Distephanus divaricatus (Steetz) H.Rob. & B. Kahn

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Records of this taxon from all countries 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
43443229 May 2010P English
MA Hyde
Base of Silungube Hill, Towla HQ, Bubye Valley Conservancy0Zimbabwe2129B4 S700-21.43872229.8895287
43444125 May 2010P English
MA Hyde
Along a trailMt Towla, Bubye Valley Conservancy0Zimbabwe2129B4 S7000
48091018 Jun 2010M Coates Palgrave
M van der Bank
OG Maurin
OG Maurin
2758
M Coates Palgrave
BNRH

TCT-CatapĂș

Road 219, Caia-Chupanga, 18 km S of Caia.0Mozambique1735C4 MS131-17.99547235.3665287
60279411 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten
T Castigo
BW916
BT Wursten
BR

TCT-CatapĂș

EOWBL

Margin of sand forest Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14
37
0Mozambique1834C4 MS41-18.95833334.3408337
73610316 May 2016EJ Bruce-Miller
MG Bingham
Choma, Nansai 0Zambia SS00
93223001 Oct 1957JS Watt
JS Watt
23
WIND

Caprivi: Western Caprivi Strip: Bwabwata.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 0Notes: Dune forest. English: 'Scotchman's rattle'; Bushman: ' 'nga 'ngingo '-17.87500022.6250005
94497010 May 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
440
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: 30 Km south of Katima Mulilo on Bukalo Road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D1 0Creeper; Notes: Woody creeper. Young branchlets with dense, short, white, woolly indumentum, terete to angled and ribbed. Leaves spirally arranged, simple; Petiole stout, adaxially grooved, densely pulverulent, up to 10 mm long; lamina ovate to cordiform, ca. 60 x 45 mm, broadly tapering to acute apex, base rounded to cordate (narrowly curate down petiole), adaxially olive green, minutely / sparsely pubescent; adaxially silvery, venation prominent, densely pubescent. Capitula in scorpioid cymes ( = corymbs), ellipsoid, ca. 15 x 8 mm, homogenous, disc florets 10 - 12 mm long, 5 - merous. Stigma 5-branched, well-exerted. Pappus prominent, white, straight, about 10 mm long. Involucral bract 4-6-whorled, lanceolate-ovate, green, foliaceous with white, arachnoid pubescence. Growing in forest island on termite mound.-17.62500024.6250004
95147014 Jun 1971JWH Giess
JWH Giess
11373
WIND

Caprivi: At Dikundu, 19,5 km south of Andara.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 04 m high; Tree; Notes: Dry woodland. Small tree, 4 m high. Bark grey, very corky.-18.12500021.3750002
95683002 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis
1298
N Swelankomo
WIND

In island thicket, among other plants.Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B4 0Tree, 3 m tall. Simple slender, brown stem. Leaves slightly discolorous, with distinct venation below. Flowers like little brushes, in terminal clusters.-18.36667023.7500002
96585227 May 2018L Hardwick Francey
G Chadwick
BT Wursten
In riverine scrubAlong Chobe River just upstream from Chobe Game Lodge, Serondela, Chobe National Park.0Botswana1725C3 N940-17.84093025.0713806
96778201 Jun 2018MA Hyde
T Alegria
MA Hyde
RoadsideBy road from Kadoma to Lasting Impressions0Zimbabwe1829B4 C1137Scrambling shrub in full flower. Seen quite frequently in this area.-18.42133529.9093967
96783001 Jun 2018MA Hyde
T Alegria
MA Hyde
Brachystegia boehmii woodlandMain camp, Lasting Impressions, Kadoma0Zimbabwe1829B4 C1111-18.44140329.8669587
96919002 Jun 2018MA Hyde
T Alegria
MA Hyde
Riverine vegetationNear Muzvezve River, Lasting Impressions,Kadoma0Zimbabwe1829B4 C1087-18.44233029.8647467
96945002 Jun 2018MA Hyde
T Alegria
MA Hyde
Open miombo woodlandLasting Impressions, Kadoma0Zimbabwe1829B4 C1096-18.44226329.8672537
108834014 Jun 2010JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows
SM Burrows
11868
JE Burrows
BNRH

3 km NW of Mapai on road to Pafuri, south of the Limpopo River.0Mozambique2231D4 GI145Straggly shrub to 1.5 m; flowers yellow-orange; in shade of thicket patch under Colophospermum mopane woodland. Uncommon.-22.82166731.9225007
108835018 Jun 2010M Coates Palgrave
M van der Bank
OG Maurin
J Verissimo
OG Maurin
OM2758
M Coates Palgrave
BNRH

JRAU

Road 219, Caia-Chupanga, 18 km S of Caia.0Mozambique1735C4 MS131UJ DNA No. UJ05070-17.99547235.3665286
112292516 May 2020R Taylor
BT Wursten
Near Sitatunga Camp, Maun0Botswana2023A2 N942iNaturalist record-20.07441223.3552926
118706001 Aug 2018BT Wursten
AB Potter
BT Wursten
Margin of sandforestSandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park. 140Mozambique1834C4 MS40iNaturalist record-18.94724034.3584806
120734018 Apr 2023MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
Roadside woodlandRoad from Gokwe to Kwekwe
64
0Zimbabwe1829D3 C1155Frequent sprawling shrub with orange flowers-18.86019229.5968727

Total records found: 19



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: Distephanus divaricatus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=158600, retrieved 29 March 2024

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