Records made by James Phipps

Records: 24

The following is a list of the records made by James Phipps 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
106595 Acalypha crenata 21 Feb 1957 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 522a SRGH
Msasa/Mnondo woodland on dolerite kopje on red soils National Botanic Garden, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
48723 Adiantum capillus-veneris 22 Jan 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2363 SRGH
In damp earth on rocks Chiswiti Native Reserve, Darwin 0 Zimbabwe 1631B3 N 820

Common

0.000000 0.000000 2
48847 Adiantum incisum 17 Jan 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2307 SRGH
On damp earth near stream in gorge Southern slope Mavuradonha Mountain, Kandeya Native Reserve, Darwin district 0 Zimbabwe 1631D1 N 975

0.000000 0.000000 2
52104 Ampelopteris prolifera 5 Sep 1958 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 1314 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Forming dense creeping mat among Phragmites & occasionally in cracks of rocks. Only found just above present (low) water level. Obviously submerged during rainy season. Chimanda reserve, riverine fringe north bank of R. Mazoe near Welda(?) Pools 0 Zimbabwe 1632C2 N 940

Common in habitat described. Plant mainly sterile with very long, weak pinnate fronds which produce bulbs on midrib. Fertile material difficult to find.

0.000000 0.000000 2
21889 Cotula anthemoides 11 Oct 1957 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 763 SRGH
On river sands. Occasional. River very low with large exposed banks of sand. Sanyati River nr junction with R. Fulechi. Urungwe District. 0 Zimbabwe N 760

0.000000 0.000000 0
106555 Cucumis hirsutus 21 Feb 1957 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 516 SRGH
Msasa/Mnondo woodland on dolerite kopje on red soils National Botanic Garden, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
20801 Datura metel 20 May 1958 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 1275 SRGH
Cultivated plant Agricultural Experimental Station, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1520

Plant flowering when 1 foot high. Flowers large, upright with a double corolla, rich purple outwards, very pale within. Perennial.

0.000000 0.000000 0
67920 Dipcadi longifolium 15 Nov 1958 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 1480 SRGH
BR
A edge of vlei Karyangwe Tsetse-Entomologist's Camp, Binga 0 Zimbabwe 1727D3 W 853

Liliaceous bulb. Outside of perianth segments green, inside white. local.

-17.966667 27.533333 5
32033 Duosperma crenatum 18 Jan 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2331 BR
Bushy place on hillside SE corner of Chiswiti Reserve, Darwin 0 Zimbabwe 1631B3 N 795

-16.366667 31.583333 0
32017 Duosperma quadrangulare 20 Jun 1958 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 1281 BR
Mixed woodland Near Rukomejie Mission, Urungwe 0 Zimbabwe 1629A2 N 580

0.000000 0.000000 0
97286 Elytraria acaulis 25 Mar 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2692 SRGH
K
EA
BR
Between Thangadzi and Lilanje rivers, Nsanje District (Port Herald). 0 Malawi 1635C4 S 100

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 5: 8, 2013.

-16.917100 35.267900 5
22394 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. ramosissimum 22 Jan 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2391 SRGH
Common in Phragmites hedge of river bank garden Darwin, Mukumbura River on road to Tete 0 Zimbabwe 1631A2 N 520

0.000000 0.000000 0
22415 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. ramosissimum 27 Feb 1957 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 552 SRGH
Sandveld of scattered Msasa and Burkea, edge of dam, common Carolina Farm B, near Pounsley 0 Zimbabwe 1832C4 E 1035

0.000000 0.000000 0
69882 Euphorbia transvaalensis 18 Jan 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2324 LC Leach SRGH
K
BR
In rocky places Kandeya Communal Land, Mt Darwin District. 0 Zimbabwe 1631D1 N 1080

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 9 part 5: 378, 2001. Succulent stemmed leafy herb with unbranched stems from rootstock. White latex.

-16.583300 31.666600 5
84589 Grona barbata var. argyrea 21 Feb 1957 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 514a SRGH
Msasa-Mnondo woodland on dolerite kopje with red soils National Botanic Garden, Harare 1,21 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

recorded as var. argyreum

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34785 Kohautia subverticillata subsp. subverticillata 22 Jan 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2382 SRGH
BR
Zambezi plain sandveld, Combretum-Bauhinia scrub Southeastern corner of Chiswiti Reserve, Darwin 0 Zimbabwe 1631B3 N 795

-16.370000 31.600000 5
80189 Oplismenus burmannii 15 Mar 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2533 K
Mtoko 0 Zimbabwe 1732C2 N 1035

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

-17.522650 32.328520 2
120962 Polygonum aviculare 26 Sep 1959 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2216 SRGH
Railway siding of SA Timber Co., 4th Street, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1500

Rare, only one plant discovered. Weed.

0.000000 0.000000 0
53359 Pteris vittata 17 Jan 1960 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2308 SRGH
Robust fern common along stream, gentle slopes of rock, sandy soil Kandeya Native Reserve, S. slopes of Maisadonna mountain, Darwin district 0 Zimbabwe 1631D1 N 975

0.000000 0.000000 2
83434 Rhamphicarpa fistulosa 19 Apr 1961 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 3298 Shallow pan 30 yards across with 'hard-pan' base. On exposed 'hard-pan' at edge. Mporokoso. East side of Mwery-wa-ntipa, 15 miles southwest of Bulaya. 0 Zambia N 1158

Annual. White flowers.

0.000000 0.000000 0
41868 Selaginella dregei 1 Feb 1957 JB Phipps
JB Phipps s.n. SRGH
Rocks, occasional Stonehenge, Chimanimani 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1705

0.000000 0.000000 2
42090 Selaginella mittenii 5 Mar 1961 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2879 SRGH
Damp earth in small cave, grass chrome toxic hill Mutarochange pass E end, Umvukwe, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730B1 N 1675

0.000000 0.000000 2
52535 Thelypteris confluens 1 Feb 1957 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 373 SRGH
Stonehenge plateau, Chimanimani 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1680

0.000000 0.000000 2
99121 Xanthium strumarium 1 Sep 1952 JB Phipps
JB Phipps 2181 SRGH
Sandy bend of river Spicer's Farm, 3 miles above the Makabusi-Hunyani confluence on the Makabusi. 0 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 1388

Upright annual herb. Plant reddish.[Point estimated]

-17.935729 30.938404 5


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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Records made by James Phipps.
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