Records made by Penny English

Records: 41

The following is a list of the records made by Penny English 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
108222 Achyrospermum cryptanthum 12 Apr 2020 P English
MA Hyde Growing on the edge of a small patch of remnant forest. Near the road that goes to Fingira rock, Nyika NP. 180 0 Malawi 1033D4 N 2117

Straggly bush about 150cm tall, growing in the shade. Most of the flowers seem to have finished.

-10.771617 33.796733 7
98728 Annona stenophylla subsp. nana 18 Nov 2018 P English
MA Hyde BT Wursten In very rocky area that had been burnt. Chizarira NP 161 0 Zimbabwe 1727D4 N 1063

Small bush just coming into leaf

-17.824520 27.755430 7
113330 Asclepias palustris 2 Oct 2020 P English
BT Wursten In burnt grassland. Chelinda area just south of log house at old stables, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2298

Erect plant about 20cm tall. White latex. Flower heads droop. Outer petals greenish white with white and dark pink inside. Paired linear leaves.

-10.586710 33.792580 7
113323 Berkheya bipinnatifida subsp. echinopsoides var. echinopsoides 13 Jun 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In miombo woodland Along an overgrown road that used to approach the Juniper Forest from the west, in Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D4 N 2028

In semi shade, c. 150-200 cm tall with white stems and underleaf. The leaves had very irregularly indented margins and were quite prickly. Flowers white.

-10.753300 33.856990 7
98721 Calyptrochilum christyanum 17 Nov 2018 P English
P English BT Wursten In mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hill slope toward seasonal stream Chizarira NP 161 0 Zimbabwe 1727D2 N 992

Large clump growing in a Diospyros mespiliformis

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68566 Camptorrhiza strumosa Dec 2010 P English
BT Wursten Near Towa airstrip, Matabeleland South 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 695

-21.437733 29.894200 6
68565 Camptorrhiza strumosa 2002 P English
P English BT Wursten Near the hide at Shumba, Hwange National Park. 5 0 Zimbabwe 1826C4 W 1040

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113802 Ceropegia schliebenii 4 Jan 2021 P English
P English BT Wursten Area where the shallow soil met the rock slab. Along the track to Lutete river, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D1 N 2250

Small herb winding a short distance through other vegetation. Paired leaves - the largest about 16 mm long and 4 mm wide. The flowers are about 3 cm across with each petal being about 1.5 cm. Five thread like petals a pale pinkish brown.

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113739 Costus macranthus 9 Dec 2020 P English
BT Wursten On a termite mound in dry deciduous woodland Along road between Bolero and Thazima, Rumphi District. 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1300

Flowers 13-15 cm high

-10.919750 33.607410 7
113740 Costus macranthus 17 Dec 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In deciduous woodland in a termite mound. "shortcut " from Rumphi to Thazima, Rumphi District 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1503

LOTS of them flowering. Most measured were about 13 cm tall, including the ones photographed a few weeks ago. Several were as tall as 15cm.

-10.859410 33.591313 7
53924 Craterostigma pumilum 24 Nov 2013 P English
MA Hyde BT Wursten Sandveld; predominantly Kirkia woodland with some mopane Ripple Creek section of Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 690

-21.344630 29.986580 6
112637 Cynanchum praecox 25 Aug 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In a burnt area, on a roadside bank. Road from Chelinda to the Dembo bridge, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2221

Four small plants, only one of which was starting to put out linear leaves. Small brownish yellow flowers on short stalks at ground level. Seems to attract flies, ants and several other bugs but no obvious smell to the plant. White latex present.

-10.535810 33.852890 7
98722 Diospyros mespiliformis 17 Nov 2018 P English
P English BT Wursten In mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hill slope toward seasonal stream Chizarira NP 161 0 Zimbabwe 1727D2 N 992

Large tree

-17.670150 27.897230 7
113444 Disa perplexa 9 Nov 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In a seasonally dryish boggy area along the stream. South of the old stables at Chelinda, Nyika National Park 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2293

Only one single specimen seen.

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43444 Distephanus divaricatus 25 May 2010 P English
MA Hyde Along a trail Mt Towla, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 700

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43443 Distephanus divaricatus 29 May 2010 P English
MA Hyde Base of Silungube Hill, Towla HQ, Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 700

-21.438722 29.889528 7
113697 Eulophia livingstoneana 20 Nov 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In Miombo woodland. Between Thazima offices and Park gate, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1665

This species was not listed by Burrows & Willis, Sabonet report 31, 2005.

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113696 Eulophia norlindhii 20 Nov 2020 P English
BT Wursten In miombo woodland. Near Thazima offices, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1665

The tallest plant not much more than 20cm tall. Some going to seed, and the least mature with buds still forming. The largest plant divided midway up the stem, just below where the flowers started, so it's flowers looked quite densely packed, other plants seemed to be single-stemmed. No visible leaves.

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113706 Fadogiella stigmatoloba 20 Nov 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten Miombo woodland Around Thazima office, Nyika National Park. 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1655

Small straggly shrub with yellow flowers. Upper leaves green, and lower surface whitish.

-10.831360 33.592520 7
126300 Glossostelma nyikense 27 Oct 2020 P English
DJ Goyder In montane grassland Chelinda area, Nyika National Park 180 0 Malawi 1033B2 N 2348

iNaturalist record

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112297 Hedbergia abyssinica No date P English
P English BT Wursten Among the bracken scrub at edge of road in pine plantation. Near Chelinda Lodges, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2371

-10.589710 33.821590 7
112916 Hedythyrsus thamnoideus 5 Aug 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten Montane scrub Along the road to the Juniper forest, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2455

-10.699740 33.952520 7
112972 Holothrix tridactylites 6 Sep 2020 P English
P English In burnt grassland. Along the track to Fingira rock, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2140

Tiny plants - only about 7cm tall. The flowers are about 7 mm across and the spur is about 3-4 mm. One plant had a brownish leaf embedded in the ground around the stem, but others we found had no sign of leaves. The areas we found them had all been burnt.

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77420 Ipomoea tuberculata var. tuberculata Mar 2003 P English
T Sando In yard Staff housing, Sinamatella Camp, Hwange National Park 5 0 Zimbabwe 1826C2 W 990

Flowers creamy yellow with a purplish centre. It grew in our yard at Sinamatella but only flowered with good rains.

-18.587520 26.309634 5
113796 Lactuca calophylla 18 Dec 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In grassland. Along the track to Vitumbi peak, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D4 N 2306

Basal rosette of leaves with reddish veining on underside. Single stem with long reddish hairs. Flowers clustered at the top of the stem - yellow. White latex.

-10.802120 33.949760 7
76544 Lepidagathis scabra 10 Apr 2016 P English
I Darbyshire Bubye Valley Conservancy 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 720

It grows in the shade as a small bushy plant not much more than 30cm high. The leaves are very dark green and the flowers grow out of bracts that arise at the leaf axils. There are 3 lower lobes with some patterning on the centre lobe, and a single upper lobe. The colour ranged from pale mauve to a darker mauve in some specimens.

-21.426333 29.880250 7
113795 Lippia plicata 26 Dec 2020 P English
BT Wursten Regularly burnt grassland Along road to Juniper Forest, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 0

Plants growing in small clumps about 15-20cm tall at most. Stems squarish and hairy. Flowers of some plants were in shades of pink, while others were more shades of purple. The leaves were paired, hairy, and ranged from a roundish ovate to elliptic. When crushed they initially smelled quite strongly of lemon but this faded quickly to a generally herb-like smell.

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112309 Macledium sessiliflorum 14 Jul 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten Miombo woodland Close to Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park 180 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1657

-10.832160 33.591400 7
113321 Monactinocephalus shirensis 14 Jul 2020 P English
MA Hyde In miombo woodland. Near the Thazima offices, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D3 N 1657

About 35-40 cm tall with large yellow flowers. Leaves growing almost clasping the stem, which were all very hairy but no prickles.

-10.832030 33.591520 7
113338 Neobolusia stolzii var. stolzii 12 Mar 2020 P English
BT Wursten In grass on a rocky outcrop near Chelinda bridge in Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2229

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80315 Nicotiana glauca 27 Jul 2017 P English
P English BT Wursten In a dry paddock Near the golf course, Bulawayo. 81 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1362

-20.173670 28.601720 7
72863 Nuxia oppositifolia 28 Dec 2013 P English
BT Wursten At edge of river Bubye river, near boundary of BVC and Bubiana Conservancy. 0 Zimbabwe 2129B4 S 687

-21.271917 29.910383 7
84889 Oenothera rosea 29 Sep 2017 P English
BT Wursten Growing in damp area Bulawayo golf course, Bulawayo. 81 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1356

-20.176220 28.597980 6
113346 Polystachya dendrobiiflora 16 Oct 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten in dry grass at the edge of the road. A bit north of Zungwara bridge, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D1 N 2106

There were several single stemmed plants averaging about 30cm tall. One had multiple very pale pink flowers growing along its stem. Three others had only one or two pink flowers. The lower lobe has a small purplish mark. No leaves evident. Area dry with lots of surface quartzite stones.

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31955 Raphionacme grandiflora 11 Jan 1997 P English
Turn off to borehole 5, Hwange NP 5 0 Zimbabwe 1826C2 W 940

Altitude estimated by me (MAH)

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31953 Raphionacme grandiflora 2000 P English
In kopjes Past Masuma, Hwange NP 5 0 Zimbabwe 1826C4 W 0

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108133 Romulea camerooniana 15 Mar 2020 P English
BT Wursten In clay soil of the track. Along track to Juniper Forest, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2450

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113791 Schizocarphus nervosus 18 Dec 2020 P English
P English BT Wursten In a burnt area in grassland. Along the track beyond Vitumbi peak, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D4 N 2206

Up to about 20 cm tall. Leaves were just beginning to grow - generally 3 per plant. Flowers light mauve with a darker centre.

-10.807390 33.949690 7
97159 Spermacoce filifolia 3 Mar 2008 P English
MA Hyde In damp grassy area near a seasonal pan, in mopane woodland in damp grassy area near a seasonal pan, in mopane woodland, Midlands 0 Zimbabwe 1830C3 C 0

Small 4 petal flowers protruding from an oval reddish "cushion" that surrounds the main stem at leaf axils. Petals white with mauve tips. Thin linear leaves widely spaced along stem, in pairs. Pressed specimen is almost 60cm tall.

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108218 Trifolium simense 15 Mar 2020 P English
BT Wursten Montane grassland Along road that goes to Juniper Forest, Nyika National Park 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2456

-10.713000 33.955417 7
113736 Wurmbea tenuis subsp. goetzei 15 Dec 2020 P English
BT Wursten In montane grassland Below old stables, Chelinda area, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2330

Only about 6-7cm tall. One or two grass blade like leaves. Six white petals with 2 purplish blue markings midway along each petal.

-10.584980 33.793820 6


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 made by Penny English.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=374, retrieved 5 December 2025

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