Collections made by Darrel Plowes

Records: 12

The following is a list of the collections made by Darrel Plowes in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Angola (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
15648 Aerangis verdickii var. verdickii3 Apr 1971DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3459 Christon Bank70Zimbabwe1731C1 C

Epiphyte. Flowers white, with slightly twisted spurs greenish-cream in colour. Leaves rectangular, notched at the apex.

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27776 Disa ochrostachya19 Feb 1983DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes sn Pungwe River, Nyanga NP540Zimbabwe E0

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27778 Disa ochrostachya2 Feb 1997DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 8432 On doleriteKwaraguza, Nyanga0Zimbabwe E2150

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27810 (cultivated) Disa ornithantha (cultivated)20 Feb 1965DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2683 On wet granite slab.Near Trout Hatchery, Nyanga NP54,1550Zimbabwe1832B4 E1830

Plants 10 inches tall, flowers 1 inch diameter. Lateral sepals and extension of dorsal sepal red, interior of latter yellow spotted with red. Lip also yellow and red.

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15612 Gardenia imperialis subsp. imperialis8 Feb 1966DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2753 SRGH
In swampPungwe valley, Nyanga District0Zimbabwe1832B4 E700

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34938 Leonotis ocymifolia var. raineriana Mar 1972DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4412 SRGH
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On granite soilsErin Forest Reserve, Nyanga0Zimbabwe1832B3E0

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27639 Osmunda regalis23 May 1954DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1739 SRGH
Shady site at water edgeMatopos east, Tambetyane stream near absent farm0Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-33-W0

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27650 Osmunda regalis1 Sep 1958DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2046 SRGH
Along river, roots in waterInyanga, Pungwe river0Zimbabwe1832B4E730

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6084 Pilostyles aethiopicaNo dateDCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 8601 Christmas Pass, Mutare0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

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6278 Siphonochilus aethiopicus25 Nov 1962DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2282 SRGH
In Brachystegia / Uapaca woodland on granite soilBase of the Burma Valley Pass630Zimbabwe1932B2E840

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32603 Strobilanthopsis linifolia17 Jul 1958DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2040 SRGH
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Under Brachystegia boehmii on schistsIn Sawunyama Reserve, Nyanga0Zimbabwe1732D4E1070

Common small bushy herb. Plants smell like an old billy goat. Flowers pale bluish-mauve, with darker streaks in throat. Leaves lanceolate, entire. slightly hairy.

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35788 Wiesneria filifolia13 Feb 1955DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1776 K
Nyamandhlovu Pasture Research Station0Zimbabwe1928C4W0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 10 (2009)

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The Angola flora team (2026). Flora of Angola: Collections made by Darrel Plowes.
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