Collections made by Rutherford-Smith

Records: 5

The following is a list of the collections made by Rutherford-Smith 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
106556 Cucumis hirsutus22 Feb 1961ROB Rutherford-Smith
ROB Rutherford-Smith 552 SRGH
RoadsideNear Gwebi, Harare District1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Prone perennial herb, from rootstock, stems up to 1.5 m. Flowers yellow.

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81912 Diospyros kirkii25 Nov 1960ROB Rutherford-Smith
ROB Rutherford-Smith 384 Chinamora Reserve, Domboshawa.0Zambia0

Tree 2 1/2 m., roughish grey bark. Flowers, petals yellow.

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120934 Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. heterocalyx11 Oct 1960ROB Rutherford-Smith
ROB Rutherford-Smith 207 ML Gonçalves SRGH
Burnt field.Mount Pleasant, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Herb to c. 10 cm. Large trumpet-shaped mauve flower, purple throat.

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35857 Limnophyton obtusifolium25 Apr 1961RB Drummond
ROB Rutherford-Smith
RB Drummond ROB Rutherford-Smith 7522 SRGH
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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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35509 Striga gesnerioides24 Feb 1961ROB Rutherford-Smith
ROB Rutherford-Smith 605 SRGH
BR
Sugar Estate rd, 2 miles South from Otto Beit bridge, Kariba District0Zimbabwe1628B2N0

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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Collections made by Rutherford-Smith.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=54, retrieved 19 June 2026

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