Afrosolen erythranthus (Klotzsch ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

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Records of this taxon from Zambia are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Admin prov Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
82740018 Feb 1997HH Schmidt
HH Schmidt
2310
P Goldblatt
MO

On the escarpment and down valley to the Zambezi River. Mopane-Terminalia woodland with lithosol-cambisol soils. Livingstone District; Trust Land directly east of Mosi Oa Tunya National Park. Below Victoria Falls, along Sonqwe Gorge, 9.2 km east of the Lusaka-Livingstone Road.106,1200Zambia SS850Herb; 60 cm from bulb. Leaves grass-like. Calyx papery, rusty-red. Corolla bright blue-purple with magenta centers. Anthers pale purple. Young fruits green.0
82738011 Feb 1995DK Harder
DK Harder
2639
P Goldblatt
MO

Collections along Kifubwa River in forest and on shallow soils in woodland. Kifubwa (Chifubwa) Gorge National Monument. Ca. 4.6 km along Kyalalankuba Rd. south of Solwezi and ca. 2 km S of entrance to Solwezi Teacher Training College. National Heritage Site. 0Zambia1226A2 WNw1230Frequent on sandy, shallow soils; bracts brown; tepals light purple, upper 3 with darker red-purple spots and white base.5
82739007 Mar 1995B Luwiika
B Luwiika
134
P Goldblatt
B Luwiika
MO

Kasempa District; Kasempa; Kamusongwe Hill directly adjacent to Kamusongwe Prison; ca. 2 km from city center. 0Zambia1325B4 WNw1470Ca. 20 cm tall; on rocks; leaves light green; stem hard, light green at apex, reddish-brown at base; flowers purple.5
82741029 Jan 1993D Bolnick
D Bolnick
78
Lusaka District; Watergreen Farm.0Zambia1528A4 CLk1000Herb in colony on rocky hill above permanent stream below dam.5
102584115 Apr 2019N Wightman
N Wightman
Natural habitat is open woodland and scrub usually in rocky areas Cultivated at Dubuyu Farms from material collected north-west of Katete, Zambia2Zambia1528C2 CLk1290Chikanda is a local Zambian foodstuff made from the dried ground tubers of a range of terrestrial orchids in the genera Disa, Habenaria, Satyrium, Brachycorythis and Platycoryne 5
116027324 Dec 2021N Wightman
N Wightman
Miombo woodland Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi, Lusaka Distr., Lusaka Province 2Zambia1528C2 CLk1265Cultivated at Dabuyu farms from material collected in Kalongosola village, Katete Distr., Eastern Province 6
63820014 Feb 1965EA Robinson
EA Robinson
R 6384
Peat bogChakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2 CLk1075From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond. Name in list: Lapeirousia rhodesiana 4

Total records found: 7



Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Records of: Afrosolen erythranthus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=116030, retrieved 19 April 2024

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