Records determined by Benny Bytebier

Determinations: 122

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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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106226Bulbophyllum fuscum var. melinostachyum8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3577 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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94055Centrostigma clavatum4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier Perennial wet peaty dambo Dambo above Kundalila Falls, Serenje District. 1210Zambia1330B1 C1502

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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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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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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94056Disa aequiloba5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier Moist dambo grassland Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, in one of the dambos (Mpika District) 1160Zambia1231A4 N1467

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

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94058Disa aequiloba7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena Moist dambo grassland Upper slopes of Ilunda dambo (Kasama District) 0Zambia1031A1 N1302

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

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106191Disa aequiloba5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3545 B Bytebier K
NU
 Fairly dry dambo. Kabasamo dambo. 580Zambia1231A3 N1470

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106197Disa aequiloba6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3551 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1231

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106209Disa aequiloba7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3560 B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet dambo but not under water with high grass. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1322

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106218Disa aequiloba8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3569 B Bytebier K
J
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106243Disa aequiloba10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3594 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya. 580Zambia1129A1 N1229

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106154Disa engleriana26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB432 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Opposite path from RB424 (Disperis). In humic soils with quartzite sand, leaf litter. Ca. 10 mature plants in are, + seedlings." Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1430

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106222Disa engleriana8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3573 B Bytebier K
NU
 Seepage area under miombo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106224Disa equestris8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3575 B Bytebier K
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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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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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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105833Disa ornithantha20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB403 B Bytebier K
 Dambo (seasonally iundated grassland), ca. 1km sq., dominated by grasses and sedges. Soils peaty. Large open dambo. 580Zambia1125A3 W1491

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105832Disa verdickii20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB402 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dambo (seasonally inundated grassland), ca. 1km sq., dominated by grasses and sedges. Soils peaty. Large open dambo. 580Zambia1125A3 W1495

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106171Disa walleri28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB446 B Bytebier K
 Exposed area, anthropogenic grassland along rough margin of air strip (temporarily not in use). Grasses, sedges, legume herbs, Lamiaceae. 1 mature plant seen in flower, and two seedlings (spirit taken for ID only, due to scarcity, and leaf sample i Mutinondo Wilderness Area, air strip margin. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1444

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106135Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB408 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). Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 580Zambia1227A1 W1313

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106145Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii25 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB420 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Peaty dambo, wet underfoot, dominated by grasses and sedges. Woodland margin with common white Satyrium present (S. kitimboense). Counted 12 mature plants in area 15m x 15 m."Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht Tseke dambo, Mpepo Chief.580Zambia1131A1 N1298

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106163Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB441 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dambo, dry underfoot, dominated by grasses. Disa and Brachycorythis seen, and one species of white flowered Satyrium, also Orthochilus trilamellatus. Ca. 30 mature plants seen in bud or in flower, plus juveniles, across a searched area of ca. 300 m b Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo.116580Zambia1231A3 N1442

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106235Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3585 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Grassy, drier part of dambo. Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1 N1460

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106246Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3599 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dry, sandy part of dambo. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road 580Zambia1229A2 N1171

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120294Disa welwitschii subsp. occultans18 Feb 2020N Wightman
K Mulenga
K Kangungu
N Armitage
M Lepinoy
B Moulin
 N Wightman K Mulenga K Kangungu N Armitage M Lepinoy B Moulin NCW881 B Bytebier NU
 Wet dambo grassland Kalonde Falls, Chipili area, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N1396

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120295Disa welwitschii subsp. occultans18 Feb 2020N Wightman
K Mulenga
K Kangungu
N Armitage
M Lepinoy
 2020-01-19 B Bytebier Wet dambo grassland Kalonde Falls, Chipili area, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N1396

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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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131396Eulophia arenicola16 Nov 2025N Wightman
W van Niekerk
 N Wightman W van Niekerk NCW1510 B Bytebier NU
ZAHBRI
 Degraded miombo woodland Mushindamo District, North-Western Province 0Zambia1226B4 W1371

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100586Eulophia calantha7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 B Bytebier Wet dambo in black muck soil Lumwana area, Mwinilunga Distr., North-Western Province 0Zambia1031A1 N1308

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106211Eulophia calantha7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3562 B Bytebier K
NU
 Grassland at edge of dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1333

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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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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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100589Eulophia hians var. nutans4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 B Bytebier Moist to wet dambo in black muck soil Kundalila Falls, Serenje Distr., Central Province 1210Zambia1330B1 C1501

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106182Eulophia hians var. nutans4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3538 B Bytebier K
NU
 At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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106193Eulophia latilabris6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3547 B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet dambo along river. Dambo along the road near the palace of the Chitimukulu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1217

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106194Eulophia malangana6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3548 B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet dambo along river. Dambo along the road near the palace of the Chitimukulu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1217

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106204Eulophia malangana6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3555 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1243

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116038Eulophia seleensis30 Nov 2021N Wightman
Q Allen
P Nyathi
 N Wightman NCW636 B Bytebier NDO
NU
 Escarpment miombo woodland Lusaka East Forest Reserve 27, Lusaka Distr., Lusaka Province 0Zambia1528A4 C1277

Growing in escarpment miombo woodland in stony soils

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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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106220Eulophia tanganyikensis8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3571 B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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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

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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
101709Habenaria calvilabris var. calvilabrisNo dateN Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 B Bytebier Wet dambo slope in black muck soil Koshima dambo, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N0

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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106232Habenaria calvilabris var. calvilabris9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3582 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 In grassland above dambo. Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1 N1446

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106157Habenaria cataphysema27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB434 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. 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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106340Habenaria cataphysema10 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW119 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Very large open seepage dambo grassland growing on sloping ground in wet black muck to peaty soil Very large open seepage dambo c. 30 km N of Mwinilunga 580Zambia1124C2 W1384

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94060Habenaria cornuta8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena Wet dambos and grasslands Roadside dambo along M3 (Kasama District).0Zambia1030B2 N1232

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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94061Habenaria cornuta10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena Wet dambos and grasslands Roadside dambo along D94 (Mansa District) 0Zambia1129A3 N1215

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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106217Habenaria cornuta8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3568 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106219Habenaria cornuta8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3570 B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106241Habenaria cornuta10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3592 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya. 580Zambia1129A1 N1229

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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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106192Habenaria disparilis5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3546 B Bytebier K
NU
 At edge of fairly dry dambo and miombo woodland. Kabasamo dambo. 580Zambia1231A3 N1470

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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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106143Habenaria goetzeana24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB418 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Uapaca copes on edge of sandy grassland. Grassland burnet (black/ carbon residue). Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot. 580Zambia1031A1 N1295

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106153Habenaria goetzeana26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB431 B Bytebier K
 Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (Platycoryne including RB427, and Disa including RB428). Dambo at Kapishya. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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77328Habenaria kilimanjari19 Feb 2015C Mannheimer
 C Mannheimer 4850 B Bytebier WIND
 In depression next to road.Along road D3507 between Lake Liambezi and Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 924

First record for Namibia.

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94753Habenaria kilimanjari28 Feb 2015C Mannheimer
 C Mannheimer 4850 B Bytebier WIND
 Seasonally inundated depression, black clay. Occasional, very localised. Full sun and semi-shade.Caprivi: Depression next to road D3507 between Lake Laimbezi and Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 924

Geophyte growing between grasses, height 0.25-0.30 m. Corm elongate-cylindrical. Flowers mature, carried in terminal raceme, white, with long spur. Fruit not seen.

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106169Habenaria laurentii28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB444 B Bytebier K
 Miombo woodland: canopy of Brachystegia with sub-canopy of Uapaca. Track of white sand. This species growing in shaded herbaceous layer of woodland floor, on rich humic soils with leaf litter. 11 plants counted in flower or in bud in dense patch ca. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, track between Little Chipundo and Big Chipundo dambo. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1462

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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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94063Habenaria macroplectron9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena Perennial wet peaty dambo Koshima dambo (Kawambwa District) 0Zambia0929D4 N1433

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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106162Habenaria macroplectron27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB440 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. Scattered patches, 3-4 plants in each patch. Evidence of harves Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. To left of road (when facing Shiwa House direction). 117580Zambia1131A2 N1469

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106178Habenaria macroplectron4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3534 B Bytebier K
NU
 In full sun in wet dambo in about 30 cm of water. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1494

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106234Habenaria macroplectron9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3584 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Grassy, drier part of dambo. Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1 N1460

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101737Habenaria papyracea12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 B Bytebier Undisturbed miombo woodland Moffat Farm, Mkushi Distr., Central Province 0Zambia1329D1 C1477

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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106254Habenaria papyracea12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3608 B Bytebier K
NU
 Open miombo woodland. Moffat Farm, Mkushi Farm Block580Zambia1329A4 C1462

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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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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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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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106255Habenaria uhehensis12 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3607 B Bytebier K
NU
 Open miombo woodland. Moffat Farm, Mkushi Farm Block 580Zambia1329A4 C1462

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106339Habenaria weberiana9 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW107 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Moist to very wet lower area of open seepage dambo grassland growing in black muck to peaty soils Medium-sized seepage dambo c. 60 km SW of Solwezi 580Zambia1226C1 W1267

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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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106175Habenaria zambesina5 Feb 2017MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB450 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. This species growing either side of a dry ditch (probably prone to flooding). 10-30 plants seen in ""greenp Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171580Zambia1529A1 C1075

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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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106247Orthochilus euanthus11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3600 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dry, sandy part of dambo. Start of the wetlands along the D235 road 580Zambia1229A2 N1178

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106221Orthochilus trilamellatus8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3572 B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106142Platycoryne buchananiana24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter RB417 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "White sand, dry grassland. Grasses sparse with Striga (Orobanchaceae) and sparse clusters of low growing Uapaca trees. Growing with Habenaria sp (RB418). Growing in patches of 20 - 30 plants scattered across grassland, common locally." Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot. 580Zambia1031A1 N1299

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106152Platycoryne buchananiana26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB430 B Bytebier K
 Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (Platycoryne including RB427, and Disa including RB428). Dambo at Kapishya. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106207Platycoryne buchananiana7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3558 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Very wet grassland in between Uapaca woodland. Love N Light Lukupa 580Zambia1031A1 N1296

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106293Platycoryne buchananiana8 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW100 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Medium open dambo amid grasses and Gladiolus sp. Medium open dambo c. 27 km SW of Kabompo 580Zambia1323D2 B1119

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106338Platycoryne buchananiana5 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW82 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Small to medium sized dambo grassland Grassland beside M18 between Lufwanyama and M8 turnoff growing with Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii, Eulophia calantha, Pachycarpus bisacculatus and grasses in clay to clay loam soils580Zambia1227C3 W1247

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106341Platycoryne buchananiana12 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW128 B Bytebier K
NU
 Open wet dambo grassland growing in black muck soil Large wet open dambo c. 86 km E of Solwezi 580Zambia1227A3 W1317

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106151Platycoryne isoetifolia26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB429 B Bytebier Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (Platycoryne including RB427, and Disa including RB428). Dambo at Kapishya. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106149Platycoryne macroceras26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB427 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (small green Habenaria, Platycoryne, red Disa). Dambo at Kapishya. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106184Platycoryne mediocris5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3540 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 On bare rock in seepage area. Dambo above falls.On rockslab between reception and chalet. 580Zambia1231A3 N1450

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112971Platycoryne mediocris5 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3540 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Seepage slope on large inselberg Mutinonodo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A3 N1450

On rockslab of inselberg between Lodge reception and chalet

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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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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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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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106164Satyrium buchananii28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB442 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Dry margin of dambo. 50 m by 30 m area surveyed, > 30 mature plants seen plus juveniles. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1443

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106141Satyrium carsonii24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
Bama-Ruben
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter Bama-Ruben RB416 B Bytebier K
 Free draining sandy loam on clay subsoil. Brachystegia and Uapaca dominated miombo woodland. Near path on small holding owned by Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht. 580Zambia1031A1 N1306

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105830Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB400 B Bytebier K
 Iron-red laterite. Most plants growing in full sun. Modified grassland verge: grasses & sedges, Aloe bulbophyllum; Chlorophytum; Asteraceae. Evidence of seasonal flooding. Grassy verge area, ca. 45 m parallel to road x 10 m wide. 580Zambia1124A4 W1443

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105831Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB401 B Bytebier NDO
 Iron-red laterite. Most plants growing in full sun. Modified grassland verge: grasses & sedges, Aloe bulbophyllum; Chlorophytum; Asteraceae. Evidence of seasonal flooding. Grassy verge area, ca. 45 m parallel to road x 10 m wide. 580Zambia1124A4 W1443

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105835Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB406 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Growing with Habenaria sp. (RB405). Miombo woodland. Legume trees include Brachystegia, Julbernardia and Isoberlina. Near junction on main road, on return from Mwinilunga 580Zambia1225A2 W0

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110674Satyrium kitimboense10 Feb 2011JE Burrows
SM Burrows
 JE Burrows SM Burrows 12167 B Bytebier BNRH
 28 km towards Mualadzi from Ulongue turn-off, on the Furancungo-Mualadzi road, Tete Province.0Mozambique1433D1 T1228

Mixed, high rainfall woodland. Plants ± 60 cm tall. Flowers white. Common.

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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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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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106172Satyrium volkensii29 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB447 B Bytebier K
 Exposed area, anthropogenic grassland along rough margin of air strip (temporarily not in use). Grasses, sedges, legume herbs, Lamiaceae. Only 1 mature plant seen (spirit taken for ID only, due to scarcity, and leaf sample into silica for DNA extra Mutinondo Wilderness Area, air strip margin. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1443

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