Records made by Penny English

Records: 27

The following is a list of the records made by Penny English 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
98728 Annona stenophylla subsp. nana 18 Nov 2018 P English
MA Hyde BT Wursten In very rocky area that had been burnt. Chizarira NP 161 0 Zimbabwe 1727D4 N 1063

Small bush just coming into leaf

-17.824520 27.755430 7
76295 Asystasia retrocarpa 19 Feb 2016 P English
W McCleland In very rocky basalt soil, in open ground Near the Kwalusi staff village, Bubye Valley conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2130C4 S 580

-21.751900 30.295383 7
76294 Asystasia retrocarpa 15 Jan 2015 P English
W McCleland Near the Kwalusi staff village, Bubye Valley conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2130C4 S 580

-21.751900 30.295383 7
95820 Barleria coriacea 10 Jan 2018 P English
Gutu pan – Mazunga area, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2130C1 S 622

-21.724517 30.055133 7
94976 Barleria coriacea 25 Nov 2017 P English
In soft basalt soil North of Karombi tank / South of turn off to Chamakundau water point, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129D2 S 657

-21.598783 29.955583 7
94975 Barleria coriacea 25 Nov 2017 P English
I Darbyshire In soft basalt soil Less than 1 km E of Karombi tank, Mazunga area of the Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129D2 S 620

-21.676067 29.963933 7
57732 Barleria virgula 18 Jan 2014 P English
P English I Darbyshire On basalt Mazunga horse paddock, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129D2 S 590

-21.730583 29.871317 7
68566 Camptorrhiza strumosa Dec 2010 P English
BT Wursten Near Towa airstrip, Matabeleland South 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 695

-21.437733 29.894200 6
68565 Camptorrhiza strumosa 2002 P English
P English BT Wursten Near the hide at Shumba, Hwange National Park. 5 0 Zimbabwe 1826C4 W 1040

0.000000 0.000000 6
57737 Cephalocroton mollis 17 Nov 2009 P English
MA Hyde On basalt Along the road in the Chamalaya area of the Bubye Valley Conservancy. 0 Zimbabwe 2129D2 S 660

Between the Chamalaya water point and No 25 water point.

-21.566220 29.889520 7
57738 Cephalocroton mollis 6 Feb 2010 P English
MA Hyde On basalt Along the road in the Chamalaya area of the Bubye Valley Conservancy. 0 Zimbabwe 2129D2 S 660

Between the Chamalaya water point and No 25 water point.

-21.566220 29.889520 7
107411 Dicoma arenaria 10 Jan 2010 P English
P English BT Wursten Chamalaya area (14km from main gate at Towla), Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129D2 S 652

Fairly widespread here

-21.563133 29.872917 7
98722 Diospyros mespiliformis 17 Nov 2018 P English
P English BT Wursten In mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hill slope toward seasonal stream Chizarira NP 161 0 Zimbabwe 1727D2 N 992

Large tree

-17.670150 27.897230 7
43443 Distephanus divaricatus 29 May 2010 P English
MA Hyde Base of Silungube Hill, Towla HQ, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 700

-21.438722 29.889528 7
43444 Distephanus divaricatus 25 May 2010 P English
MA Hyde Along a trail Mt Towla, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 700

0.000000 0.000000 0
113697 Eulophia livingstoneana 20 Nov 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In Miombo woodland. Between Thazima offices and Park gate, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1665

This species was not listed by Burrows & Willis, Sabonet report 31, 2005.

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73088 Felicia clavipilosa subsp. transvaalensis 18 Apr 2016 P English
P English BT Wursten In cracks on sandstone Near Samanyanga camp, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2130C1 S 570

-21.596917 30.235200 6
74914 Ipomoea adenioides var. adenioides Jan 2004 P English
N English
P English BT Wursten Mopane woodland c. 2km from Lukosi siding adjoining Hwange National Park 0 Zimbabwe 1826C2 W 835

-18.518417 26.462400 6
77420 Ipomoea tuberculata var. tuberculata Mar 2003 P English
T Sando In yard Staff housing, Sinamatella Camp, Hwange National Park 5 0 Zimbabwe 1826C2 W 990

Flowers creamy yellow with a purplish centre. It grew in our yard at Sinamatella but only flowered with good rains.

-18.587520 26.309634 5
76544 Lepidagathis scabra 10 Apr 2016 P English
I Darbyshire Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 720

It grows in the shade as a small bushy plant not much more than 30cm high. The leaves are very dark green and the flowers grow out of bracts that arise at the leaf axils. There are 3 lower lobes with some patterning on the centre lobe, and a single upper lobe. The colour ranged from pale mauve to a darker mauve in some specimens.

-21.426333 29.880250 7
73214 Monsonia glauca 17 Dec 2013 P English
P English BT Wursten Dry deciduous woodland No. 5 water point scout base, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2130C1 S 652

-21.523700 30.018667 7
80315 Nicotiana glauca 27 Jul 2017 P English
P English BT Wursten In a dry paddock Near the golf course, Bulawayo. 81 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1362

-20.173670 28.601720 7
72863 Nuxia oppositifolia 28 Dec 2013 P English
BT Wursten At edge of river Bubye river, near boundary of BVC and Bubiana Conservancy. 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 687

-21.271917 29.910383 7
84889 Oenothera rosea 29 Sep 2017 P English
BT Wursten Growing in damp area Bulawayo golf course, Bulawayo. 81 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1356

-20.176220 28.597980 6
113791 Schizocarphus nervosus 18 Dec 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In a burnt area in grassland. Along the track beyond Vitumbi peak, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D4 N 2206

Up to about 20 cm tall. Leaves were just beginning to grow - generally 3 per plant. Flowers light mauve with a darker centre.

-10.807390 33.949690 7
84978 Schotia brachypetala 27 Aug 2017 P English
P English By a large old termite mound near a river. Near Mtezegwe weir, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2130A3 S 649

-21.359483 30.183333 6
51258 Syncolostemon elliottii 14 Dec 2009 P English
MA Hyde In mainly decomposed granite soil Near Brookman's gate, on the Bubye Valley side of the fence between the Bubye Valley/ Bubianna conservancies 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 730

A small shrubby plant, slightly aromatic. The leaves are pale green and very slightly fuzzy, more so on the upper surface. The flowers have a white lower lobe and purplish or white and purple streaked upper lobe. They seem to be paired along the stem rather than whorled. At the terminal end of these stems are pale pink bracts.

-21.313500 29.857383 7


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: Records made by Penny English.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=374, retrieved 31 March 2025

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