1933C3MS1778

Erect perennial herb to 60 cm, fls mauve-pink with darker pink ring in centre. Stem is dark red. Thin lvs curved upwards, sessile, pale green. Sometimes multiple stems. Locally common.

-19.75322233.0918617
61956Sopubia mannii var. tenuifolia17 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
J Hadj-Hammou JHH027 J Osborne SRGH
K
BR
LMA
Growing with grass in open quartzite soils Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts168
32
0Mozambique1933C1MS1720

Erect herb to 40 cm tall. Flrs light pink with dark pink streaks on petals and dark pink throat. Locally common.

-19.74166733.0104177


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Records determined by Jo Osborne.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-determinations-by-person.php?person_id=771, retrieved 26 December 2024

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