Records made by Peter Biegel

Records: 34

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
115081 Acacia decurrens 18 Jul 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4516 SRGH
Garden ornamental Rolf Valley, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Tree 5 m. Foliage fresh, dark green. Flowers golden yellow, scented.

0.000000 0.000000 0
115090 Acacia melanoxylon 27 Feb 1980 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5732 SRGH
Garden ornamental Mount Pleasant, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Mature tree 12 m high. Bark rough brown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
115086 Acacia saligna 15 Sep 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5160 NSW Staff (herbarium) SRGH
Cultivated Landscapes Nurseries, Borrowdale 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Tree 5 m with rounded crown of arching then pendulous branches. Flowers golden-yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
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.

2
128390 Bauhinia monandra 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
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.

2
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 gueintziana 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
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 S 1000

0
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
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
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
5529 Gleichenia polypodioides 30 Oct 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
N Gosden
HM Biegel GV Pope N Gosden 1123 SRGH
In rock cracks, sheltered by rock overhang Mt Buchwa, ridge at NE end 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1600

E aspect

0.000000 0.000000 0
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
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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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
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
131574 Lantana camara 14 Oct 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4669 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Marlborough Nursery, Harare. 1,231 2 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Cv 'Drap d'Or'. Dense, rounded shrub 2 m high. Flowers a light, slightly orangy yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

0.000000 0.000000 0


Copyright: The Angola flora team, 2026

The Angola flora team (2026). Flora of Angola: Records made by Peter Biegel.
https://www.angolaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=7, retrieved 13 November 2026

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