Records confirmed by Iain Darbyshire

Confirmations: 38

The following is a list of the records confirmed by Iain Darbyshire 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
124305Anisosepalum humbertii subsp. humbertii23 Aug 2021M Schmidt
 S Dressler I Darbyshire In forest understoreyNyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamasheke2400Rwanda0229A31965

iNaturalist record

-2.47249029.1578805
124304Anisosepalum humbertii subsp. humbertii17 Mar 2024S Orsenigo
 S Orsenigo I Darbyshire In forest understorey. Igishigishigi Trail, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamasheke2400Rwanda0229A32300

iNaturalist record

-2.47630029.1962905
124250Asystasia intrusa9 Dec 2020O Fragman-Sapir
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Uwinka Visitor Cantre, Nyungwe National Park, Nyamasheke, Iburengerazuba2400Rwanda0229A32449

iNaturalist record

-2.47850029.2002107
124310Asystasia vogeliana7 Jul 2013BT Wursten
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Lilanda, Tshopo0Democratic Republic of Congo450

iNaturalist record

0.85402024.3504805
35458Barleria ventricosa13 May 2011BT Wursten
S Dondeyne
 BT Wursten BW216 I Darbyshire BR
 Rocky Brachystegia woodland with riverine influencesAlong path to Mt Binga near Nhamadzi River, lower Chimanimani Mts1680Mozambique1933C1MS725

-19.71345333.0355490
12318Brachystegia spiciformisNo dateBT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire 0Zimbabwe1731A1

Tree Society mapping record

0.0000000.0000000
120423Brachystephanus africanus var. africanus18 May 2019M Schmidt
 M Schmidt I Darbyshire Ntchisi District0Malawi1334A3 C0

iNaturalist record

 7
27871Brillantaisia pubescens25 Jul 2007BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten P Ballings PB794 I Darbyshire BR
 Riverbank with Acacia xanthophloeaMuzikadzi River along road no5, Gorongosa National Park140Mozambique1834C4 MS22

 7
117930Crabbea kaessneri7 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Njovu
 N Wightman I Darbyshire Miombo woodland Kasempa Distr., North-Western Prov. 0Zambia1326A1N1383

Growing widespread in woodland understory

-13.08104026.1800306
59464Crassula vaginata17 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
JR Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
 BT Wursten P Ballings PB2236 BT Wursten I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 Among grasses and boulders on quartzite sandstone rocks Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts 168320Mozambique1933C1MS1642

Erect, unbranched, succulent herb c. 25 cm high; inflorescence a terminal corymbose head, brownish-red; flowers creamy-white. Only one specimen at this collection site but generally frequent in the area

-19.74274033.0133307
59591Crassula vaginata18 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
JR Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
 BT Wursten P Ballings PB2249 BT Wursten I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 Among grasses in rocky monrtane grassland Opposite slope above valley below Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts 168320Mozambique1933C1MS1713

Erect, unbranched, succulent herb up to 25 cm high; inflorescence a terminal corymbose head, brownish-red; flowers creamy-white. Common at collection site

-19.74196033.0102807
115019Dicliptera heterostegia29 Jun 2021BT Wursten
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Under shade of shrubs in riverine fringeMusicadze river at Muzimu camp. Gorongosa National Park140Mozambique1834C4MS29

-18.92809034.3608306
49104Dicliptera heterostegia9 Aug 1998MA Hyde
 MA Hyde 98.221.14 MA Hyde I Darbyshire K
 Abundant in cleared woodlandTokwe Gorge0Zimbabwe2030D2TN817065S640

Flowers purple, 2-lipped.

0.0000000.0000006
98316Dicliptera verticillata21 Aug 2018BT Wursten
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Disturbed roadside verge.Hysteria Lane, Area 3, Lilongwe2090Malawi1433B2C1039

-14.00846033.7662007
49098Elytraria acaulis4 Mar 1994MA Hyde
 MA Hyde 2881 MA Hyde I Darbyshire K
 Near gravel pit at 37.2 km on the road from Golden Valley to Sanyati290Zimbabwe1829B1C990

Flowers white, exserted, star-like

-18.10901029.5134706
49093Hygrophila auriculata12 Jul 1996MA Hyde
 MA Hyde 96.194.01 MA Hyde I Darbyshire K
 In dried-up vleiSanyati Communal Land290Zimbabwe1729C4QL441120C860

Erect spiny plant (painful to walk through)

0.0000000.0000006
133494Hygrophila uliginosa8 Mar 2013BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire In marshy area.Bigodi Swamp0Uganda21207

0.40509030.4035905
133493Hygrophila uliginosa2 Jun 2010 Boyekoli Ebale Botany
 Boyekoli Ebale Botany BEB1187 BT Wursten I Darbyshire BR
 Edge of scrub vegetation on sandbank island.Lomami River, downstream from Lieki, island in front of opposite bank.680Democratic Republic of CongoVI379

BR specimen and Br specimen

0.70474924.2242807
59524Ilex mitis var. mitis18 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
JR Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
 BT Wursten P Ballings PB2258 S Dondeyne I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 Along a rocky stream overhanging the water. Valley below Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts 168320Mozambique1933C1MS1654

Small tree c. 5 m tall; leaves glossy dark green above, paler below with deep purple petioles; fruit c. 8 mm in diameter, orange-yellow often with red spots or tinge, together forming large clusters below the leaves. One specimen seen

-19.74176033.0082007
124319Justicia claessensii4 Jul 2013BT Wursten
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire In wet stream area in secondary forest. Yangambi, Tshopo0Democratic Republic of Congo414

iNaturalist record

0.79254024.4976506
67186Keetia gueinzii2 Nov 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
 BT Wursten BW1087 BT Wursten I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 At margin of small rocky ridge of dense woody vegetation among quartzite sandstone rocksPlateau Southwest of Tsungudzi river crossing, Chimanimani Mts.168330Mozambique1933C3MS1466

Scrambling/climbing shrub up to 3.5 m high, profusely flowering; flowers creamy-white, fragrant.

-19.82413033.1048007
124083Lepidagathis fischeri4 Apr 2024N Wightman
J Alfonsi
I Kabinda
W van Niekerk
M Kaluwe
 0 N Wightman I Darbyshire K
ZAHBRI
 Brachystegia woodland Tondwa GMA, Nsama District, Northern Province, Zambia 0Zambia0830C1N1075

-8.60968030.2165206
124081Lepidagathis fischeri1 Apr 2024N Wightman
J Alfonsi
I Kabinda
W van Niekerk
M Kaluwe
 N Wightman J Alfonsi I Kabinda W van Niekerk M Kaluwe NCW1192 N Wightman I Darbyshire K
ZAHBRI
 Brachystegia woodland Tondwa GMA, Nsama District, Northern Province, Zambia 0Zambia0830C1N1075

-8.60968030.2165206
37156Lepidagathis nemorosa Mar 2011C Bishop Fortescue
 I Darbyshire Near Doma0Zimbabwe1630C4N0

0.0000000.0000002
49094Lepidagathis scariosa12 Jul 1996MA Hyde
 MA Hyde 96.194.02 MA Hyde I Darbyshire K
 In riverine vegetationBy Seke River, Sanyati Communal Land290Zimbabwe1729C4QL608120C880

0.0000000.0000006
61200Marquesia acuminata12 Nov 2006MG Bingham
 MG Bingham 13127 MG Bingham I Darbyshire K
 Miombo woodland. Ikelenge District, Salujinga, Nswanihamba Village. 0Zambia1024C3 W1292

Tree in miombo woodland.

 6
113352Nelsonia canescens15 Oct 2020R Taylor
 R Taylor I Darbyshire Kwedi East Okavango Community Trust, Okavango Delta.1640Botswana1922B2N964

iNaturalist record

-19.02403222.9859096
124316Pseuderanthemum ludovicianum7 Jul 2013BT Wursten
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Margin of evergreen forest. Lilanda, Tshopo0Democratic Republic of Congo450

iNaturalist record

0.85402024.3504805
124317Pseuderanthemum ludovicianum23 May 2010 Boyekoli Ebale Botany
 Boyekoli Ebale Botany BEB747 BT Wursten I Darbyshire BR
KIS
YBI
 Mature forest on solid groundLiambe, small tributary of the Aruwimi River0Democratic Republic of Congo386

Specimen Meise (BR)

1.31802923.9717627
74704Rhipsalis baccifera28 Oct 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
JR Timberlake
 JR Timberlake JT6017 BT Wursten I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 In crevices of large quartzite sandstone boulders. Mevumodzi River valley, Eastern Chimanimani Mts168330Mozambique1933C3MS1271

Succulent herb, no leaves. Fruits small, green.

-19.78966733.1349177
122873Ruellia patula6 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Mixed woodland on Kalahari sandC49 layby South of Mudumu National Park510Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 949

Flowers unusually deep mauve for this species

 7
75626Ruellia patula22 Jan 2014BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Sheetrock area in open Acacia-Mopane woodland Along secondary dirt road below Mt Buchwa near junction with main Zvishavane Rutenga road. 0Zimbabwe2030C2 S772

iNaturalist record

 7
98718Ruellia prostrata7 Jan 2009MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
C Sharp
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Riverine vegetation.Ruia River, Kariba.0Zimbabwe1628D2 N500

 7
59024Spermacoce subvulgata var. subvulgata14 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
JR Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
 BT Wursten P Ballings PB2186 BT Wursten I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 On a cliff above a river in rocky miombo woodland Path along Nhamadzi River, lower Chimanimani Conservation Area168320Mozambique1933C1MS732

Erect annual herbs up to 30 cm high; flowers white. Numerous specimens at collecting site.

-19.71282033.0354107
129003Streptocarpus glandulosissimus13 Mar 2013BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Along path in montane forest.Bwindi Forest National Park, Uganda0Uganda0029D31600

-0.99793029.6148505
129004Streptocarpus glandulosissimus10 Mar 2013BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Along path in montane evergreen forest.Nyakalengija, Rwenzori foothills Kasese, Uganda0Uganda1885

0.36358030.0159805
129002Streptocarpus kamerunensis17 Mar 2022BT Wursten
P Ballings
E Fischer
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire In deeply shaded understorey of montane evergreen forest.Kamiranzovu trail, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamasheke.2400Rwanda0229A31990

-2.48310029.1535607
131762Streptocarpus kamerunensis10 Mar 2013BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire In shade in montane evergreen forest.Nyakalengija, Rwenzori foothills, Kasese0Uganda21885

0.36358030.0159805

Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Records confirmed by Iain Darbyshire.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-confirmations-by-person.php?person_id=325, retrieved 23 October 2026

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