Records made by Rhett Butler

Records: 70

The following is a list of the records made by Rhett Butler 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
131278 Abrus fruticulosus 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1535

-17.817508 31.099871 7
65794 Acacia galpinii 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
R Butler Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

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65795 Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
R Butler Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
65796 Acacia schweinfurthii 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
R Butler Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

Robust climber ascending high into trees

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131314 Acokanthera oppositifolia 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817768 31.100080 7
65790 Adansonia digitata 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

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131311 Adenia gummifera var. gummifera 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1538

-17.817826 31.100320 7
65797 Ageratum conyzoides 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
65804 Albizia amara subsp. sericocephala 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131320 Bauhinia galpinii 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1532

-17.818128 31.099825 7
131285 Bersama abyssinica 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1535

-17.817446 31.100035 7
65800 Brachystegia boehmii 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131296 Brachystegia glaucescens 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817577 31.100354 7
65798 Brachystegia glaucescens 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
65799 Brachystegia spiciformis 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131265 Capparis tomentosa 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1532

Planted as a food plant for butterflies (Pieridae - yellows and whites)

-17.818014 31.099400 7
131291 Carissa spinarum 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817446 31.100210 7
131270 Celtis africana 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1533

-17.817970 31.099468 7
131306 Cheilanthes viridis var. glauca 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

-17.817871 31.100425 7
124089 Chenopodiastrum murale No date R Butler
R Butler s.n. RB Drummond Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Specimen collected by Rhett Butler and determined by Rob Drummond.

0.000000 0.000000 0
131266 Clausena anisata 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1533

-17.817998 31.099393 7
131298 Combretum molle 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

-17.817537 31.100456 7
131262 Craibia brevicaudata subsp. baptistarum 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1532

-17.817989 31.099312 7
131255 Crossandra puberula 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1531

Originally planted but has spread considerably around the plot (per Rhett Butler)

-17.818038 31.099110 7
65793 Croton megalocarpus 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

Numerous small plants self-seeding in woodland and disturbed places

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131282 Croton megalocarpus 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1535

Self-sown plant

-17.817529 31.100029 7
65809 Croton sylvaticus 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1530

-17.819105 31.099380 7
131304 Cussonia arborea 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

-17.817974 31.100343 7
131299 Disperis anthoceros 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

Flowering plants in deep shade

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131297 Dracaena steudneri 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817533 31.100351 7
131286 Euphorbia heterophylla 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1535

-17.817435 31.100047 7
65805 Euphorbia ingens 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131258 (cultivated) Euphorbia pulcherrima (cultivated) 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1531

-17.818044 31.099283 7
65791 Faidherbia albida 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

Very large tree, just starting to flower

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131302 Freesia grandiflora subsp. grandiflora 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

In red flower, not planted

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131305 Gymnosporia senegalensis 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

Leaves green

-17.817888 31.100400 7
131271 Halleria lucida 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1533

-17.817972 31.099569 7
131292 Lantana camara 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817471 31.100238 7
65807 Markhamia obtusifolia 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
R Butler Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131294 Melia azedarach 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817493 31.100329 7
131251 Mirabilis jalapa 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1531

Flowering, normal maroon-red form

-17.818038 31.099110 7
131254 Neonotonia wightii subsp. wightii var. longicauda 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1531

-17.818038 31.099110 7
131263 Newtonia buchananii 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1532

-17.817989 31.099312 7
131300 Orobanche minor 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

Single flowering stem

-17.817680 31.100653 7
65806 Orobanche minor 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131287 Pavetta gardeniifolia 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1535

-17.817449 31.100075 7
131301 Pavonia burchellii 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

Flowers yellow

-17.817876 31.100491 7
131313 Pentas angustifolia 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

In white flowers

-17.817789 31.100082 7
65808 Phaulopsis imbricata subsp. imbricata 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131309 Pittosporum viridiflorum 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1538

-17.817866 31.100336 7
131279 Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1535

-17.817566 31.099936 7
131274 Pycnostachys urticifolia 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1534

Planted to encourage Carpenter bees

-17.817753 31.099539 7
35049 Raphia farinifera 3 Sep 2011 R Butler
Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1630D2 TS68-64- N 1300

Altitude approximate

0.000000 0.000000 5
131268 Rauvolfia afra 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1533

-17.817970 31.099468 7
131289 Rhynchosia hirta 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817391 31.100114 7
65792 Rothmannia manganjae 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131277 Rothmannia manganjae 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1534

-17.817579 31.099763 7
131307 Rumex sagittatus 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1538

-17.817886 31.100401 7
131295 Searsia natalensis 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1536

-17.817493 31.100329 7
131308 Senna singueana 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1538

-17.817861 31.100385 7
131257 Setaria homonyma 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1531

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131253 Solanum seaforthianum 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1531

-17.818038 31.099110 7
131303 Steganotaenia araliacea var. araliacea 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1537

-17.817920 31.100454 7
65802 Steganotaenia araliacea var. araliacea 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
65789 Sterculia africana 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
R Butler Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

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65788 Sterculia quinqueloba 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
R Butler Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

Seen when property bought in 1980 so likely native (Rhett Butler).

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65801 Tamarindus indica 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131252 Tithonia rotundifolia 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1531

-17.818038 31.099110 7
65803 Vangueria infausta subsp. infausta 23 May 2015 MA Hyde
R Butler
MA Hyde Rocky hill in miombo woodland 25, Wavell Road, Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1540

-17.817733 31.100119 6
131260 Vangueria randii subsp. randii 15 Feb 2026 MA Hyde
R Butler
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde R Butler Open woodland Fawlty Towers, Wavell Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1532

-17.818054 31.099315 7


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-26

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2026). Flora of Zambia: Records made by Rhett Butler.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=397, retrieved 4 April 2026

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