Records made by Peter Biegel

Records: 33

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.

0.000000 0.000000 0
130487 Bersama abyssinica 14 Mar 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4951 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Forest Nursery, Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1650

Tree 12 m with a domed crown.

0.000000 0.000000 0
15519 Blechnum attenuatum 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4264 SRGH
Deep shade at base of cliff near stream Belingwe, Mt. Buhwa 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1200

0.000000 0.000000 0
15560 Blechnum tabulare 3 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1078 SRGH
Moist, shallow gully in deciduous woodland with Smilax and Aloe arborescens Belingwe, Mt. Buhwa 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1300

0.000000 0.000000 0
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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97331 Chrysanthellum indicum subsp. afro-americanum 18 Jan 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3454 SRGH
Weed in traffic island Junction of Drummond Chaplin and West Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1470

-17.809898 31.025981 5
106512 Clerodendrum splendens 12 Mar 1974 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4502 SRGH
Garden ornamental Kia Ora Nursery, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Climber 4m, trained against building. Foliage dark glossy green. Flowers scarlet.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106511 Clerodendrum splendens 18 Nov 1980 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5781 SRGH
Garden ornamental Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Evergreen climber wihout support, forms mass 2 m high by 3 m wide; leaves dark glossy green. Fruit shiny black, when ripe splits and reveals an orange "beard", is then eaten by birds. Calyx wine-red, reflexed below mature fruit.

0.000000 0.000000 0
30202 Cyathea dregei 1 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4242 SRGH
Gully forest Belingwe, Mt. Buhwa 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 TN27-19- S 1000

0.000000 0.000000 0
20800 Datura metel 1 Feb 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3464 SRGH
Cultivated plant Golden Stairs Nursery, Mt Pleasant, Harare 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1460

Soft woody shrub, 1.2 m. Branches purple. Leaves purple below. Flowers erect, double, purple outside, whitish inside. Fruit sharp-knobbly.

0.000000 0.000000 0
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
97333 Galinsoga quadriradiata 21 Dec 1968 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2719 SRGH
Weed in nursery bed Kia Ora nursery off Enterprise Road 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1516

-17.804426 31.091843 6
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
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
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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21340 Ipomoea eriocarpa 29 Apr 1969 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 2977 SRGH
In tall grass. Parkland above Christmas pools, 24 km E of Shamva, Uzumba CL. 0 Zimbabwe N 0

Twiner to 1.25 m.Flowers in clusters, light mauve; throat dark mauve.

0.000000 0.000000 0
128186 Ipomoea hederifolia 20 Nov 1976 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5284 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Vainona nursery 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Annual climber 2 m and higher. Flowers scarlet.

0.000000 0.000000 0
52846 Lepisorus excavatus 9 Jan 1967 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 1712 SRGH
Epiphyte on tree, exposed Watsomba, Kukwanisa Trns. Fm., Mutare district 0 Zimbabwe 1832D1 E 1520

0.000000 0.000000 2
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
36159 Polystachya zambesiaca 30 Oct 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
N Gosden
HM Biegel GV Pope N Gosden 1122 SRGH
K
Mt Buhwa, Mberengwe District 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1600

Cited in Flora Zmbesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 349 (1998)

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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
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
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
120936 Tecomaria nyassae 21 Aug 1976 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5353 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Dense rounded shrub 2 m high, 2.5 m across. Flowers a dull coppery red marked with dull old-gold within. This subsp. [i.e. subsp. nyassae] is less floriferous than subsp. capensis.

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