Records made by John Laing

Records: 34

The following is a list of the records made by John Laing 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
76600 Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha 21 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten In riverine fringe woodland. Along walkway, Zambezi Sands River Lodge. 176,178 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 912

-17.845390 25.583240 6
124689 Acanthospermum hispidum 18 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
R Shattock
BT Wursten Margin of riverine vegetation and grassland Zambezi Drive, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 912

iNaturalist record

-17.848850 25.594990 7
76726 Acanthospermum hispidum 15 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten On open wooded grassy riverbank. Zambezi River, Zambezi National PaArk. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 908

-17.850920 25.544330 7
76714 Ansellia africana 19 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
R Shattock
J Nkomo
BT Wursten Epiphyte in woodland near river Just East of Zambezi Sands River Lodge, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 912

7
76459 Antidesma venosum 19 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
J Laing
BT Wursten On river bank. By room no. 4, Zambezi Sands River Lodge, Zambezi National PArk. 176,178 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 912

-17.845080 25.583490 7
76461 Asystasia intrusa 19 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
J Laing
BT Wursten Under shrubs at river bank. In front of main lodge, Zambezi Sands River Lodge,Zambezi National Park. 176,178 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 911

-17.844820 25.583100 7
70025 Cassytha filiformis 19 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten Riverine vegetation. Zambezi River channel in front of Zambezi Sans River Lodge, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 910

-17.846280 25.587680 7
80062 Ceratotheca sesamoides 15 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten In rocky open woodland on basalt Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 909

-17.842260 25.557840 7
124693 Ceratotheca sesamoides 18 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
R Shattock
BT Wursten On sandy riverbank Zambezi River, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 910

iNaturalist record

-17.842070 25.608550 7
70029 Citrullus lanatus 19 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten In sandy soils of open clearing in riverine vegetation. Island in front of Zambezi Sands River Lodge, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 910

-17.845670 25.588390 7
76473 Citrullus lanatus 18 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
C Robertson
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten Along track at margin of mature mixed woodland Near western boundary, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 920

-17.865360 25.528840 7
76686 Cleome hirta 19 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
R Shattock
J Nkomo
BT Wursten In open rocky woodland on basalt ridge Zambezi National Park 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 990

-17.887700 25.620040 7
76579 Cleome hirta 15 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten In open sandy soils on basalt rock. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 914

-17.855580 25.608670 7
76476 Cleome hirta 18 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
C Robertson
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten Along track at margin of mature mixed woodland Near western boundary, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 920

Abundant throughout much of the park after heavy rains.

-17.865360 25.528840 7
76681 Cleome monophylla 20 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
C Robertson
J Nkomo
BT Wursten In rocky woodland on slopes of small basalt ravine. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 927

-17.870760 25.613500 6
117205 Crabbea velutina 17 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten In rocky mixed woodland on basalt. Gorges Lodge, Dibu Dibu Communal Area, Victoria Falls 195 0 Zimbabwe 1725D4 W 887

-17.997600 25.943080 7
76673 Euphorbia hirta 21 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten Disturbed ground in riverine fringe woodland. Along walkway, Zambezi Sands River Lodge. 176,178 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 912

-17.845390 25.583240 6
76560 Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii 16 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten In wooded grassland Zambezi National Park 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 918

Flowers in the area all pale yellow; not bright yellow as by Victoria Falls

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76722 Gomphrena celosioides 15 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten On open wooded grassy riverbank. Zambezi River, Zambezi National PaArk. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 908

-17.850920 25.544330 7
76472 Gomphrena celosioides 19 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten Among grasses in shade of shrubs in open woodland on basalt with Colophospermum mopane. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 907

-17.849070 25.596950 7
69462 Gunillaea rhodesica 18 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
R Shattock
BT Wursten On sandbank in seasonally dry river channel. Zambezi River, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 908

-17.841830 25.608320 7
69463 Gunillaea rhodesica 18 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
R Shattock
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2510 BT Wursten On sandbank in seasonally dry river inlet. Zambezi River, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 904

-17.846990 25.596620 7
101759 Gunillaea rhodesica 19 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten On a sandy island in river. Zambezi River ar Zambezi Sands River Camp, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 909

-17.845710 25.589280 7
76470 Justicia matammensis 19 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten Among grasses in shade of shrubs in open woodland on basalt with Colophospermum mopane. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 907

-17.849070 25.596950 7
76634 Lantana angolensis 18 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
C Robertson
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten In woodland on kalahari sand At western boundary road, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 939

-17.885090 25.529440 7
76689 Margaritaria discoidea var. nitida 19 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
R Shattock
J Nkomo
BT Wursten In open rocky woodland on basalt ridge Zambezi National Park 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 990

-17.887700 25.620040 7
98435 Ochna arenaria 20 Oct 2018 J Laing
BT Wursten In woodland on Kalahari sand. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 1028

Same plant as record 98434 but now in fruit.

-17.904290 25.642410 7
98434 Ochna arenaria 11 Sep 2018 J Laing
BT Wursten In woodland on Kalahari sand. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 1028

-17.904290 25.642410 7
75563 Paropsia brazzeana 17 Sep 2016 J Laing
BT Wursten In woodland on Kalahari sand Along Lupane-Nkayi road before Mbuma. 0 Zimbabwe 1828C4 W 1143

-18.934910 28.286804 7
76679 Pericopsis angolensis 20 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
C Robertson
BT Wursten In mixed woodland. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 928

A single large tree.

-17.866580 25.612450 7
76621 Phragmites mauritianus 21 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten Aquatic by riverbank By edge in river, Zambezi Sands River Lodge. 176,178 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 912

-17.845390 25.583240 6
76551 Solanum campylacanthum 'panduriforme type' 16 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten In grassland. Chamabonda Vlei, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 977

-17.958000 25.708120 6
101758 Tribulus terrestris 19 Jan 2016 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BT Wursten Riverine vegetation. Zambezi River channel in front of Zambezi Sans River Lodge, Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 910

-17.846280 25.587680 7
76482 Tribulus terrestris 15 Jan 2017 BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
BT Wursten Among grasses in sandy soils on basalt rock. Zambezi National Park. 176 0 Zimbabwe 1725D3 W 914

Common everywhere

-17.855580 25.608670 7


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