Records made by Lari Merrett

Records: 9

The following is a list of the records made by Lari Merrett 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
76368 Ceropegia umbraticola 18 Dec 2012 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 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 0

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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79712 Eleocharis variegata 9 Apr 2013 L Merrett
L Merrett LM1382 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1430

-12.441300 31.290500 4
79713 Eleocharis variegata 27 Apr 2013 L Merrett
L Merrett LM1487 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Mutinondo Wilderness Area 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1430

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75366 Gnidia chrysantha 26 Jan 2011 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 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1434

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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75368 Gnidia chrysantha 13 Apr 2013 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 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1468

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

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75371 Gnidia kraussiana var. kraussiana 24 Sep 2008 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 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1455

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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79808 Rhynchospora candida 12 Apr 2013 L Merrett
L Merrett LM1431 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1430

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79809 Rhynchospora candida 24 Oct 2012 L Merrett
L Merrett LM1031 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1430

-12.441300 31.290500 4
79810 Rhynchospora candida 21 Dec 2012 L Merrett
L Merrett LM1090 MG Bingham L Merrett K
Dambo Mutinondo Wilderness Area 116 0 Zambia 1231A4 N 1430

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