Details of record no: 94053

Brachycorythis ovata Lindl.
subsp. welwitschii (Rchb. f.) Summerh.

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Record details:

Date: 20 Jan 2017
Recorder(s):N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
Collector(s):
Determiner(s):MG Bingham
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:
Habitat: Dry dambo
Location: Roadside dambo between Mwinilunga and Solwezi (Mwinilunga District)
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Outing code:
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Zambia
Quarter Degree Square: 1125C3
Grid reference:
FZ Divisions (Flora Zambesiaca): W
Current administrative provinces: Nw
Altitude (metres): 1486
Notes: Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.
Latitude, Longitude:
Location Accuracy Code: 6

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Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii
Species id:116320
Image id:1
Image number:29859
Photographer: N Wightman
Picture labelDry dambo
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
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Image: 2

Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii
Species id:116320
Image id:2
Image number:29860
Photographer: N Wightman
Picture labelDry dambo
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
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Code 1 if image not to be displayed:0
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Image: 3

Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii
Species id:116320
Image id:3
Image number:29861
Photographer: N Wightman
Picture labelDry dambo
Jan 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
Herbarium in which image taken:
Code 1 if image not to be displayed:0
Image notes:

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: Individual record no: 94053: Brachycorythis ovata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=94053, retrieved 28 March 2024

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