Records made by Ruth Bone

Records: 35

The following is a list of the records made by Ruth Bone 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
79786 Brachycorythis buchananii 21 Jan 2017 MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Chakwenga Headwaters, 100-129 km E of Lusaka 171 0 Zambia C 0

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106136 Brachycorythis buchananii 21 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB409 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus, Satyrium sp. (RB407) and Disa (RB408). Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 58 0 Zambia 1227A1 W 1313

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79785 Brachycorythis buchananii 21 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Roadside dambo between Solwezi and Chingola (Solwezi Distr., Northwestern Province) 0 Zambia 1227A4 W 1307

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105834 Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii 20 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB404 A Beaumont K
 Dambo (seasonally inundated grassland), ca. 1km sq., dominated by grasses and sedges. Soils peaty. Large open dambo. 58 0 Zambia 1125A3 W 1492

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94053 Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii 20 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 MG Bingham Dry dambo Roadside dambo between Mwinilunga and Solwezi (Mwinilunga District) 0 Zambia 1125C3 W 1486

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

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106168 Brachycorythis pubescens 28 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB443 B Bytebier K
 Dambo. Extensive searching revealed only 4 mature/ flowering plants (hence only spirit collection made as voucher and leaf sample taken for DNA extraction). Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116 58 0 Zambia 1231A3 N 1443

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106148 Cynorkis debilis 26 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB425 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Among boulders (conglomerate rocks and granite); canopy of Albizia, and large evergreen shrub (sterile, Lauraceae?), mosses and Melastomataceae herb (sterile). Humic soils in shade. 25-35 plants at flowering maturity, plus some in bud and some seed" Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118 58 0 Zambia 1131A2 N 1438

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79787 Cynorkis debilis 26 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham High rainfall Miombo Woodland Kapishya Springs Lodge, forested inselberg (Chinsali Distr., Muchinga Province) 118 0 Zambia 1131B1 N 1441

Determined as Cynorkis hanningtonii

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79788 Disa engleriana 26 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland/High rainfall Miombo Woodland Kapishya Springs Lodge, forested inselberg (Chinsali Distr., Muchinga Province) 118 0 Zambia N 0

Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106154 Disa engleriana 26 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB432 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Opposite path from RB424 (Disperis). In humic soils with quartzite sand, leaf litter. Ca. 10 mature plants in are, + seedlings." Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118 58 0 Zambia 1131A2 N 1430

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79800 Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii 26 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Kapishya Springs Lodge, dambo by Mansha river (Chinsali Distr., Muchinga Province) 118 0 Zambia N 0

Subspecies not yet confirmed.
Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106150 Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii 26 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB428 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (small green Habenaria, Platycoryne including RB427).
Ca. 10-15 mature plants seen across dambo (area ca. 250 m x 250 m checked). 		Dambo at Kapishya. 118 58 0 Zambia 1131A2 N 1427

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106174 Disa hircicornis 5 Feb 2017 MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB449 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Grass and sedge dominated dambo. Evidence of burning. Some areas wet underfoot. Clumps of Raffia palm at margins with Melastoms and Syzgium. 10 plants seen in flower across wide area, after intensive searching + plus some seedlings resembling this species Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171 58 0 Zambia 1529A1 C 1073

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105833 (cultivated) Disa ornithantha (cultivated) 20 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB403 B Bytebier K
 Dambo (seasonally iundated grassland), ca. 1km sq., dominated by grasses and sedges. Soils peaty. Large open dambo. 58 0 Zambia 1125A3 W 1491

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105832 Disa verdickii 20 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB402 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dambo (seasonally inundated grassland), ca. 1km sq., dominated by grasses and sedges. Soils peaty. Large open dambo. 58 0 Zambia 1125A3 W 1495

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79792 Disa verdickii 20 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Roadside dambo between Mwinilunga and Solwezi (Mwinilunga Distr., Northwestern Province) 0 Zambia W 0

Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106135 Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii 21 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB408 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus, Satyrium sp. (RB407). Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 58 0 Zambia 1227A1 W 1313

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106163 Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii 28 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB441 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dambo, dry underfoot, dominated by grasses. Disa and Brachycorythis seen, and one species of white flowered Satyrium, also Orthochilus trilamellatus. Ca. 30 mature plants seen in bud or in flower, plus juveniles, across a searched area of ca. 300 m b Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116 58 0 Zambia 1231A3 N 1442

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106145 Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii 25 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB420 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Peaty dambo, wet underfoot, dominated by grasses and sedges. Woodland margin with common white Satyrium present (S. kitimboense). Counted 12 mature plants in area 15m x 15 m." Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht Tseke dambo, Mpepo Chief. 58 0 Zambia 1131A1 N 1298

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106157 Habenaria cataphysema 27 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB434 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Passers-by on bicycles (with umbrellas in the rain) shouting "C Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117 58 0 Zambia 1131A2 N 1469

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106161 Habenaria filicornis 27 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB439 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Locally common- several patches in dambos both sides of road." Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117 58 0 Zambia 1131A2 N 1469

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106144 Habenaria holubii 24 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
F Llarena
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya F Llarena RB419 B Bytebier K
 "Miombo woodland near dwelling. Only two mature plants found across extensive area." Near dwelling, Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot. 58 0 Zambia 1031A1 N 1291

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106162 Habenaria macroplectron 27 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB440 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Scattered patches, 3-4 plants in each patch. Evidence of harves Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. To left of road (when facing Shiwa House direction). 117 58 0 Zambia 1131A2 N 1469

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79794 Habenaria macroplectron 27 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland KShiwa N'gandu, dambo along the roadside leading to the main house (Chinsali Distr., Muchinga Province) 117 0 Zambia N 0

Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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79796 Habenaria macrura 28 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Open Woodland Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, along the road leading to the airstrip (Mpika Distr., Muchinga Province) 116 0 Zambia N 0

Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

0
106158 Habenaria schimperiana 27 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB435 B Bytebier K
 Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Passers-by on bicycles (with umbrellas in the rain) shouting "C Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117 58 0 Zambia 1131A2 N 1469

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79802 (cultivated) Habenaria stenorhynchos (cultivated) 2 May 2017 MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Chakwenga Headwaters, 100-129 km E of Lusaka 171 0 Zambia C 0

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

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106175 Habenaria zambesina 5 Feb 2017 MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB450 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Grass and sedge dominated dambo. Evidence of burning. Some areas wet underfoot. Clumps of Raffia palm at margins with Melastoms and Syzgium. This species growing either side of a dry ditch (probably prone to flooding). 10-30 plants seen in ""greenp Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171 58 0 Zambia 1529A1 C 1075

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79803 Habenaria zambesina 2 May 2017 MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Chakwenga Headwaters, 100-129 km E of Lusaka 171 0 Zambia C 0

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

0
101858 Protea paludosa subsp. secundifolia 20 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 MG Bingham Dry dambo in sandy loam soil Lumwana area, Mwinilunga Distr., North-Western Province 0 Zambia 1125C3 W 1489

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106164 Satyrium buchananii 28 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB442 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dry margin of dambo. 50 m by 30 m area surveyed, > 30 mature plants seen plus juveniles. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116 58 0 Zambia 1231A3 N 1443

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79798 Satyrium buchananii 28 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, in one of the dambos (Mpika Distr., Muchinga Province) 116 0 Zambia N 0

Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106140 Satyrium trinerve 24 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
Bama-Ruben
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter Bama-Ruben RB415 DJ Goyder K
 "Dambo dominated by grasses and sedges, some Xyris and Eulophia latilabris. Only one 1 mature specimen seen (many juvenile plants in the area)." Dambo in Lukupa - Milungu border area near small holding owned by Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht. 58 0 Zambia 1031A1 N 1287

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106137 Satyrium trinerve 23 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB412 B Bytebier K
 Peaty dambo, central area water-logged, with surface water. Dambo opposite Chiwolea village, Chief Kabamba area. 58 0 Zambia 1330A1 C 1311

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106170 Satyrium trinerve 28 Jan 2017 N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB445 B Bytebier K
 "Among tall, waist high, grasses and sedges in central area of dambo on peaty soil pockets, flooded areas but dry underfoot. Ca. 15 mature plants seen, mostly finished flowering." Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Big Chipundo dambo. 116 58 0 Zambia 1231A3 N 1449

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Copyright: The Angola flora team, 2026

The Angola flora team (2026). Flora of Angola: Records made by Ruth Bone.
https://www.angolaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=790, retrieved 28 September 2026

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