Images taken by Lari Merrett

Records: 20

The following is a list of the images made by Lari Merrett in species name order.

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NoImageSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)PhotographerColl.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc CodeImage
76368Ceropegia umbraticola Ceropegia umbraticola18 Dec 2012L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 1082 DJ Goyder K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Ekebergia benguelensis, Syzygium guineense subsp. macrocarpum, Bobgunnia (Swartzia) madagascariensis, Uapaca kirkiana, Ochna pulchra, Phyllocosmus leaireanus, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Xylopia odoratissima, Pleurostylia africana, Garcinia huillensis, Rourea orientalis, Rothmannia engleriana, Strychnos cocculoides, S. pungens, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthus, Psychotria djumaensis, Cyphostemma kerkvoordei. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp 1160Zambia1231A4N0

Single stem herb, pale yellow stem, leaf stalks +-1cm, leaves horizontal, opp., wider and blunter near base, tapering to tip, margin burgundy outline, blade marbled by irregular venations. Flower: cream bulbous at base, cream substantial tube, brown-green lobes joining at tip forming a cage.
Fairly widespread and common

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76368Ceropegia umbraticola Ceropegia umbraticola18 Dec 2012L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 1082 DJ Goyder K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Ekebergia benguelensis, Syzygium guineense subsp. macrocarpum, Bobgunnia (Swartzia) madagascariensis, Uapaca kirkiana, Ochna pulchra, Phyllocosmus leaireanus, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Xylopia odoratissima, Pleurostylia africana, Garcinia huillensis, Rourea orientalis, Rothmannia engleriana, Strychnos cocculoides, S. pungens, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthus, Psychotria djumaensis, Cyphostemma kerkvoordei. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp 1160Zambia1231A4N0

Single stem herb, pale yellow stem, leaf stalks +-1cm, leaves horizontal, opp., wider and blunter near base, tapering to tip, margin burgundy outline, blade marbled by irregular venations. Flower: cream bulbous at base, cream substantial tube, brown-green lobes joining at tip forming a cage.
Fairly widespread and common

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79712Eleocharis variegata Eleocharis variegata9 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett LM1382 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79713Eleocharis variegata Eleocharis variegata27 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett LM1487 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79712Eleocharis variegata Eleocharis variegata9 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett LM1382 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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74627Emilia basifolia Emilia basifolia16 Dec 2012L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 1078 KB Vollesen K
Dambo: Syzigium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Protea garguedii, P. welwitschii, Gardenia subacaulis, Parinari capensis, Justicia elegantula, Ascolepsis protea. Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Horse crossing lower Little Chipundu 1160Zambia1231A4N1429

Herb growing in colony from woody rootstock, leaf covered stems +-10cm long; leaves: soft, cream-green, moisture and drops held in long white hairs. Flowers singular at ends of +-40cm long straight very slender burgundy stalks, phyllary bright green, single layer of linear bracts, florets orange.
Plentiful in this location, not noticed elsewhere

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74627Emilia basifolia Emilia basifolia16 Dec 2012L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 1078 KB Vollesen K
Dambo: Syzigium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Protea garguedii, P. welwitschii, Gardenia subacaulis, Parinari capensis, Justicia elegantula, Ascolepsis protea. Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Horse crossing lower Little Chipundu 1160Zambia1231A4N1429

Herb growing in colony from woody rootstock, leaf covered stems +-10cm long; leaves: soft, cream-green, moisture and drops held in long white hairs. Flowers singular at ends of +-40cm long straight very slender burgundy stalks, phyllary bright green, single layer of linear bracts, florets orange.
Plentiful in this location, not noticed elsewhere

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74627Emilia basifolia Emilia basifolia16 Dec 2012L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 1078 KB Vollesen K
Dambo: Syzigium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Protea garguedii, P. welwitschii, Gardenia subacaulis, Parinari capensis, Justicia elegantula, Ascolepsis protea. Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Horse crossing lower Little Chipundu 1160Zambia1231A4N1429

Herb growing in colony from woody rootstock, leaf covered stems +-10cm long; leaves: soft, cream-green, moisture and drops held in long white hairs. Flowers singular at ends of +-40cm long straight very slender burgundy stalks, phyllary bright green, single layer of linear bracts, florets orange.
Plentiful in this location, not noticed elsewhere

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75366Gnidia chrysantha Gnidia chrysantha26 Jan 2011L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 594 J Osborne K
Dambo: Syzigium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Protea garguedii, P. welwitschii, Pankiaka carsonii, Habenaria filicornis, Gardenia subacaulis, Parinari capensis, Justicia elegantula, Ascolepsis protea. Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo 1160Zambia1231A4N1434

Single stemmed upright herb +-35cm tall from a woody rootstock, slender leaves similar lengths (+-1.5cm x2mm) up stem, distance between leaves decreases towards top, 6 wide triangular sepals, domed grouped of seeds in center. Threads: Common

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75366Gnidia chrysantha Gnidia chrysantha26 Jan 2011L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 594 J Osborne K
Dambo: Syzigium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Protea garguedii, P. welwitschii, Pankiaka carsonii, Habenaria filicornis, Gardenia subacaulis, Parinari capensis, Justicia elegantula, Ascolepsis protea. Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo 1160Zambia1231A4N1434

Single stemmed upright herb +-35cm tall from a woody rootstock, slender leaves similar lengths (+-1.5cm x2mm) up stem, distance between leaves decreases towards top, 6 wide triangular sepals, domed grouped of seeds in center. Threads: Common

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75368Gnidia chrysantha Gnidia chrysantha13 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 594 J Osborne K
Dambo. Tree level: Syzigium guineense, Uapaca sansibarica, Herb layer: Gardenia subacaulis, Ascolepsis protea, A. angolensis, Gnidia chrysantha, Conyza welwitschi, Wahlenbergia sp., Hypoxis sp., Desmodium barbatum, Parinari capensis, Justicia elegantula. Sandy loam soil. Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu 1160Zambia1231A4N1468

Herb with bright yellow flowers and grey-silver seedhead. Threats: Common

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75371Gnidia kraussiana var. kraussiana Gnidia kraussiana var. kraussiana24 Sep 2008L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 594 J Osborne K
Burnt old village site next to dambo, Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo edge, Caterpillar side 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Suffrutex. fleshy yellowish hair covered stems +-30cm tall, lens-shaped leaves, width 1/3 length, evenly spaced along stems +- 2cm, leaves +- 45 degrees to stem, increasing in size along stem ending up as long as or longer than interleaf space. Flower heads at top, subspjerical cluster of about 50 bright yellow waxy flowers; flower: 5 petals, petals widest at base tapering gently to tip.

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75371Gnidia kraussiana var. kraussiana Gnidia kraussiana var. kraussiana24 Sep 2008L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 594 J Osborne K
Burnt old village site next to dambo, Mpika District, Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo edge, Caterpillar side 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Suffrutex. fleshy yellowish hair covered stems +-30cm tall, lens-shaped leaves, width 1/3 length, evenly spaced along stems +- 2cm, leaves +- 45 degrees to stem, increasing in size along stem ending up as long as or longer than interleaf space. Flower heads at top, subspjerical cluster of about 50 bright yellow waxy flowers; flower: 5 petals, petals widest at base tapering gently to tip.

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79808Rhynchospora candida Rhynchospora candida12 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett LM1431 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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79809Rhynchospora candida Rhynchospora candida24 Oct 2012L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett LM1031 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

-12.44130031.29050042
79808Rhynchospora candida Rhynchospora candida12 Apr 2013L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett LM1431 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

-12.44130031.29050043
79810Rhynchospora candida Rhynchospora candida21 Dec 2012L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett LM1090 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area1160Zambia1231A4N1430

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74643Senecio pachyrhizus Senecio pachyrhizus6 Feb 2009L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 344 MG Bingham K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Strychnos cocculoides, S. pungens, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthus, Psychotria djumaensis, Cyphostemma kerkvoordei. Sandy loam soil. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: In woodland along riverside walk. 1160Zambia1231A4N1432

Suffrutex. Leaves: +-35cm tall, baldes as long as stalks. Rough, soft textured, margins serrated like bread knives on both edges, grey green above, silvery with prominent green midib behind.
Common

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74641Senecio pachyrhizus Senecio pachyrhizus24 Sep 2008L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 159 MG Bingham K
Burnt old village site next to dambo. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo edge, Caterpillar side 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Suffrutex. Bright green fleshy stalks +-10cm tall, 3mm wide, few thin widely spaced leaves. Robust flower heads. Basal cup: compact, bright green, single layer of bracts, restricted at lip, +-1.5cm high and wide (at base), 1cm wide at lip; rounded white head of florets, each with extended grey collumns and prominent curled white tips+- 3mm above.
Common

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74641Senecio pachyrhizus Senecio pachyrhizus24 Sep 2008L Merrett
L Merrett L Merrett 159 MG Bingham K
Burnt old village site next to dambo. Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Big Chipundu Dambo edge, Caterpillar side 1160Zambia1231A4N1455

Suffrutex. Bright green fleshy stalks +-10cm tall, 3mm wide, few thin widely spaced leaves. Robust flower heads. Basal cup: compact, bright green, single layer of bracts, restricted at lip, +-1.5cm high and wide (at base), 1cm wide at lip; rounded white head of florets, each with extended grey collumns and prominent curled white tips+- 3mm above.
Common

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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Images taken by Lari Merrett.
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