Records made by Peter Biegel

Records: 91

The following is a list of the records made by Peter Biegel 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
106563 (cultivated) Acalypha wilkesiana (cultivated) 7 Nov 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4699 SRGH
Garden ornamental Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

As A. godseffiana. Untidy small shrub 1 m. Leaves light green with cream margins.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106564 (cultivated) Acalypha wilkesiana (cultivated) 26 Feb 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4925 SRGH
Garden ornamental Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

As A. godseffiana var. heterophylla Hort. Shrub 2m, with fairly loose, tall-rounded crown; ragged-looking with criss-cross branches and leaves with a shredded look, light green with whitish margins.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106565 (cultivated) Acalypha wilkesiana (cultivated) 3 Oct 1983 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5933 SRGH
Garden ornamental Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

As A. wilkesiana. Shrub 4 x 2 m. New leaves unfold red-brown, with red veins above and below; darken as they mature, finally dull green brown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
99116 Acanthospermum glabratum 6 Nov 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4109 SRGH
On gravelled pavement Mount Pleasant, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Stems quite prostrate, weakly rooting at some nodes. Plant 0.8 m in diameter.

0.000000 0.000000 0
4412 (cultivated) Acanthus polystachyus (cultivated) 14 Jul 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3973 SRGH
Cultivated in garden Harare 2 Zimbabwe C

Shrub 3m, elsewhere observed at 4.5 m. Leaves very sharp-prickly. Flowers deep pink.

0.000000 0.000000 0
53241 Actiniopteris dimorpha subsp. dimorpha 4 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1106 SRGH
Granite outcrop up to 1420m high, fern occuring in small colonies in shallow soil pockets on the rock. Sikanjena Hill, Belingwe district 0 Zimbabwe 2030C1 S 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
48840 Adiantum incisum 24 Mar 1969 HM Biegel
GV Pope
HM Biegel GV Pope 14237 SRGH
On steep, tall-wooded limestone slope, in leafmould Whindale ranch, Mangula, Makonde district. 0 Zimbabwe 1630C3 N 914

Tips of some fronds arching over and where they touch ground new plants develop

0.000000 0.000000 2
73517 Alangium chinense 20 Oct 1969 HM Biegel
TM Müller
HM Biegel TM Müller 1289 SRGH
Mixed evergreen forest: Khaya nyasica, Newtonia buchananii, close to watercourse. Holdenby Tribal Trust Land 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 1370

Tree 40 m. DBH 75 cm, heavily buttressed. Bark smooth, grey. Slash white, soft,wet. Underbark bright yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 2
120322 Albizia coriaria 6 Nov 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4689 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Marlborough Nursery, Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Evergreen tree 15 m. DBh 70 cm. Bark brown, cracked in ± square flakes 3-4 mm thick; bark on branches less than 15 cm diameter is smooth. Crown spreading. Filaments white with pink on upper 1/3.

0.000000 0.000000 0
99115 Alysicarpus rugosus subsp. perennirufus 29 Oct 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2660 SRGH
Open flat Hyparrhenia grassland Arundel - Golden Stairs Roads, Mount Pleasant 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Spreading stems from woody root. Vexillum rose, keel off white tinged pink. Common. [Position estimated]

-17.766627 31.033779 7
28420 Amaranthus dubius 11 Oct 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3613 Weed on pavement against building. Forbes Avenue, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Plant erect, 0.4 m high. Name on the sheet is Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. incurvatus (Trimen ex Gren & Godr.) Brenan which per POWO is a synonym of A. cruentus.

0.000000 0.000000 0
32660 Aneilema pedunculosum 1 Feb 1975 HM Biegel
GE Gibbs-Russell
GV Pope
HM Biegel GE Gibbs-Russell GV Pope 4841 BR
Base of wooded gully in limestone cliffs On Musirizwi River 200 m upstream from its confluence with the Bwazi River, Chipinge district 0 Zimbabwe 2032D1 500

Herb. Flowers dark mauve/ light purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
128390 (cultivated) Bauhinia monandra (cultivated) 3 Nov 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5173 HM Biegel SRGH
Garden ornamental. Enterprise, Salisbury District. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1550

Tree 3 m with rounded crown, flowering prolifically with a few new leaves. Flowers pink: petals white ± densely speckled with pink, the upper petal very densely so and looks dark pink from short distance. Most attractive when in flower.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120894 Bersama abyssinica subsp. nyassae 14 Mar 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4951 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Forest nursery, Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1650

Tree 12 m with domed crown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
130487 Bersama abyssinica 14 Mar 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4951 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Forest Nursery, Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1650

Tree 12 m with a domed crown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
15519 Blechnum attenuatum 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4264 SRGH
Deep shade at base of cliff near stream Belingwe, Mt. Buhwa 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1200

0.000000 0.000000 0
15560 Blechnum tabulare 3 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1078 SRGH
Moist, shallow gully in deciduous woodland with Smilax and Aloe arborescens Belingwe, Mt. Buhwa 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1300

0.000000 0.000000 0
40937 Bolbitis gemmifera 13 Jan 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2827 SRGH
High evergreen forest in clearing caused by fallen forest giant Haroni-Makuripini forest 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 440

Rhizomatous, covers area 3.5 X 2 m. Fertile fronds have diseased appearance. Brown in colour.

0.000000 0.000000 2
106579 Buddleja davidii 20 Nov 1973 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4370 SRGH
Garden ornamental Marlborough Nurseries 1,231 2 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Shrub 3 m with erect branches. Leaves olive-green above, grey below. Flowers dark mauve.

0.000000 0.000000 0
122788 (cultivated) Caesalpinia pulcherrima (cultivated) 9 Feb 1980 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5824 SRGH
Garden ornamental Parktown Nursery, Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Tree 3 m with open crown; branches and leaf rhachis armed; petals dark red with narrow yellow margin.

0.000000 0.000000 0
97950 Centaurea praecox 27 Nov 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4112 SRGH
K
LISC
PRE
Greystone Park, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Cited in FZ 6(1)

0.000000 0.000000 0
52349 Christella dentata 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4269 SRGH
Gully forest on south slope above Buhwa school Mount Buhwa, Belingwe district 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1050

Fronds to 1.6 m high

0.000000 0.000000 2
52672 Christella gueinziana 1 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4241 SRGH
Gully forest Mount Buhwa, north west slope, Belingwe district 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1200

Common

0.000000 0.000000 2
97331 Chrysanthellum indicum subsp. afro-americanum 18 Jan 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3454 SRGH
Weed in traffic island Junction of Drummond Chaplin and West Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1470

-17.809898 31.025981 5
106511 (cultivated) Clerodendrum splendens (cultivated) 18 Nov 1980 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5781 SRGH
Garden ornamental Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Evergreen climber wihout support, forms mass 2 m high by 3 m wide; leaves dark glossy green. Fruit shiny black, when ripe splits and reveals an orange "beard", is then eaten by birds. Calyx wine-red, reflexed below mature fruit.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106512 (cultivated) Clerodendrum splendens (cultivated) 12 Mar 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4502 SRGH
Garden ornamental Kia Ora Nursery, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Climber 4m, trained against building. Foliage dark glossy green. Flowers scarlet.

0.000000 0.000000 0
84567 Crotalaria distans subsp. macrotropis 10 Mar 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2878 SRGH
K
Industrial Sites, Coventry Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
99111 Cuscuta campestris 23 Nov 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3639 SRGH
Parasitic on Allium cepa Borrowdale 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Leafless parasite with flexuous, brown, filiform stems. Flowers yellowish. Area sown to imported seed ex USA.

0.000000 0.000000 0
99110 Cuscuta campestris 9 Sep 1971 HM Biegel
GV Pope
HM Biegel GV Pope 3601 SRGH
Parasitic on Mikania cordata Waterfalls, banks of Mukuvisi River 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Masses of yellow to brown-yellow threads. Flowering and fruiting profusely. Plant covers c. 2 x 3 m area.

0.000000 0.000000 0
99107 Cuscuta campestris 23 Nov 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3640 SRGH
Parasitic on Daucus carota Borrowdale 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Leafless parasite with flexuous, brown, filiform stems. Flowers yellowish. Area sown to imported seed ex USA.

0.000000 0.000000 0
30202 Cyathea dregei 1 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4242 SRGH
Gully forest Belingwe, Mt. Buhwa 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1000

0.000000 0.000000 0
25510 Cynanchum gerrardii subsp. gerrardii 24 Mar 1969 HM Biegel
LC Leach
GV Pope
HM Biegel LC Leach GV Pope 14238 On steep, tall-wooded limestone slope above farm-house Whindale Ranch, Mangula 0 Zimbabwe N 910

Leafless green-twigged climber forming a dense mass of branches ± 7 feet above ground. Flowers whitish.

0.000000 0.000000 0
121067 (cultivated) Dalbergia sissoo (cultivated) 6 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3610 SRGH
On very small low termitary. Shangani Road, Mount Pleasant, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

"Very doubtful if cultivated".

0.000000 0.000000 0
108221 Delonix elata 26 Jan 1973 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4172 PRE
Ornamental tree on south-facing hillside in Brachystegia woodland. Greystone Park, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Tree 5m. Branches spreading to ascending; spread of crown 6 m. Flowers off-white, fade to deep cream. Upper petals of freshly-opened flowers green-infused. Claws of all petals wide, flushed dark-red.

0.000000 0.000000 0
14210 Dichapetalum cymosum Sep 1965 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 293 SRGH
Gushu sand Lower Gwelo Reserve 0 Zimbabwe C

This is the only record form C in SRGH on 13 Dec 2006

0.000000 0.000000 0
67914 Dipcadi marlothii 23 Dec 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2725 SRGH
BR
Vacant plot among 4-5 ft grasses 31B Golden Stairs rd, Avondale, Salisbury (Harare) 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1495

About 100 yds and 3 ft vertically lower a large colony of D. viride and a small one of D. longifolium. Bulb white, rest green. Part of scape with unopened flowers pendulous, becomes erect as they open. Ovary sessile, stigma club-shaped, style short. Base of filaments with shallow U-curve.

-17.772610 31.035860 6
116026 Dipcadi viride 16 Dec 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2707 K
In vlei Harare, Groombridge vlei, below Old Georgians Sports Club. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Cited in a draft account for Flora Zambesiaca of the Hyacinthaceae. Plant in flower.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106500 Dombeya burgessiae 18 Jul 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4522 SRGH
Garden ornamental Borrowdale 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Rounded shrub 2 m, said to be severely cut back annually. Flowers a delicate pink with a darker centre.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106528 (cultivated) Elaeagnus pungens (cultivated) 28 Dec 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel s.n. SRGH
Garden ornamental Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Unarmed shrub, spreading, 6 ft high. Branches brown. Leaves dull green above, silver below and with brown scales. Stamens 4, stigmatic surface part of style hooked.

0.000000 0.000000 0
97119 Equilabium selukwense 5 Mar 1967 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1979 K
Gweru Kopje, Gweru 0 Zimbabwe 1929D2 C 1480

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 8 pt. 8: 228 (2013).

0.000000 0.000000 2
22406 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. ramosissimum 3 Oct 1966 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1339 SRGH
Clusters round culvert below dam in water and on top of culvert in dry sand Gwelo, Fletcher High School 0 Zimbabwe 1929D2 QJ99-39- C 1400

0.000000 0.000000 0
105903 Euphorbia cyathophora 8 Apr 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4959 S Carter SRGH
Marlborough Nursery 1,231 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1650

Perennial herb 0.6 m. Leaves green; Involucral leaves with red area lower 1/2, the inner smaller and all red.

0.000000 0.000000 0
105901 (cultivated) Euphorbia fulgens (cultivated) 11 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4064 SRGH
Lanscapes nurseries, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Shrub with low branches 1.5 m high, all parts with white sap. Branches arching gracefully, c. 2.5 m long. Floral bracts coral red above, orange-yellow below; stamens yellow. Flowers very attractive.

0.000000 0.000000 0
114478 Euphorbia indica 26 Apr 1977 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5470 National Botanic Garden, Harare 1,21 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
106497 (cultivated) Euphorbia pulcherrima (cultivated) 1 Aug 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4538 SRGH
Garden ornamental Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Open shrub 2.5 m with copious milky juice. Bracts bright red.

0.000000 0.000000 0
69887 Euphorbia transvaalensis 30 Jan 1975 HM Biegel
GE Gibbs-Russell
GV Pope
HM Biegel GE Gibbs-Russell GV Pope 4869 SRGH
K
c. 1 km West of confluence Musirizwi and Bwazi Rivers, Chipinge Distict 0 Zimbabwe 2032D1 E 500

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 9 part 5: 378, 2001

-20.583290 32.500230 5
119368 Ficus burkei 20 Nov 1973 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4376 SRGH
Planted Marlborough Nursery, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Tree 15 m. Crown tall - rounded, heavy. Bark smooth, grey. White latex from cut branch ends.

0
35707 Geophila obvallata subsp. ioides 8 Jan 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2767 SRGH
BR
In leaf mould on forest floor in tall evergreen forest Between Haroni and Makurupini Rivers 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 450

0.000000 0.000000 2
106576 Gomphostigma virgatum 24 Jan 1977 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5442 SRGH
Garden ornamental Marlborough Nurseries 1,231 2 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Open shrub 1.2 m, the branches virgate, the outer branches arching outwards. Foliage bluish-grey. Flowers white. A graceful small shrub.

0.000000 0.000000 0
77300 Hippocratea indica 30 Jan 1975 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
HM Biegel E Russell 1481 SRGH
Thicket vegetation in valley floor. West end of Mwangazi Gap, Chipinga District. 0 Zimbabwe 2032C2 E 440

Dense dark green climber; flower perianth yellow.

-20.547330 32.402400 6
94294 Hippocratea parviflora 2 May 1975 HM Biegel
TM Müller
HM Biegel TM Müller 2303 SRGH
Mixed woodland on rocky slope Lower northern slopes of second highest of Tsodilo Hills (Female Hill) 177 0 Botswana 1821D1 N 1030

Trailing shrub.

-18.737940 21.738350 6
94295 Hippocratea parviflora 2 May 1975 HM Biegel
TM Müller
HM Biegel TM Müller 2300 SRGH
Dense woodland dominated by Baikiaea plurijuga on Kalahari sand. 25 kn NE of Tsodilo Hills. 0 Botswana 1821D2 N 980

1.5 m shrub climbing at the ends.

-18.608100 21.987500 5
94292 Hippocratea parviflora 24 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
HM Biegel GV Pope E Russell 853 SRGH
At base of hill among boulders in Kirkia acuminata grove. Gubatsa Hills, Chobe National Park 0 Botswana 1824C1 N 936

Scrambling shrub with stems up to 3 m long trailing over rocks. Perianth green with light green margins to the segments.

-18.550100 24.083400 5
120897 Hypericum revolutum 13 Oct 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5169 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Golden Stairs nursery. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Somewhat spreading shrub 1.2 m slightly aromatic scent reminiscent of tar and spices. Flowers golden yellow, showy against the dark green foliage.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120898 Hypericum roeperianum 6 Nov 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel s.n. SRGH
Garden ornamental. Salisbury garden. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1580

Much-branched, virgate shrub 2.5 m. Flowers golden yellow. Seed collected in Juliasdale, Rhodesia 1962.

0.000000 0.000000 0
97127 Ilex mitis var. mitis 3 Oct 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4639 SRGH
BR
In Syzygium cordatum swamp forest Mandara, Salisbury (Harare) 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1505

Tree 6 m. Bark smooth, grey, very thin; UB green. Flowers white with very slight musty-sweet scent.

-17.780400 31.137200 5
126447 Ilex mitis var. mitis 7 Feb 1977 HM Biegel
In swamp forest with ligustrum lucidum, Syzygium cordatum (tall and dominant) and Rauvolfia afra. Chikurubi swamp forest Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1475

Record as a note on a Ligustrum lucidum specimen, Biegel 5453.

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21340 Ipomoea eriocarpa 29 Apr 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2977 SRGH
In tall grass. Parkland above Christmas pools, 24 km E of Shamva, Uzumba CL. 0 Zimbabwe N 0

Twiner to 1.25 m.Flowers in clusters, light mauve; throat dark mauve.

0.000000 0.000000 0
128186 Ipomoea hederifolia 20 Nov 1976 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5284 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Vainona nursery 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Annual climber 2 m and higher. Flowers scarlet.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106524 (cultivated) Jasminum sambac (cultivated) 12 Nov 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5207 SRGH
Garden ornamental Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Rather stunted shrub 0.4 m. Flowers shite, semi-double, strongly sweetly scented.

0.000000 0.000000 0
73899 Kleinia fulgens 9 May 1970 HM Biegel
GV Pope
HM Biegel GV Pope 3289 SRGH
In Brachystegia spiciformis and B. glaucescens woodland on rocky Southeast facing slope Inyoni Mts, Chivi District 0 Zimbabwe 2030D4 S 900

Rootstock tuberous. Flowers deep blood red

-20.754620 30.874820 5
52846 Lepisorus excavatus 9 Jan 1967 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1712 SRGH
Epiphyte on tree, exposed Watsomba, Kukwanisa Trns. Fm., Mutare district 0 Zimbabwe 1832D1 E 1520

0.000000 0.000000 2
22703 Lycopodiella cernua 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1064 SRGH
Woodland with Bequaertiodendron, Albizia and Uapaca trees Belingwe, Mt. Bukwa, E-slopes 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1230

0.000000 0.000000 0
22725 Lycopodium clavatum 6 Jan 1968 HM Biegel
On side of road cutting on crumbly rock face Inyanga, Inyanga N.P. 54 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
22734 Lycopodium clavatum 17 Apr 1966 HM Biegel
Granite sand Inyanga, 2 miles S of Mare dam 54,155 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 1980

0.000000 0.000000 0
37104 Lygodium kerstenii 28 Jan 1975 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
HM Biegel GV Pope E Russell 1390 SRGH
High rainfall woodland, climbing Chipinga, 9 Km NE of Muzirizwe/Bwazi River confluence 0 Zimbabwe 2031D1 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
42473 Marsilea ephippiocarpa 3 Oct 1966 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1335 GOE Launert SRGH
On sand between pools below dam. Fletcher high school, 7 miles south of Gwelo, Gwelo 0 Zimbabwe 1929D2 C 1400

0.000000 0.000000 2
130479 (cultivated) Melaleuca hypericifolia (cultivated) 26 Nov 1973 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4427 SRGH
Garden ornamental Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Open lax shrub 7 m. Flowers dull red, borne at the base of new shoots.

0.000000 0.000000 0
49745 Nephrolepis biserrata 10 Jan 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2779 SRGH
In tall moist evergreen forest; on top of large, square boulder with slightly sloping top, covering an area 6x6 yards, growing in thick leafmould Between Haroni and Makurupini rivers 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 410

Clusters of stems from ends of rhizomes; fronds to 4ft high

0.000000 0.000000 2
106567 (cultivated) Pachira glabra (cultivated) 7 Nov 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4696 SRGH
Garden ornamental Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Tree 4 m. Bark green, smooth. Flower buds to 15 cm long; sepals green, petals and stamens cream.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120899 Passiflora edulis 1 Oct 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4636 SRGH
In Syzygium cordatum swamp forest. Mandara, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Calyx green outside, greenish-white within like the petals. Corona fimbriate, mauve at base, the remainder greenish-white. Climber 4 m.

0.000000 0.000000 0
34824 Peperomia leptostachya 9 May 1970 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3282 MA Diniz SRGH
BR
Steep East-facing slope, in Brachystegia glaucescens woodland; in leaf mould Inyoni Range, Chibi 0 Zimbabwe 2030D4 S 750

0.000000 0.000000 2
36159 Polystachya zambesiaca 30 Oct 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
N Gosden
HM Biegel GV Pope N Gosden 1122 SRGH
K
Mt Buhwa, Mberengwe District 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1600

Cited in Flora Zmbesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 349 (1998)

5
53275 Pteris catoptera 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1071 SRGH
Moist deciduous woodland; fern growing at the edges of a steep sided stream. Bukwa Mt., E slopes, Belingwe district. 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1160

0.000000 0.000000 2
22764 Ptisana salicifolia 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1060 SRGH
Perennial stream in gully forest. Uncommon, growing at waters edge, sheltered by high banks Belingwe, Bukwa Mt., lower E slope 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
40655 Rhinacanthus zambesiacus 1 Feb 1975 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
HM Biegel GV Pope E Russell 4908 SRGH
K
BR
In woody vegetation on sandy streambank, in partial shade 5 km South of Rusongo Hill on Border rd, Remayi 0 Zimbabwe 2032C4 S 400

0.000000 0.000000 2
69013 Salacia luebbertii 26 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
GE Gibbs-Russell
GV Pope
HM Biegel GE Gibbs-Russell GV Pope 4071B SRGH
In deciduous woodland with Burkea africana, Terminalia sericea, Combretum psidioides on fine grained sand. c. 17 NNW of Savuti drift above Gubashe Hills, Siambiso 0 Botswana 1823B4 N 940

Probably rhizomatous, many-stemmed shrub, regrown to 0.6 m after burn. Tufts of stems 1 per 2m sq. on area of c. 30 x 50 m.

0.000000 0.000000 2
69014 Salacia luebbertii 16 Mar 1965 HM Biegel
H Wild
HM Biegel H Wild 7101 SRGH
Burkea african, Terminalia sericea savanna with Baphia obovata, Grewia retinervis, Diospyros chamaethamnus 32 km South of Shakawe on Sepopa rd. 0 Botswana 1822C1 N 1000

Subshrub; fruit reddish-brown.

0.000000 0.000000 2
69012 Salacia luebbertii 23 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
GE Gibbs-Russell
GV Pope
HM Biegel GE Gibbs-Russell GV Pope 4032 SRGH
Among porphyry boulders East face Gubatsha Hills, Savute, Chobe National Park 0 Botswana 1824C1 N 940

Shrub 0.7 m; new growth measures 0.5 m. Area probably burnt the previous year

-18.550000 24.080000 5
69010 Salacia luebbertii 2 May 1975 HM Biegel
TM Müller
HM Biegel TM Müller 2307 SRGH
On rocks Middle northern slopes of second highest of Tsodilo Hills 177 0 Botswana 1821D1 N 1140

0.5 schrub

-18.738860 21.735920 6
122861 Schoenoplectus corymbosus 6 Dec 1977 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5561 SRGH
Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
119387 Scolopia zeyheri 7 Nov 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4694 SRGH
Planted in garden. Salisbury. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Garden ornamental. Rather dense shrub, somewhat spreading, 4 m high.

0.000000 0.000000 0
41875 Selaginella dregei 12 Jan 1967 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1826 SRGH
Granite outcrop below Myrothamnus flabelliformis Kukwanisa, Mutare 0 Zimbabwe 1832D1 E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
41883 Selaginella dregei 5 Feb 1967 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1892 SRGH
Ruware with Myriothamnus coleochloa Whitewaters dam area, Gweru 0 Zimbabwe 1929B4 C 1400

0.000000 0.000000 2
42011 Selaginella dregei 16 Nov 1965 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 548 SRGH
Brachystegia-Combretum-Terminalia, granite sand Mlezu Gov. Agricultural School Farm, Gweru 0 Zimbabwe 1929B2 C 1280

-19.133333 29.916667 7
112603 (cultivated) Solandra maxima (cultivated) No date HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3604 SRGH
K
Cultivated 31, Searsdale Road, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1500

Lat/Long estimated by MAH

-17.779460 31.018322 6
35553 Stomatostemma monteiroae 19 Jan 1975 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
HM Biegel GV Pope E Russell 1440 SRGH
BR
Shrubby vegetation and thickets on sandy soil. West end of Mwangazi Gap, Chipinga District 0 Zimbabwe 2032C2 E 440

0.000000 0.000000 2
106588 Tecoma stans 12 Jun 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5134 SRGH
Garden ornamental Kia Ora Nursery, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Tree 5 m with a dense indeterminate crown. Flowers golden yellow.

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120936 Tecomaria nyassae 21 Aug 1976 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5353 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Dense rounded shrub 2 m high, 2.5 m across. Flowers a dull coppery red marked with dull old-gold within. This subsp. [i.e. subsp. nyassae] is less floriferous than subsp. capensis.

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23386 Tragia rhodesiae 23 Nov 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2690 SRGH
Vacant plot, Bedford Road 1 0 Zimbabwe C

With grass and Sphenostylis erecta, Vigna frutescens and Thunbergia lancifolia

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106614 Vigna oblongifolia var. oblongifolia 2 Feb 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2867 SRGH
Vlei Mount Pleasant, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Among 5 ft tall Setaria sphacelata. Flowers greenish with dull blue on edge vexillum. Pods hairy, pendulous.

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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Records made by Peter Biegel.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=7, retrieved 13 December 2025

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