Collections made by Mary Richards

Records: 8

The following is a list of the collections made by Mary Richards in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Rwanda (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
80739 Acacia hockii15 Sep 1956HM Richards
HM Richards 6201 Side of road, dry.Mbala District; Kalambo Falls Road. 1250Zambia0831C2N1500

Shrub 8 ft.

-8.71666731.3000005
80740 Acacia hockii9 May 1966HM Richards
HM Richards 21479 Among long grass in scattered woodland near stream on loam soil.Chianga Stream near Kalambo Road. 0Zambia0831C4N1350

Tree 15-20 ft. high. Bark dark, flaking off when cut, pale buff beneath, flowers yellow.

-8.75000031.3166675
49319 Bauhinia tomentosa28 May 1961HM Richards
HM Richards 15147 K
Mbala Distr., Sisya Forest, Kalambo road.0Zambia0

Flowering

0.0000000.0000000
88241 Cyperus denudatusNo dateHM Richards
HM Richards 19450 EA Robinson MRSC
Mbala District, Chinikila path to Loye Flats0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
67916 Dipcadi longifolium9 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10568 KA Bley K
BR
In sand under Mimosa and out in the openRoad from Livingstonia to Karonga about 20 miles from Karonga0Malawi1034A1N480

Flowers cream, bulb small

-10.20540034.0671005
83167 Parinari excelsa7 Oct 1966HM Richards
HM Richards 21496 Vomo gap0Zambia0831D3N1525

Entrance to vomo gap. Very large tree 60 ft.

-8.86666731.5166675
102524 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata10 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10609 K
In rain forest. Misiku Hills0Malawi0933C2 N1650

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

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102525 Polystachya transvaalensis4 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10476 K
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park1800Malawi1033D2 N2340

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

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