Records made by Oliphant Miller

Records: 82

The following is a list of the records made by Oliphant Miller 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
29356 Acacia sieberiana var. woodii Aug 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1864 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30137 Acanthospermum hispidum Mar 1958 OB Miller
 OB Miller 5148 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29754 Afzelia quanzensis Oct 1956 OB Miller
 OB Miller 3697 SRGH
 Woodland Solozwe hill, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028D1 W 0

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29750 Albizia versicolor Aug 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1862 SRGH
 In fringing forest Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1220

Tree 35 ft high. Fruits dark red, immature. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29683 Ansellia africana Sep 1955 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2464 SRGH
 Epiphyte on Dombeya rotundifolia Quaringa Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 1480

Flower with dark red spots. [See note 16]

 0
29819 Antidesma venosum Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1459 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

10 ft high plant with immature flowers. In fringing forest. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30140 Bidens pilosa Jul 1959 OB Miller
 OB Miller 5957 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

No white ray florets. Only 2 plants found. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29804 Biophytum umbraculum May 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4354 SRGH
 Gap in stand of high grass Matopos, Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1400

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30166 Cassia abbreviata Oct 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1933 SRGH
 Fringing Forest Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29734 Cleome gynandra Jan 1954 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2074 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb to 1 ft. Flowers: white, filaments dark blue. Vernacular Name: ulude. Leaves: cooked and eaten. Plant oily. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29735 Cleome hirta Jan 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4093 SRGH
 In grassland Matopos, Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Virgate shrub, very sticky. Flowers pink to very pale pink. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29736 Cleome monophylla Feb 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1604 SRGH
 Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb 20 inches high, flowers pale pink. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30099 Coccinia adoensis Feb 1954 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2175 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29907 Combretum molle Sep 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1909 SRGH
 Open woodland Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Small tree 10 ft high. Flowers pale yellow. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29810 Commiphora africana Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1520 SRGH
 Besna Kobila farm, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree about 12 ft high. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29812 Commiphora mollis Nov 1960 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7508 SRGH
 Matopos, Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Calyx green, corolla deep red, leaves and fruits immature. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30146 Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens Mar 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4202 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30147 Crassocephalum rubens var. sarcobasis Apr 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1762 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
81548 Craterosiphon quarrei 25 Sep 1937 OB Miller
 OB Miller 158 B.S.A. Coys house. Ndola. 0 Zambia 1228D3 W 0

-12.966667 28.633333 5
29712 Cyathula cylindrica Mar 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1637 SRGH
 In grassland Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

10 - 14 inch high plant with whitish flowers. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
28421 Cyathula uncinulata May 1960 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7341 On termite nest in sponge Tanglewood Farm, Ruwa 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1220

Sprawling plant.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29678 Cyrtorchis praetermissa subsp. praetermissa Apr 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4294 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Probably epiphyte but found lying on ground. [See note 16]

 0
29938 Diplorhynchus condylocarpon Nov 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1966 SRGH
 Among rocks Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree 20ft high. White flowers. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30121 Erigeron sumatrensis Dec 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4866 SRGH
 Fallow field Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers pinkish yellow. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29788 Eriosema psoraleoides Feb 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1567 SRGH
 Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29733 Erucastrum arabicum Apr 1961 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7904 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers yellow. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29679 Eulophia angolensis Jan 1956 OB Miller
 OB Miller 3224 SRGH
 Streamside Besna Kobila, Matopos, 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

A fine orchid. [See note 16]

 0
29681 Eulophia streptopetala 7 Nov 1962 OB Miller
 OB Miller 8294 SRGH
 In patch of deepish soil over granite Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers- 3 sepals green, densely spotted with brown, 2 petals large-yellow above, yellow below - the small petal yellow with a brown smear at base. [See note 16]

 0
29688 Ficus glumosa Mar 1954 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2257 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1400

Tree 30 ft high. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29691 Ficus sur Feb 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1563 SRGH
 On stream bank Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree 25 ft high [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29693 Ficus verruculosa Feb 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1585 SRGH
 On stream bank Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Shrub to 3.5 ft high. Flowers reddish. Juice milky. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29890 Flacourtia indica Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1480 SRGH
 Matobo, Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Spiny shrub 10 ft high. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30040 Genlisea africana Aug 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1877 SRGH
 Wet ground Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb 9 inches high. Flowers blue and white. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29658 Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii Apr 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1775 SRGH
 Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Flowers gold-red. [See note 16]

 0
29716 Gomphrena celosioides Jan 1955 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2651 SRGH
 Shallow soil over rock, Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers white. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29856 Grewia flavescens var. flavescens Mar 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1655 SRGH
 Flowers yellow in fringing forest Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29668 Habenaria filicornis Jan 1952 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4092 SRGH
 In grassland Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

 0
29672 Habenaria schimperiana Feb 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1581 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Flowers white. [See note 16]

 0
30055 Hypoestes forskaolii subsp. forskaolii Apr 1955 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2747 SRGH
 A herb among rocks Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30061 Justicia matammensis Jan 1960 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7089 SRGH
 Shallow soil over rock Shumbashape, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 1490

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
68961 Kedrostis foetidissima Dec 1956 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4001 C Jeffrey SRGH
 Climbing on shrub Hillside Dams, Bulawayo 22 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1400

Flowers very pale yellow

 -20.199930 28.620970 6
29809 Kirkia acuminata Nov 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1976 SRGH
 Found among rocks Matopos, Besna Kobila farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree 30 ft high. flowers cream coloured. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29833 Lannea discolor Sep 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4529 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Leafless tree 8 ft high. Inflorescence yellow. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29976 Lantana camara Mar 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1627 SRGH
 Shrub Flowers yellow, pink or red Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Shrub. Flowers yellow, pink or red. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29978 Lantana rugosa Feb 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1564 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Woody plant to 2 ft high. Flowers pink. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30105 Lobelia erinus Aug 1954 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2448 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Leaves: pinkish. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29465 Lycopodiella cernua Aug 1958 OB Miller
 OB Miller 5389 SRGH
 Stream bank Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Sub-erect plant. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
22709 Lycopodiella cernua Aug 1958 OB Miller
 OB Miller 5389 SRGH
 Streambank Matobo, Besna Kobila farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 1430

0.000000 0.000000 0
22708 Lycopodiella cernua Dec 1955 OB Miller
 OB Miller 3201 SRGH
 Damp ground Matobo, Chesterfield farm 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-37- W 1370

0.000000 0.000000 0
29818 Margaritaria discoidea var. nitida Dec 1952 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1508 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29922 Mimusops zeyheri Dec 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1985 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree 30 ft high. Flowers white. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29931 Nuxia congesta May 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 5286 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1490

Shrub 3ft high. Flowers cream - coloured [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29932 Nuxia oppositifolia Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1465 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

2.5ft high, flowers white [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29933 Nuxia oppositifolia Dec 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2020 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1370

Shrub 5ft high. Flowers white. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29887 Ochna schweinfurthiana Sep 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1919 SRGH
 Open woodland Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1370

Flowers canary yellow. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30092 Oreosyce africana 14 Jan 1963 OB Miller
 OB Miller 8339 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1370

Flowers pale yellow. A climbing cucurbit. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29799 Oxalis corniculata Jan 1955 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2636 SRGH
 In grassland Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers: yellow. [This is var. corniculata] [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29800 Oxalis corniculata Jan 1958 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4960 SRGH
 Mzvezve River, on Kadoma - Harare 57 0 Zimbabwe 1829B4 C 0

Flowers: pale pink.[This is var radicosa] [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29801 Oxalis obliquifolia Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1504 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb: 3 - 4 inches high. Flowers: base yellow; apex pale pink. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29802 Oxalis obliquifolia Dec 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2008 SRGH
 In vegetable garden Matopos, Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb. Flowers: lilac, coloured with yellow base. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29513 Panicum maximum Feb 1961 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7693 SRGH
 Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1370

Inflorescence red. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29747 Parinari curatellifolia Aug 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1878 SRGH
 Grassland Besna Kobila Farm, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1370

Tree 30 ft high. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30167 Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Oct 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1931 SRGH
 Open woodland Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Flowers pale yellow. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29780 Pterocarpus angolensis Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1525 SRGH
 Fringing Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29677 Satyrium trinerve Jan 1960 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7062 SRGH
 On streambank Farm Chesterfield, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 1460

Only 3 found [See note 16]

 0
29925 Schrebera alata Mar 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1623 SRGH
 In fringing forest Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

40ft high tree [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29832 Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra Oct 1958 OB Miller
 OB Miller 5454 SRGH
 Farm Quaringa 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 1460

Tree 12 ft high. Flowers pink. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29815 Securidaca longepedunculata Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1455 SRGH
 On edge of fringing forest Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree 12ft high [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29467 Selaginella dregei Jan 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1496 SRGH
 Matopos, Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
42065 Selaginella kraussiana May 1956 OB Miller
 OB Miller 3558 SRGH
 Pamushana, Inyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 VQ78-60- E 1830

0.000000 0.000000 5
29468 Selaginella mittenii May 1954 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2391 SRGH
 On steep bank of stream Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1220

Habit: Moss. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
42099 Selaginella mittenii Jun 1957 OB Miller
 OB Miller 4399 SRGH
 Soil on streambank Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 1400

0.000000 0.000000 5
29524 Setaria lindenbergiana Jan 1961 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7646 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 0

Inflorescence brown. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29928 Strychnos cocculoides Nov 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1946 SRGH
 In cultivated field Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

12ft tree; flowers white. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29930 Strychnos spinosa Jan 1961 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7641 SRGH
 Patch of woodland round granite oucrop Quaringa Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 0

Tree 14ft high. Breast height diameter 13 inches. Flowers pale green. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29909 Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma Mar 1960 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7205 SRGH
 Open woodland Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Coppice stems to 3 ft long. Flowers pale yellow. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
29878 Thespesia garckeana Mar 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1700 SRGH
 Fringing forest Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 0

Tree 10ft high. Flowers red, turning yellow. Fruits edible. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30098 Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa Jan 1960 OB Miller
 OB Miller 7112 SRGH
 Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Cucurbit. Scarlet to crimson. Fruit. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30102 Wahlenbergia denticulata Mar 1959 OB Miller
 OB Miller 5781 SRGH
 In grassland Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30101 Wahlenbergia denticulata Apr 1955 OB Miller
 OB Miller 2733 SRGH
 Roadside Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1490

Flowers light blue. Plant has an unpleasant smell. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30103 Wahlenbergia napiformis Apr 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1763 SRGH
 Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0
30170 Ziziphus mucronata Mar 1953 OB Miller
 OB Miller 1699 SRGH
 Edge of fringing forest Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

18 ins. high. [See note 16]

 0.000000 0.000000 0

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