Records determined by Edward Robinson

Determinations: 98

The following is a list of the records determined by Edward Robinson 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
79621Ascolepis densa20 Mar 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2814 EA Robinson C Archer K
M
P
MRSC
 DamboChoma, Siamambo0ZambiaS0

Solitary perennial.
(Type: K; M; MRSC; P;)

0.0000000.0000000
84313Ascolepis trigona12 Jan 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4253 EA Robinson C Archer SRGH
K
P
PRE
BR
MRSC
 Dambo10 km E of Kasama0Zambia N0

SRGH: Holotype

 0
84448Bulbostylis abortiva21 Jul 1961WL Astle
 WL Astle 451 EA Robinson MRSC
 0Zambia0

0.0000000.0000000
79594Bulbostylis boeckeleriana25 Aug 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_5624 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Chakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2C1075

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84844Bulbostylis contexta17 Dec 1956A Angus
 A Angus 1469 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Degraded Brachystegia boehmii woodland,Mt Makulu0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
80648Bulbostylis densa subsp. afromontana9 Jan 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2072 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Namwala0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
85029Bulbostylis densa subsp. afromontana12 Dec 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_5904 EA Robinson MRSC
 Ikelenge, 6 km N of Kalene Hill0ZambiaW0

0.0000000.0000000
85030Bulbostylis densa subsp. afromontana Mar 1962EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4982 EA Robinson K
 Mpika (or Kabwe) 0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85031Bulbostylis densa subsp. afromontana Mar 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4524 EA Robinson MRSC
 Nyika0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85032Bulbostylis densa subsp. afromontana Apr 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1448 EA Robinson MRSC
 Victoria Falls OR Batoka0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
79587Bulbostylis filamentosa1 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2548 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Kalomo0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
79588Bulbostylis filamentosa12 Dec 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_5948 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Ikelenge, Kalene Hill N 6 km1710ZambiaW0

0.0000000.0000000
85033Bulbostylis filamentosa9 Feb 1961WL Astle
 WL Astle 381 EA Robinson MRSC
 Luwingu District, Chishinga Ranch0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85035Bulbostylis filamentosa Jan 1959EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_3114 EA Robinson K
 Nyika0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85046Bulbostylis hispidula21 Feb 1963HJ van Rensburg
HJ van Rensburg 1402 EA Robinson MRSC
 Miombo woodland on light sandy soilBrachystegia woodland0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
80649Bulbostylis igneotonsa12 Dec 1960EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4187 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Kasama E 10 km0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85049Bulbostylis igneotonsa12 Dec 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 4732 EA Robinson K
 Kasama E 15km0ZambiaN0

K, type

0.0000000.0000000
85048Bulbostylis igneotonsa12 Dec 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 4731 EA Robinson K
 Kasama E 8km0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
63765Bulbostylis macra1 Dec 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 5868 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Brachystegia woodlandChakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2C1075

From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond

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85055Bulbostylis macra16 Feb 1961WL Astle
 WL Astle 430 EA Robinson Common sedge on rocky soilsLuwingu District, Chishinga Ranch0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
84375Bulbostylis nudiuscula27 Apr 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4622 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 shallow lateritic panKasama NE 13km0ZambiaN0

Annual
Type: K; Lye; MRSC, det C.Archer: sp. indet., probably new

0.0000000.0000000
85069Bulbostylis pilosaNo dateHM Richards
 HM Richards 19591 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Luwingu District, Chishinga Ranch0ZambiaN0

MRSC, det EAR as B.aphyllanthoides; det C.Archer

0.0000000.0000000
79590Bulbostylis pilosa9 Jan 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 2073 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Edge of bush & damboNamwala0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
85065Bulbostylis pilosa7 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 2678 EA Robinson Mkushi District, Fiwila0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
85064Bulbostylis pilosa Jan 1959EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 3073 EA Robinson Nyika0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77266Cyperus amabilis14 Feb 1954EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_534 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 in maize fieldMapanza 0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
76967Cyperus articulatus24 Apr 1954EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_755 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Namwala District, Maala 0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
88260Cyperus aureo-brunneus14 Jan 1965HM Richards
 HM Richards 19527 EA Robinson MRSC
 Damp woodland by the riverMpulungu (Mbala) District, Chinakila, Mulungu River0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
88258Cyperus aureo-brunneus9 Dec 1964HM Richards
 HM Richards 19315 EA Robinson MRSC
 Kasama District, path Kalolo Village to Chambeshi Flats0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
88259Cyperus aureo-brunneus9 Dec 1964HM Richards
 HM Richards 19318 EA Robinson MRSC
 Kasama District, path Kalolo Village to Chambeshi Flats0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
79622Cyperus aureo-brunneus6 Apr 1961A Angus
 A Angus 2728 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Peaty damboLuwingu Distr., 18 mls N of Nsombo on way to Luwingu0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
88241Cyperus denudatusNo dateHM Richards
 HM Richards 19450 EA Robinson MRSC
 Mbala District, Chinikila path to Loye Flats0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77273Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus4 Oct 1953EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 337 EA Robinson J Meikle MRSC
 Muddy edge of river Choma District, Mapanza 0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
76975Cyperus dubius var. dubius4 Jan 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1051 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Dry edge of cliff Livingstone District, Victoria Falls.1200ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
80256Cyperus kasamensis19 Oct 1960EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4021 EA Robinson K
NY
P
EA
BR
 Kasama District, Mungwi0Zambia N0

Isotype of Cyperus kasamensis Podlech.

 0
77267Cyperus mollipes18 Dec 1965EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1796 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Choma E, 8 km 0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
77268Cyperus mollipes1 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2551 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Kalomo 0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
79822Cyperus pectinatus18 Jun 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2303 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Luapula Province, Chipili0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
79821Cyperus pectinatus1 Apr 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1514 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Damp ground at edge of MushituShiwa Ngandu0ZambiaN0

Erect perenniel sedge

0.0000000.0000000
76647Cyperus renschii Jan 1954EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_456 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 0Zambia0

0.0000000.0000000
80253Cyperus robinsonii19 Jan 1959EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_3243 EA Robinson M
 Brachystegia woodlandMapanza, Choma0Zambia S0

 0
76976Cyperus turrillii7 Jan 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1077 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Victoria Falls, on banks of Zambezi R. above falls 0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
76977Cyperus turrillii3 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2593 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Dry Brachystegia bushMkushi District, Fiwila 0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
80289Dacryotrichia robinsonii9 Jan 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 2086 EA Robinson MRSC
 Namwala0Zambia S0

MRSC, isotype

 0
79700Eleocharis acutangula22 Jan 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4296 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Kasama N 8 km0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
79620Fimbristylis complanata4 Jan 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1053 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Victoria Falls0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
79432Kyllinga erecta var. erecta5 Jan 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1062 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Banks of Zambezi above Victoria Falls0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
79433Kyllinga melanosperma28 Feb 1954EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_592 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Choma N 12 mi (20 km), Muckle Neuk0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
79505Kyllinga odorata16 Dec 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_6103 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Brachystegia woodlandMwinilunga Distict, 18 km E of Kalene Hill.0ZambiaW0

Erect perennial. Rhizomes fragrant, juicy.
Archer did not determine either of the two Robinson collections to variety. It is considered best to accept this as provisional status."

0.0000000.0000000
80179Kyllinga triceps10 Jan 1964EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_6162 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Brachystegia Woodland: somewhat more sunny patch, on gravelly soil.Chakwenga Headwaters, 100-129 km. East of Lusaka1710Zambia1529A2C1075

Caeapitose perennial; heads green.

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63786Lipocarpha albiceps10 Jan 1964EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR 6180 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Peat bogChakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2C1075

From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond

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79506Lipocarpha albiceps13 Dec 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_5988 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Woodland, dry and sandyMwinilunga District, Zambezi Source. 0ZambiaW0

0.0000000.0000000
79511Lipocarpha atra13 Apr 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1463 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Little Dambo. Sandy bed of once large stream.Lusaka, Munali School0ZambiaC0

Erect black-headed Lipocarpha

0.0000000.0000000
79507Lipocarpha chinensis2 Jun 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1559 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Shiwa Ngandu0Zambia1131B1N1500

-11.20000031.7333334
79512Lipocarpha echinus2 Jun 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1550 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Sandy bogShiwa Ngandu0Zambia N0

Erect annual tufted sedge

 0
79508Lipocarpha hemisphaerica29 May 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2169 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 DamboLusaka East, dambo0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
84930Nemum angolense19 Apr 1965EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 6655 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 damp laterite outcropMwinilunga District, Kabompo Gorge0Zambia1324A3W0

MRSC, conf C.Archer as N. spadiceum

-13.36000024.1400004
84931Nemum angolense21 May 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 4676 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 shallow soil over sandstone & laterite, seasonally damp53 km of Mporokoso, Chiwala0Zambia0930A3N1380

MRSC, conf C.Archer as N. spadiceum

-9.38330030.1333004
84932Nemum angolense13 May 1962EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 5165 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Dambo55 km ESE of Mporokoso, Kasanshi Dambo0Zambia0930A3N1380

-9.38330030.1333004
84933Nemum angolense20 May 1962EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 5204 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Chishimba Falls, Kasama District0Zambia1031A1N1240

-10.20000031.2000004
79825Pycreus capillifolius11 Jun 1960EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_3741 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Kasama district0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77397Pycreus flavescens4 Jan 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1049 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Victoria Falls0Zambia S0

 0
77396Pycreus flavescens28 Feb 1954EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_593 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Choma, Muckle Neuk0Zambia S0

 0
79826Pycreus intactus3 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2599b EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Mkushi District, Fiwila0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77269Pycreus mundtii6 Apr 1954EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_843 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Chipata 0ZambiaE0

0.0000000.0000000
76974Pycreus polystachyos var. laxiflorus 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2147 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Mapanza, Simasunda 0Zambia0

0.0000000.0000000
76973Pycreus polystachyos var. laxiflorus28 Mar 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1179 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Choma E, 8 km. 0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
79804Rhynchospora angolensis22 Jun 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2362 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 DamboKawambwa0ZambiaN0

Erect perennial

0.0000000.0000000
63798Schoenoplectus mucronatus16 Nov 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson R 5820 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Peat bogChakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2C1075

From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond

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83585Scleria angustifolia9 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 2703 EA Robinson Fiwila, Mkushi. Edge of dambo.0Zambia1329D3C1370

Growing with S. rehmannii and S. poaoides.

-13.98333329.6166675
83586Scleria angustifolia16 Mar 1960EA Robinson
 EA Robinson 3406 EA Robinson DamboChingola. Dambo.0Zambia1227D2W1300

Confined to 2 small colonies in this dambo, which has been almost ruined by drainage.

-12.53333327.8500005
83593Scleria angustifolia27 Apr 1961WL Astle
 WL Astle 534 EA Robinson Chishinga Ranch, near Luwingu.0Zambia1427D1C1220

On wet slope in dambo, sedge community, black sand.

-14.66666727.5833335
77309Scleria dregeana10 Jan 1964EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_6197 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Permanently wet dambo Lusaka Province, Chakwenga Headwaters 1710ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77311Scleria erythrorrhiza7 Jun 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1614 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Edge of lakeside marsh Shiwa Ngandu0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77313Scleria flexuosa16 Feb 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4400 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Kasama, Misamfu0ZambiaN1530

0.0000000.0000000
77329Scleria foliosa29 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2868 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Lusaka east0ZambiaC1300

0.0000000.0000000
77330Scleria glabra24 Jun 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1739 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Mbala District, Uninji Pans0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77331Scleria globonux7 May 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4642 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 25 km west of Kasama0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77332Scleria iostephana27 Jun 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1752 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Luapula Province, Chipili0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77334Scleria iostephana22 Jun 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2366 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Kawambwa0ZambiaN1300

0.0000000.0000000
77333Scleria lacustris22 May 1961EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4700 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 in shallow waterLuwingu Distict, Lake Bangweulu, Nsombo0Zambia N0

 0
77367Scleria lagoensis9 Feb 1964EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_6232 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Lusaka Province, Chakwenga Headwaters0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77368Scleria longispiculataNo dateEA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_4632 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 40 km north of Kabwe0Zambia 0

 0
77369Scleria melanomphala1 Jun 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1508 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Shiwa Ngandu0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77370Scleria melanotricha16 Apr 1965EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_6580 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Ikelenge Distr., 7 km N of Kalene Hill0Zambia0

0.0000000.0000000
77371Scleria nyasensis16 Jun 1957EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2270 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Luapula Province, Chipili0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77374Scleria pergracilis26 Mar 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1181 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 5 miles E of Choma0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
77375Scleria pooides27 Oct 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_5769 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Lusaka Province, Chakwenga Headwaters1710ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77376Scleria pooides3 Jan 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2600 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Mkushi District, Fiwila0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77394Scleria racemosa25 Aug 1963EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_5633 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Lusaka Province, Chakwenga Headwaters1710ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77390Scleria rehmannii10 Mar 1964EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_6181 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Lusaka Province, Chakwenga Headwaters, Nyabutaye Peat Bog1710ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77392Scleria schimperiana11 Apr 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1461 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Lusaka, Munali School0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77391Scleria schimperiana20 Apr 1958EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2848 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Mapanza, Pangama dambo0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
77399Scleria tessellata var. sphaerocarpa17 Apr 1962EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_5080 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Seasonal dambo 100 km E of Kasama0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
77400Scleria woodii var. woodii18 Dec 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1989 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 DamboChoma E 9 miles0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
77401Scleria woodii var. woodiiNo dateEA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_2728 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Mkushi, Fiwila0ZambiaC0

0.0000000.0000000
77402Scleria woodii var. ornata7 Jan 1955EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR_1039 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 DamboChoma SW0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
80237Tephrosia kasikiensis subsp. chinsaliana 5 Jun 1956EA Robinson
 EA Robinson EAR-1609 EA Robinson RK Brummitt SRGH
K
 Chinsali District, Shiwa Ngandu1170Zambia N0

Kew, holotype; SRGH.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Records determined by Edward Robinson.
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