The following is a list of the collections made by Brian Best 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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| No | Species | Record date | Recorder(s) | Coll. | Det. | Conf. | Herbaria | Habitat | Location | Loc code | Outing code | Planted code | Country | QDS | Grid ref. | FZ Div | Alt. (m) | Notes | Lat | Long | Loc Acc Code |
| 80710 | Acacia amythethophylla | 11 Feb 1963 | EB Best |
EB Best 367 | RE Gereau | MO |
Lusaka, near where stream crosses Great East Road below Roma turn-off. | 0 | Zambia | 1528A4 | C | 1250 | Small much branched tree to ca. 5 ft. with dense foliage. Branches straight suberect. | -15.433333 | 28.266667 | 5 | |||||
| 82427 | Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. rostratus | 10 Aug 1961 | EB Best |
EB Best 292 | DJ Goyder | Polder wall - soil black clay. Full sun. Well drained. | Kafue Pilot Polder | 0 | Zambia | 1527D4 | S | 914 | Large woody herb or shrub to 15 feet. Flowers white or pale greenish white. Stem exuding milky juice on wounding. Locally frequent. Fruit opening to expose long silky awns of seeds. | 5 | |||||||
| 106622 | Hypoxis filiformis | 29 Sep 1981 | EB Best |
EB Best 1713 | SRGH |
In burnt vlei grassland amongst new grass growth | Mukuvisi Woodland | 1,2 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1731C3 | C | 0 | Flowers yellow | 0 | ||||||
| 22960 (cultivated) | Ipomoea welwitschii (cultivated) | 9 Feb 1984 | EB Best |
EB Best 2091 | SRGH |
Mukuvisi Woodlands | 1,2 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1731C3 | C | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0 | |||||||
| 24146 | Laurembergia repens | 14 Jan 1983 | EB Best |
EB Best 1951 | SRGH |
Mukuvisi Woodland, Blatherwick Avenue end | 1,2 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1731C3 | C | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0 | |||||||
| 74583 | Micromeria imbricata var. imbricata | 18 Dec 1981 | EB Best |
EB Best 1840 | SRGH |
Open woodland in shade of tree. | Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare | 1,2 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1731C3 | C | 1472 | Woody herb with many very erect leafy stems and pale mauve-pink flowers. | -17.845500 | 31.086320 | 5 | ||||
| 41882 | Selaginella dregei | 17 Mar 1984 | EB Best |
EB Best 2108 | SRGH |
Shallow soil on flat rock, full sun | Twentydales, J.Jones' garden fronting Ruwa river, Harare | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1731C3 | C | 1500 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 2 | ||||||
| 116655 | Sonchus schweinfurthii | 8 Mar 1982 | EB Best |
EB Best 1884 | SRGH |
Chiraura vlei, Mukuvisi Woodland | 1,2 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1731C3 | C | 0 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0 |