Records made by Mary Richards

Records: 54

The following is a list of the records made by Mary Richards 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
80740 Acacia hockii 9 May 1966 HM Richards
 HM Richards 21479 Among long grass in scattered woodland near stream on loam soil. Chianga Stream near Kalambo Road. 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1350

Tree 15-20 ft. high. Bark dark, flaking off when cut, pale buff beneath, flowers yellow.

 5
80739 Acacia hockii 15 Sep 1956 HM Richards
 HM Richards 6201 Side of road, dry. Mbala District; Kalambo Falls Road. 125 0 Zambia 0831C2 N 1500

Shrub 8 ft.

 5
80214 Aeschynomene pseudoglabrescens 12 Dec 1964 HM Richards
 HM Richards 19350 Kew Staff K
 Kasama District, by River Mifundu 0 Zambia N 0

0
80217 Agathisanthemum bojeri var. linearifolia 4 Feb 1965 HM Richards
 HM Richards 19600 Kew Staff K
 Mbala District, Muswilo Stream 0 Zambia N 0

Fl.
Kew, holotype.

 0
80216 Agathisanthemum bojeri var. linearifolia 2 Jan 1952 HM Richards
 HM Richards 618 Kew Staff K
 Mbala 0 Zambia N 0

Flowers

 0
84407 Ascolepis lineariglumis var. pulcherrima No date HM Richards
 HM Richards 8353 Mbala District 0 Zambia N 0

Type

 0
81045 Aspidoglossum connatum 13 Feb 1959 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10857 Mbala District; L. Chila 0 Zambia N 1707

0.000000 0.000000 0
80270 Baphia speciosa 5 Apr 1957 HM Richards
 HM Richards 9041 Kew Staff K
 Kaputa Distr., Bulaya - Nsumbu road 0 Zambia N 990

Bush 15 - 20 ft.. Pea, upper petal large, with orange mark at base, wing and keel white. Buds brown, calyx falling as pea opens
Kew, holotype

 0
49319 Bauhinia tomentosa 28 May 1961 HM Richards
 HM Richards 15147 K
 Mbala Distr., Sisya Forest, Kalambo road. 0 Zambia 0

Flowering

 0.000000 0.000000 0
85069 Bulbostylis pilosa No date HM Richards
 HM Richards 19591 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
 Luwingu District, Chishinga Ranch 0 Zambia N 0

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

 0.000000 0.000000 0
81353 Chlorophytum ruahense 22 Nov 1962 HM Richards
 HM Richards 17462 Gorge Mwinilunga District; Kabompo Gorge. 0 Zambia 1225A1 W 0

-12.133333 25.216667 5
80280 Clematis thalictrifolia 30 Mar 1952 HM Richards
 HM Richards 1247 Kew Staff K
 In Brachystegia woodland. Mbale, on road to Kalambo Falls. 0 Zambia N 0

0
80252 Commelina grandis 18 Feb 1957 HM Richards
 HM Richards HMR_8211 Kew Staff JPM Brenan K
 in woodland and in open grassland. Kambole - Abercorn road 0 Zambia N 1500

0
81554 Craterosiphon quarrei 12 Mar 1955 HM Richards
 HM Richards 4849 N: Mbala District; Inona (Inono) R. 0 Zambia 0831C3 N 914

-8.833333 31.166667 5
81555 Craterosiphon quarrei 12 Mar 1955 HM Richards
 HM Richards 4894 Riverine forest. Inono stream. 0 Zambia 0831C3 N 914

In sandy soil tall tree 30 ft. Bark corky, stem rough. Leaves glabrous has a glutinous latex in centre of young stem [incorrect observation?]. Also grows Chilogowilo Gardens.

 -8.833333 31.166667 5
81556 Craterosiphon quarrei 12 Sep 1960 HM Richards
 HM Richards 13229 Burnt woody woodland. Mbala District; Kambole Escarpment. At top of escarpment, above Kambole. 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1800

Small tree. Calyx lobes dark green. Sepals pale green.

 -8.833333 31.383333 5
81635 Crotalaria glauca 12 Apr 1962 HM Richards
 HM Richards 16317 Mbala District; Mbala - Tunduma Road, 25 miles from Mbala 0 Zambia 0831D3 N 1500

Annual growing in sand at side of road. Flower yellow; back of standard reddish-brown; keel green

 -8.950000 31.733333 5
81634 Crotalaria glauca 20 Mar 1957 HM Richards
 HM Richards 8839 Side of road sandy soil Mbale District; Mbala. Mpulungu road, 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1524

Annual. Pea yellow under side of hood brown

 -8.800000 31.266667 4
88258 Cyperus aureo-brunneus 9 Dec 1964 HM Richards
 HM Richards 19315 EA Robinson MRSC
 Kasama District, path Kalolo Village to Chambeshi Flats 0 Zambia N 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
88259 Cyperus aureo-brunneus 9 Dec 1964 HM Richards
 HM Richards 19318 EA Robinson MRSC
 Kasama District, path Kalolo Village to Chambeshi Flats 0 Zambia N 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
88260 Cyperus aureo-brunneus 14 Jan 1965 HM Richards
 HM Richards 19527 EA Robinson MRSC
 Damp woodland by the river Mpulungu (Mbala) District, Chinakila, Mulungu River 0 Zambia N 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
88241 Cyperus denudatus No date HM Richards
 HM Richards 19450 EA Robinson MRSC
 Mbala District, Chinikila path to Loye Flats 0 Zambia N 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
81922 Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea 25 Oct 1962 HM Richards
 HM Richards 16848 Mbala District; Lumi marsh, Kawimbe. 0 Zambia N 1740

Flowers cream; sepals green.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
67916 Dipcadi longifolium 9 Jan 1959 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10568 KA Bley K
BR
 In sand under Mimosa and out in the open Road from Livingstonia to Karonga about 20 miles from Karonga 0 Malawi 1034A1 N 480

Flowers cream, bulb small

 -10.205400 34.067100 5
81980 Disa nyikensis 3 Jan 1959 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10429 Lundazi District; Nyika Plateau 0 Zambia 1033D1 N 2100

5
80451 Dissotis romiana 25 Aug 1956 HM Richards
 HM Richards 5972 SRGH
K
COI
 Mbala District, Kambole area, Calongora River 0 Zambia N 1050

fl. & fr.

0
82077 Ekebergia capensis 27 Sep 1960 HM Richards
 HM Richards 13286 HM Richards Voma Gap, Fwambo side; in muchitu by river 0 Zambia 0831D3 N 1500

Tree ca 5ft high, flowers creamy-green

 -8.866667 31.533333 5
80456 Garcinia pachyclada 23 Aug 1956 HM Richards
 HM Richards 5923 K
 Mbale District, Kambole Escarpment 0 Zambia N 0

Male fl

 0
82423 Gnidia involucrata 23 Oct 1971 HM Richards
 HM Richards 27314 Serenje District; Road to Lushere village 5 miles from Serenje. 0 Zambia C 1524

Leaves sessile. Calyx brown. Flowers orange-yellow.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
82426 Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. fruticosus 6 Sep 1956 HM Richards
 HM Richards 6122 WD Stevens MO
 Mbale District; Mbala [=Mbala District], Kawimbe 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1524

Small shrub 5 feet, on ant-hill close to river. Wet ground. Stem stiff, green leaves, verticilate, glabrous. Flowers cream. Seeds green.

 -8.782500 31.441111 5
34740 Hygrophila didynama 22 Aug 1956 HM Richards
 HM Richards 5921 BR
 Hanging over a stream; damp sandy soil. Shamba side of stream, Abercorn-Kambole Road, Zambia 0 Zambia N 1500

A straggling woody herbaceous plant. Stem brown, woody. Leaves opposite, long. Calyx green. Corolla tube short, green. Flowers, upper petals inside fringed with upright brown hairs. Flower dull mauve with yellow markings. Stamens inserted base of lower petal, developing seed long pointed.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
80425 Ipomoea richardsiae No date HM Richards
 HM Richards 17292 Woodland on rock outcrops Mwinilunga District, Kalenda Village 0 Zambia W 0

Type

 0
113797 Lactuca calophylla 4 Jan 1959 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10456 K
 Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park. 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2350

Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966.

 -10.568040 33.760170 6
113800 Lactuca calophylla No date HM Richards
 HM Richards 10394 K
 Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966. 0 Malawi 1033B1 N 0

Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966.

 -10.218900 33.551300 4
80287 Micrargeriella aphylla 29 Nov 1961 HM Richards
 HM Richards 15448 K
 Kawambwa to Nchelenge, 16 km 0 Zambia N 1290

fl. & fr

 0
84935 Nemum angolense 1 Mar 1960 HM Richards
 HM Richards 12665 HM Richards Kasama, Malole Rocks 0 Zambia 1031A1 N 1240

-10.200000 31.200000 4
84936 Nemum angolense 6 Jun 1957 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10059 HM Richards Escarpment Mbala District, Kambole Escarpment 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1500

-8.833300 31.383300 4
84937 Nemum angolense 27 Feb 1960 HM Richards
 HM Richards 5250 HM Richards 2 miles from Kasama 0 Zambia 1031A1 N 1240

-10.200000 31.200000 4
84934 Nemum angolense 27 Feb 1960 HM Richards
 HM Richards 12626 HM Richards Chambeshi River, Kasama District, S of Kasama, Close to Mwarushi Villaga 0 Zambia 1031A1 N 1320

-10.200000 31.200000 4
83167 Parinari excelsa 7 Oct 1966 HM Richards
 HM Richards 21496 Vomo gap 0 Zambia 0831D3 N 1525

Entrance to vomo gap. Very large tree 60 ft.

 5
83188 Pavetta johnstonii subsp. breviloba 12 Feb 1967 HM Richards
 HM Richards 22133 D Bridson Shrub with white flowers. Mbala District; Itembwe Gorge. 0 Zambia 0831D3 N 1500

Shrub with white flowers.

 5
83260 Phyllanthus kaessneri var. kaessneri 24 Jun 1957 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10197 Mbala District; Lunzua R. 0 Zambia 0931A2 N 840

-9.001000 31.250000 5
83320 Pogonochloa greenwayi 7 Nov 1962 HM Richards
 HM Richards 16972 Mwinilunga District; Northern Rhodesia. Muyileshi River, 4-5 mls from Angola border. 0 Zambia W 1290

0.000000 0.000000 0
102524 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata 10 Jan 1959 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10609 K
 In rain forest. Misiku Hills 0 Malawi 0933C2 N 1650

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

 4
102525 Polystachya transvaalensis 4 Jan 1959 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10476 K
 Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park 180 0 Malawi 1033D2 N 2340

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

 6
83476 Richardsiella eruciformis 2 Apr 1952 HM Richards
 HM Richards 1309 Sandy soil close to "Plain of Death" Mbala District; 0 Zambia 1463

Low growing, very sandy soil, open space

 0.000000 0.000000 0
83592 Scleria angustifolia 19 Jan 1960 HM Richards
 HM Richards 12429 Grassland swamp on damp soil. Mporokoso, Mporokoso-Sanga Hill Road. 0 Zambia 0930C2 N 1350

-9.633333 30.333333 5
83771 Stereospermum kunthianum 28 Sep 1967 HM Richards
 HM Richards 22321 Isoko-Mbala Region 1 m from Mbala. 0 Zambia N 1524

Recently burnt ground. Scattered trees. Trunk smooth. Leaves pinnate. Flowers pale pink purple markings.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
80432 Vangueria rhodesiaca 16 Jan 1959 HM Richards
 HM Richards 10684 K
 Shiwa Ngandu, Machipara Hill 117 0 Zambia N 0

fl.

 0
84126 Vernonia miombicola 8 May 1967 HM Richards
 HM Richards 22234 Edge of woodland. Sandy loam. Mbale District; Arbercorn District Ndundu Drive. 0 Zambia N 1768

Annual. Leaves entire. Florets purple.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
84128 Vernonia muelleri subsp. brevicuspis No date HM Richards
 HM Richards 22262 Mbala, Lunzaw Falls 0 Zambia 0831C3 N 0

-8.933333 31.150000 5
84127 Vernonia muelleri subsp. brevicuspis 9 May 1952 HM Richards
 HM Richards 1161 Mbala 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 0

-8.833333 31.383333 5
84197 Wahlenbergia ramosissima subsp. richardsiae 17 Apr 1963 HM Richards
 HM Richards 18106 Damp, grassland. Among short grass. 0 Zambia 0831C4 N 1525

Sandy annual.

 5
84195 Wahlenbergia ramosissima subsp. centiflora No date HM Richards
 HM Richards 5565 D'hulmiti-Katula on old Mbala-Mpulungu road. 0 Zambia 0931B2 N 0

-9.216667 31.816667 5

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 Mary Richards.
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