Records determined by Benny Bytebier

Determinations: 47

The following is a list of the records determined by Benny Bytebier 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
117360Ancistrorhynchus ovatus5 Apr 2018MG Bingham
N Wightman
R Pope
A Pope
JK Mulomba
 MG Bingham N Wightman R Pope A Pope JK Mulomba NCW63 B Bytebier NU
 Riverine forest Lumangwe-Kabwelume Falls, Mporokoso Distr. 1220Zambia0929C2 N1126

Collected from a riverine island in Kalungwishi R. above Kabwelume Falls and flowered at Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi, Lusaka

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117359Ancistrorhynchus ovatus14 Oct 2018W McCleland
N Wightman
 B Bytebier Riverine forest Chimpempe Falls, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Prov. 0Zambia0929C2 N1192

Chimpempe Falls is c. 6 km upstream of Kabwelume Falls on Kalungwishi R.

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106208Brachycorythis buchananii7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3559 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo but not under water with high grass. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1325

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106203Brachycorythis buchananii6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3554 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1243

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106136Brachycorythis buchananii21 Jan 2017N 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. 580Zambia1227A1 W1313

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106252Brachycorythis buchananii11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3605 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Roadside dambo; in low grass in drier parts of the dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.580Zambia1330A1 C1545

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106199Brachycorythis congoensis6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3553 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1243

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106291Brachycorythis congoensis7 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW98 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Large open dambo on Kalaharia sand growing amid grasses, Ascolepis sp. and Syzigium guineense subsp. huillense Very large open dambo border the town of Mufumbwe 580Zambia1324B2 W1152

Suspected species harvested for the Chikanda trade

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106168Brachycorythis pubescens28 Jan 2017N 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. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1443

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116643Brachycorythis tenuior27 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
 N Wightman B Bytebier Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia0931A2 N1613

Small population of albino flowered plants amid regular purple flowered plants

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110664Brachycorythis tenuior10 Feb 2011JE Burrows
SM Burrows
 JE Burrows SM Burrows 12168 B Bytebier BNRH
 28 km towards Mualadzi from Ulongue turn-off, on the Furancungo-Mualadzi road.0Mozambique1433D1 T1228

Dambo in mixed, high rainfall woodland. Plants ñ 30 cm high. Flowers purple.

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106227Bulbophyllum expallidum8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3578 B Bytebier K
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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94054Bulbophyllum expallidum1 Mar 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena High rainfall Miombo woodland Epiphyte on various trees in rocky seepage area near to Kalungwishi headwaters 0Zambia0930C4 N1638

Plants collected off trees cleared along transmission line following D39 road developments and flowered at Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi.

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106253Cynorkis debilis11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3606 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 On rocks in shade of trees or in humus below the rocks, next to dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.580Zambia1330A1 C1545

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106148Cynorkis debilis26 Jan 2017N 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. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1438

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106223Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3574 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet, grassy seepage dambo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106150Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii26 Jan 2017N 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. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106174Disa hircicornis5 Feb 2017MG 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. 171580Zambia1529A1 C1073

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106179Disa hircicornis4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3535 B Bytebier K
NU
 In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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116647Disperis reichenbachiana24 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
 N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3686 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
 Escarpment miombo woodland Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr., Muchinga Province 1180Zambia1131B1 N1432

Growing in leaf litter over granite boulders

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106214Eulophia angolensis8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3565 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106228Eulophia caricifolia9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3579 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dambo Samda Farm c. 10 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia1029B1 N1402

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100587Eulophia caricifolia7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 B Bytebier Wet dambo in black muck soil Ilunda dambo, Kasama, Kasama Distr., Northern Province0Zambia1031A1 N1308

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106210Eulophia caricifolia7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3561 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Grassland at edge of dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1333

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118691Eulophia streptopetala12 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3744 B Bytebier NDO
NU
 Miombo woodland Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1329D1 C1417

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106233Exochaenium grande9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3583 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dambo Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1N1446

-9.58291029.5381406
106240Exochaenium grande10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3591 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Edge of wet dambo. M13 between Kawambwa and Mansa. 580Zambia1029A3N1263

-10.37366029.0797106
106180Gnidia chrysantha4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3536 B Bytebier NU
 In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2C1490

-13.09124030.4219306
106173Habenaria debeerstiana29 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB448 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Miombo woodland with Protea. Other orchids include Satyrium kitimboense and Habenaria (cf. holubii). 15-20 mature plants seen (in bud or in flower). Mutinondo Wilderness Area, unpaved road from main camp towards Great North Road. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1493

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94062Habenaria edgarii24 Jan 2018N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 B Bytebier Dambo/Woodlands In light shade of miombo remnant along village path near Lukupa River (Kasama Distr., Northern Province) 0Zambia1031A1 N1303

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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106139Habenaria edgarii24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
Bama-Ruben
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter Bama-Ruben RB414 B Bytebier K
 Free draining sandy loam soil, with Uapaca canopy. Near Kasama town, small holding owned by Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht. 580Zambia1031A1 N1298

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106161Habenaria filicornis27 Jan 2017N 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) 117580Zambia1131A2 N1469

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106242Habenaria filicornis10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3593 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya. 580Zambia1129A1 N1229

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119253Habenaria lindblomii8 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3778 B Bytebier NDO
NU
 Wooded dambo margins Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4 N1452

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106212Habenaria perpulchra7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3563 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Miombo woodland above dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River.580Zambia1031A1 N1341

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101739Habenaria perpulchra7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 B Bytebier Undisturbed to disturbed miombo woodland Mwana-Mwata area, Kasama Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia1031A1 N1306

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

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106158Habenaria schimperiana27 Jan 2017N 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) 117580Zambia1131A2 N1469

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106146Habenaria sochensis25 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB422 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Copse around freshwater pools, ca. 30 m from RB420, peaty soil. Two plants growing side by side in apex of tree (only two seen). Tseke dambo, Mpepo Chief. 580Zambia1131A1 N1298

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118694Habenaria subarmata6 Feb 2022C Conradie
 B Bytebier Miombo woodland Mutiwila Farm, Kabwe Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1428C2 C1134

In leaf litter in deep shade between farm field and dambo

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106198Habenaria welwitschii6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3552 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1230

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106196Liparis nervosa6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3550 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1228

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106156Polystachya concreta26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB433 B Bytebier K
 Plant growing as lithophyte on free standing metamorphic boulder, with Xerophyta, Aloe, Pelargonium, Resnova (Hyacinthaceae). Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1442

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106225Rangaeris muscicola8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3576 B Bytebier K
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106237Satyrium amblyosaccos9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3587 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Under Erica bushes at edge of dambo Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1 N1468

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106134Satyrium amblyosaccos21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB407 B Bytebier K
 Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus. Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 580Zambia1227A1 W1311

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106170Satyrium trinerve28 Jan 2017N 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. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1449

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106137Satyrium trinerve23 Jan 2017N 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. 580Zambia1330A1 C1311

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