Collections made by Bob Drummond

Records: 18

The following is a list of the collections made by Bob Drummond in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Democratic Republic of the Congo (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
122785 Adenostemma afrum Dec 1959RB Drummond
RB Drummond 6778 HE Robinson SRGH
Wet marshy ground.Edge of gold course, Mount Pleasant, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C1493

Ray florets white.

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74579 Brasenia schreberi12 Aug 1964RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6577 SRGH
In streamChilimanzi Communal Land0Zimbabwe1930B1C1400

Inflorescence branches very brittle and reddish.

-19.23333030.6166704
35775 Caldesia parnassifolia12 Aug 1964RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6575 SRGH
K
LISC
BR
In mud of damChirumanzu C.L. (Chilimanzi)0Zimbabwe1930B1C0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 8 (2009)

-19.23666730.6133335
35853 Caldesia parnassifolia Dec 1965RB Drummond
RB Drummond 9006 SRGH
BR
Aquatic in small farm damChibvuti, 20 km NE of Salisbury (Harare)0Zimbabwe1731C2C0

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126235 Chironia palustris subsp. transvaalensis Nov 1955RB Drummond
RB Drummond 4938 SRGH
Marshy ground.Between Avondale and Mabelreign, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C1380

Perennial, leaves and stems glaucous green; calyx green; corolla tube short, yellow; corolla lobes show magenta pink; filaments yellowish green where attached to corolla, white above and all arching so that the yellow anthers are above the ascending pale green style; stigma yellow; ovary green.

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25521 Cynanchum praecox6 Oct 1955RB Drummond
RB Drummond 4893 SRGH
Recently burnt ground on doleriteAvondale; beside site of railway line, Lomagundi Road, opposite West Road.10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

Flowering just above ground level, corolla greenish-purple; corona creamy white.

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90742 Cyperus dubius var. dubius19 Nov 1959RB Drummond
J Cookson
RB Drummond J Cookson 6617 SRGH
Mongu0ZambiaB0

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81905 Diospyros batocana8 Nov 1959RB Drummond
RB Drummond 6230 Monkoya. 3 miles W of Mankoya.0Zambia0

30' tree; fruits yellow.

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24586 Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides23 Nov 1955RB Drummond
RB Drummond 4968 SRGH
Marshy ground by stream, among grassGlencoe Forest Reserve, Melsetter District0ZimbabweE0

Creeping plant rooting at the nodes

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97125 Ilex mitis var. mitis24 Nov 1955RB Drummond
RB Drummond 4992 RB Drummond SRGH
BR
Margin of forest in gulleySlopes of Mt Peni, Glencoe Forest Reserve, Chimanimani0Zimbabwe1932D4E1372

20 ft tree; petals white

-19.96648032.9004305
21361 Ipomoea hackeliana18 Mar 1967RB Drummond
RB Drummond 9026 SRGH
Forest sandstone ridgeNear store, Tshiturapadzi, Beitbridge District.0Zimbabwe2230B2S455

Annual. Calyx green, accrescent; corolla white.

-22.19990030.7834005
35857 Limnophyton obtusifolium25 Apr 1961RB Drummond
ROB Rutherford-Smith
RB Drummond ROB Rutherford-Smith 7522 SRGH
K
LISC
PRE
BR
Aquatic in panPan 3 miles downstream of Malipati, West of Nuanetsi River (Mwenezi), Mwenezi District0Zimbabwe2130B3S0

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

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51872 Ophioglossum reticulatum4 May 1962RB Drummond
RB Drummond 7939 SRGH
On steep slopes in shade of bushesAcropolis, Masvingo district0Zimbabwe2030B4S0

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36211 Polystachya cultriformis27 Apr 1975RB Drummond
RB Drummond 1321 K
Pungwe Gorge, c. 3 km below falls, Nyanga540Zimbabwe1832B4 E0

Cited by Mytnik-Ejsmont (2011)

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22480 Pteridium aquilinum subsp. capense16 Mar 1960RB Drummond
RB Drummond 6844 SRGH
Darwin0Zimbabwe1631D3N0

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41860 Selaginella dregei3 Apr 1962RB Drummond
RB Drummond 7897 SRGH
Granite rocks Madzivire dip, 4mls of Lundi river bridge, Chibi0Zimbabwe2030D4S0

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42110 Selaginella perpusilla2 May 1962RB Drummond
RB Drummond 7851 SRGH
Seepage area among granite rocks Lundi river bridge, Chibi0Zimbabwe2030D4S0

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35505 Striga gesnerioides16 Apr 1981RB Drummond
D Philcox
RB Drummond D Philcox 9070 K
BR
Brachystegia woodlandChriston Bank Botanical Reserve70Zimbabwe1731C1C0

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Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Collections made by Bob Drummond.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=5, retrieved 18 June 2026

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