Records made by John Ball

Records: 10

The following is a list of the records made by John Ball 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
42728 Aporrhiza paniculata 7 Sep 1958 JS Ball
JS Ball 751 SRGH
K
Riverine forest. Lusitu riverside above Nyahodi junction. 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 530

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 2 part 2: 514 (1966)

-20.060000 32.859000 5
73926 Brillantaisia cicatricosa 6 Aug 1963 JS Ball
JS Ball 62 SRGH
Under shade in evergreen forest Nchisi Forest 0 Malawi 1334A3 C 1450

Very large straggling bushy herb; bright blue-mauve flowers; square stems up to 8 feet high.

-13.349990 34.016670 5
49373 Eulophia guineensis 1 Dec 1954 JS Ball
JS Ball 437 SRGH
In red soil and black humus over boulders in semiriverine shade Umvumvumvu River gorge, Chimanimani District. 47 0 Zimbabwe 1932D1 E 820

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 11 part 2: 465,1998). Additional notes by J.S. Ball state: "Fairly common beside Umvumvuvu River in region of Gorge beside middle crossing on Melsetter road" (Ball 2009)

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36182 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata 23 Nov 1975 JS Ball
Petterson
JS Ball Petterson 1375 SRGH
K
Near Shigodora, southwestern Vumba 63 0 Zimbabwe 1932b1 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 329 (1998)

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36213 Polystachya fusiformis 26 Jan 1955 JS Ball
JS Ball 487 SRGH
K
Chimanimani Mts 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1660

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 347 (1998)

2
36223 Polystachya golungensis 10 Aug 1975 JS Ball
JS Ball 1329 SRGH
K
Near Zonwe River, Burma Valley 63 0 Zimbabwe 1932B2 E 1000

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 339 (1998)

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36245 Polystachya malilaensis 9 Dec 1961 JS Ball
JS Ball 972 SRGH
K
Leygate Cottage, c. 5 km north of Troutbeck, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B2 E 2100

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 353 (1998)

2
41113 Psilotum nudum 18 May 1957 JS Ball
JS Ball 680 SRGH
On streambed rocks of Haroni R. Haroni-Lusitu confluence area, Chimanimani 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 610

0.000000 0.000000 2
102457 Summerhayesia zambesiaca 27 Apr 1954 JS Ball
JS Ball 336 SRGH
K
Westward Ho farm, Chimanimani. 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1360

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 446, 1998

5
102549 Vanilla polylepis 22 Nov 1959 JS Ball
JS Ball 844 SRGH
K
By Pool in Bundi Gorge, Chimanimani Mts 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1: 248, 1995

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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 John Ball.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=94, retrieved 19 December 2025

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