Records made by Peter Biegel

Records: 19

The following is a list of the records made by Peter Biegel 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
4412 Acanthus polystachyus 14 Jul 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3973 SRGH
Cultivated in garden Harare 2 Zimbabwe C

Shrub 3m, elsewhere observed at 4.5 m. Leaves very sharp-prickly. Flowers deep pink.

0.000000 0.000000 0
73517 Alangium chinense 20 Oct 1969 HM Biegel
TM Müller
HM Biegel TM Müller 1289 SRGH
Mixed evergreen forest: Khaya nyasica, Newtonia buchananii, close to watercourse. Holdenby Tribal Trust Land 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 1370

Tree 40 m. DBH 75 cm, heavily buttressed. Bark smooth, grey. Slash white, soft,wet. Underbark bright yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 2
120322 Albizia coriaria 6 Nov 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4689 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Marlborough Nursery, Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Evergreen tree 15 m. DBh 70 cm. Bark brown, cracked in ± square flakes 3-4 mm thick; bark on branches less than 15 cm diameter is smooth. Crown spreading. Filaments white with pink on upper 1/3.

0.000000 0.000000 0
99115 Alysicarpus rugosus subsp. perennirufus 29 Oct 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2660 SRGH
Open flat Hyparrhenia grassland Arundel - Golden Stairs Roads, Mount Pleasant 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Spreading stems from woody root. Vexillum rose, keel off white tinged pink. Common. [Position estimated]

-17.766627 31.033779 7
28420 Amaranthus dubius 11 Oct 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3613 Weed on pavement against building. Forbes Avenue, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Plant erect, 0.4 m high. Name on the sheet is Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. incurvatus (Trimen ex Gren & Godr.) Brenan which per POWO is a synonym of A. cruentus.

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97950 Centaurea praecox 27 Nov 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4112 SRGH
K
LISC
PRE
Greystone Park, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Cited in FZ 6(1)

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22406 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. ramosissimum 3 Oct 1966 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1339 SRGH
Clusters round culvert below dam in water and on top of culvert in dry sand Gwelo, Fletcher High School 0 Zimbabwe 1929D2 QJ99-39- C 1400

0.000000 0.000000 0
106576 Gomphostigma virgatum 24 Jan 1977 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5442 SRGH
Garden ornamental Marlborough Nurseries 1,231 2 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Open shrub 1.2 m, the branches virgate, the outer branches arching outwards. Foliage bluish-grey. Flowers white. A graceful small shrub.

0.000000 0.000000 0
15944 Gouania longispicata 3 Dec 1980 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5796 SRGH
Garden ornamental, Vainona nursery 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Liane climbing over a 7 m high shrub. Hairs soft and rust-brown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120897 Hypericum revolutum 13 Oct 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5169 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Golden Stairs nursery. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Somewhat spreading shrub 1.2 m slightly aromatic scent reminiscent of tar and spices. Flowers golden yellow, showy against the dark green foliage.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126447 Ilex mitis var. mitis 7 Feb 1977 HM Biegel
In swamp forest with ligustrum lucidum, Syzygium cordatum (tall and dominant) and Rauvolfia afra. Chikurubi swamp forest Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1475

Record as a note on a Ligustrum lucidum specimen, Biegel 5453.

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97127 Ilex mitis var. mitis 3 Oct 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4639 SRGH
BR
In Syzygium cordatum swamp forest Mandara, Salisbury (Harare) 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1505

Tree 6 m. Bark smooth, grey, very thin; UB green. Flowers white with very slight musty-sweet scent.

-17.780400 31.137200 5
22703 Lycopodiella cernua 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1064 SRGH
Woodland with Bequaertiodendron, Albizia and Uapaca trees Belingwe, Mt. Bukwa, E-slopes 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1230

0.000000 0.000000 0
49745 Nephrolepis biserrata 10 Jan 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2779 SRGH
In tall moist evergreen forest; on top of large, square boulder with slightly sloping top, covering an area 6x6 yards, growing in thick leafmould Between Haroni and Makurupini rivers 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 410

Clusters of stems from ends of rhizomes; fronds to 4ft high

0.000000 0.000000 2
34824 Peperomia leptostachya 9 May 1970 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3282 MA Diniz SRGH
BR
Steep East-facing slope, in Brachystegia glaucescens woodland; in leaf mould Inyoni Range, Chibi 0 Zimbabwe 2030D4 S 750

0.000000 0.000000 2
114477 Pilea microphylla 26 Feb 1980 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2730 In greenhouse Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Self-sown greenhouse plant. Weak herb, more or less decumbent and rooting at the nodes.

0.000000 0.000000 0
42011 Selaginella dregei 16 Nov 1965 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 548 SRGH
Brachystegia-Combretum-Terminalia, granite sand Mlezu Gov. Agricultural School Farm, Gweru 0 Zimbabwe 1929B2 C 1280

-19.133333 29.916667 7
41883 Selaginella dregei 5 Feb 1967 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1892 SRGH
Ruware with Myriothamnus coleochloa Whitewaters dam area, Gweru 0 Zimbabwe 1929B4 C 1400

0.000000 0.000000 2
41875 Selaginella dregei 12 Jan 1967 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1826 SRGH
Granite outcrop below Myrothamnus flabelliformis Kukwanisa, Mutare 0 Zimbabwe 1832D1 E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2


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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Records made by Peter Biegel.
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