Records determined by Warren McCleland

iNaturalist record

iNaturalist record

Fern growing against rock in leaf litter. In thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

Shrub, c. 1.8 m tall. Fruit present. In low closed woodland/thicket on the lip of a limestone gorge; sparse understorey with dense leaf litter.

iNaturalist record

iNaturalist record

Mosaic of closed woodland and low, dense thicket.

Common understory shrub in coastal dry forest

Small tree c. 4 m tall. In low closed woodland/thicket on the lip of a limestone gorge; sparse understorey with dense leaf litter.

iNaturalist record

Untidy, free-standing shrub c. 3 m tall. Heavily in flower. Attracted many bees. Growing in tall thicket at the edge of a floodplain lake near the Zambezi River. Dominant spp Diospyros mespiliformis and Garcinia livingstonei.

Several low shrubs colonising an exposed part of a collapsed dune. Most plants had finished flowering

Small tree c. 4 m tall. In riparian forest patch on small island in Muanza River.

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Small tree, c. 4 m tall. Spine-tipped short side branches. Mostly unopened flowers, but a few open ones. Flowers pale creamy white. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

Shrub c. 3 m tall. With flowers. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

Several plants found growing in the shade of Brachystegia torrei trees.

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Growing in riverside grassland edge amidst Pandanus livingstonianus

This is the first record for Botswana for this species.

Small shrub c. 1.3 m tall. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

In low closed woodland/thicket on limestone ridge.

Low shrub c. 1.2 m tall, growing along edge of path with Barleria spinulosa. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

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Slender herb c. 250 mm tall. In dense herbaceous understorey. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

White flowers are unusual for this species.

Small tree c. 4 m tall with white flowers. In thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

Small shrub c. 1 m tall. Growing in crack of limestone along rocky bed of stream in limestone gorge.

Herbaceous climber into canopy of large Xanthocercis zambesiaca. Flowers pale creamy green. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

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Several plants. Well hidden and difficult to find.

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Understorey shrub, c. 1.5 m tall. In full flower. Growing in tall thicket on alluvial soils adjacent to a floodplain lake.

Shrub c. 2 m tall growing on alluvium on bed of gorge; young fruit. In thicket within limestone gorge.

Tall herb c. 1.5 m tall. Large sprays of pink flowers. In low closed woodland/thicket on limestone ridge.

Shrub c. 3 m tall. No flowers. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

Small tree c. 4 m tall growing on alluvium on bed of gorge. In thicket within limestone gorge.

Herb c. 500 mm tall. Growing in sunny clearing in thicket. Pale yellow flowers with deep pink centre. Growing in low thicket on a small outcrop at a spring. Canopy trees are Manilkara mochisia, Acacia robusta ssp. clavigera and Dalbergia melanoxylon

Low shrub c. 700 mm tall, growing in deep shade at edge of path. Pale pinkish red flowers. In tall riparian forest on steep slope just above Muanza River.

iNaturalist record

Axillary yellow-green flowers present. Growing in thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

Small geophyte growing in leaf litter in understorey. No flowers. In Androstachys thicket on limestone ridge overlooking Muanza River.

iNaturalist record

Small, easily overlooked mat-forming fern ally. Covering an area of about 4 sq m. Not located anywhere else in a 1500 ha area during four days intensive searching. Growing in low open mopane woodland on hard compacted soil on a gentle gravel slope-x000D- -x000D-

iNaturalist record

iNaturalist record

Plant scrambling into low canopy.

In thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

Low shrub c. 1 m tall. Growing in undergrowth of thicket on lip of limestone gorge.

iNaturalist record

This record is far north of known distribution but the species account in Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) quotes a specimen from "Govuro between Mabote and Zimane" which "appears to be related to this species"

Shrub 1.5 m tall. Purple flowers. In disturbed secondary woodland.

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