Collections made by Alan Short

Records: 25

The following is a list of the collections made by Alan Short in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Democratic Republic of 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
51519 Aerangis kotschyana20 Apr 2013BT Wursten
G Davies
A Short
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW475 BT Wursten Low-level epiphyte in riverine forest on limestone.Nhagutua Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma.140Mozambique1834D2 MS234

6
52166 Antidesma venosum3 May 2013BT Wursten
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW699 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
WoodlandNear Cloud's Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS105

In fruit

-19.03035034.6759907
52817 Biophytum umbraculum27 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW591 BT Wursten Margin of open low-altitude Brachystegia woodland and remnant sand forest. Road to Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1834D3MS50

-18.93392034.5880507
52143 Cassia abbreviata1 May 2013BT Wursten
A Short
LP Oliveira
T Castigo
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW675 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
By old overgrown walls of old farm house Near Cloud's Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS119

-19.02964134.6732957
52051 Cladostemon kirkii27 Apr 2013BT Wursten
A Short
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW595 BT Wursten In remnant sandforestRoad to Muedzi Village, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1834D3MS51

-18.93392034.5880506
52870 Crabbea velutina29 Apr 2013BT Wursten
A Short
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW618 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
In remnant sand forest. Road to Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1834D3MS42

-18.93430034.5868907
52142 Crossopteryx febrifuga1 May 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
T Castigo
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW642 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Margin of riverine forest and woodland Clouds Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS115

-19.03049034.6754207
58677 Diaphananthe fragrantissima19 Apr 2013BT Wursten
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW423 BT Wursten BR
High epiphyte in tall miombo woodlandAlong track from Nhagutua ranger post to gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma. 14380Mozambique1834D2 MS300

7
51563 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. ramosissimum2 May 2013BT Wursten
A Short
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW677 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
On sandbank among rocks in river River below Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma14380Mozambique1934B1MS114

-19.03308034.6717307
52163 Erythrophleum suaveolens2 May 2013BT Wursten
A Short
T Castigo
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW680 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Riverine forest.Tributary stream below Cloud's Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS114

-19.03063034.6730907
52162 Ficus sur2 May 2013BT Wursten
A Short
T Castigo
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW679 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Riverine forestAlong stream below Cloud's Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS114

-19.03308034.6717307
52797 Flagellaria guineensis27 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW579 BT Wursten Margin of remnant sand forestMueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.14380Mozambique1834D3MS51

-18.93392034.5880507
52065 Hypoestes forskaolii subsp. forskaolii17 Apr 2013BT Wursten
G Davies
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW494 BT Wursten BR
TCT-CatapĂș
EOWBL
By old termite mound in mixed miombo woodland. Along track from Nhagutua Gorge to rangerpost, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma. 14380Mozambique1834D2MS250

-18.66183334.8178907
107429 Indigofera astragalina1 May 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
T Castigo
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW641 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Margin of riverine forest and woodland Clouds Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS115

-19.03049034.6754205
97367 Indigofera astragalina27 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW603 BT Wursten BR
TCT-CatapĂș
EOWBL
Sandy clearing in remnant sand forestRoad to Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza. 14380Mozambique1834D3MS51

Shrubby herb with long spike-like infrutescences; pods bristly hairy

-18.93392034.5880506
54088 Ipomoea mauritiana30 Apr 2013BT Wursten
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW623 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Climber in tall Brachystegia woodlandAlong track from rangerpost to old Urema river crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza 14380Mozambique1834D3MS230

Not cited in FZ-8(1),1987. Apparently a first record for MS division.

-18.93252034.7081107
52138 Microsorum scolopendria4 May 2013BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW710 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Understorey of riverine forest on limestone Cloud's Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS114

-19.03097034.6754207
52826 Momordica charantia27 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW596 BT Wursten Margin of remnant sand forestRoad to Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1834D3MS51

-18.93392034.5880507
52247 Nuxia oppositifolia21 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW482 BT Wursten Riverine fringe in small limestone gorge Plateau above Nhagutua Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma 14380Mozambique1834D2MS215

-18.64348034.8155907
52802 Oldenlandia affinis var. fugax27 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW589 BT Wursten Along margin of remnant sand forestMueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza14380Mozambique1834D3MS51

-18.93392034.5880507
51594 Plumbago zeylanica23 Apr 2013BT Wursten
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW534 BT Wursten Roadside in tall miombo woodland.Along track from Zamambo Gorge to Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma14380Mozambique1834D2MS303

-18.70878034.8346707
52207 Psorospermum febrifugum30 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW629 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Mixed deciduous woodlandNear Cloud's Pool, Gorongosa National Partk, Muanza14380Mozambique1934B1MS120

-19.02946634.6739157
52217 Rhipsalis baccifera19 Apr 2013BT Wursten
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW424 BT Wursten Epiphyte in a large Brachystegia spiciformis in tall miombo woodland.Along track from Nhagutua Gorge to rangerpost, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma. 14380Mozambique1834D2MS300

-18.71013934.8335117
52046 (cultivated) Xenostegia alatipes (cultivated)30 Apr 2013BT Wursten
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW628 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
In tall Brachystegia woodland.Along track from rangerpost to old Urema River crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.14380Mozambique1834D4MS216

-18.97335034.7603307
52809 Zehneria tridactyla27 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten A Short LP Oliveira BW587 BT Wursten Margin of remnant sand forest.Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza 14380Mozambique1834D3MS51

-18.93392034.5880507


Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-25

The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Collections made by Alan Short.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=656, retrieved 16 June 2025

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