Collections made by Hiram Wild

Records: 78

The following is a list of the collections made by Hiram Wild 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
122784 Adenostemma afrum15 Dec 1945H Wild
H Wild 576 HE Robinson SRGH
Borrowdale, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Pure white flowers, 2-3 feet, erect, roots in water.

0.0000000.0000000
48747 Adiantum capillus-veneris17 Mar 1964H Wild
H Wild 6420 SRGH
On rocksDunraven Falls, Selukwe district0Zimbabwe1930C1C0

0.0000000.0000002
48907 Adiantum poiretii27 Feb 1964H Wild
H Wild 6338 SRGH
Kloof forest floorWedza Mountain600Zimbabwe1831D1C1710

0.0000000.0000002
97744 Agarista salicifolia9 Mar 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 758 SRGH
BM
LISC
Chingwe's Hole, Zomba Mt2030Malawi1535A4S1830

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 7 part 1: 160 (1983).

-15.33336035.2666706
130645 Amaranthus spinosus11 Jan 1946H Wild
H Wild 661 SRGH
Hartman Hill, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Erect spiny herb, 2'. Stems, fls and main veins purplish.

0.0000000.0000000
49738 Amauropelta oppositiformis20 Oct 1946H Wild
H Wild 1471 SRGH
In shade by streamPungwe Source, Inyanga0Zimbabwe1832B4E1920

0.0000000.0000002
126406 Antherotoma naudinii4 May 1946H Wild
H Wild 1079 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Up to 6 inches in short grass. Flowers magenta. At foot of granite rocks.

0.0000000.0000000
66904 Ardisiandra wettsteinii15 Oct 1950H Wild
H Wild 3627 SRGH
K
LISC
Mt Peza, Chimanimani Mts330Zimbabwe1933C3E1980

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 7 part 1, 1983: 185.

0.0000000.0000002
35893 Asplenium inaequilaterale24 Oct 1947H Wild
H Wild 2198 Forest floor Chirinda Forest60Zimbabwe2032B3E0

0.0000000.0000002
35958 Asplenium mannii1 Feb 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 49 SRGH
Epiphyte in forest with Cussonia, Podocarpus Mt. Engwa, Himalayas0Zimbabwe1932B4VN75-58-E1700

0.0000000.0000005
36323 Asplenium theciferum1 Feb 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 45 SRGH
Forest with Cussonia, Podocarpus Mt. Engwa, Himalayas0Zimbabwe1932B4VN75-58-E1700

0.0000000.0000005
74579 Brasenia schreberi12 Aug 1964RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6577 SRGH
In streamChilimanzi Communal Land0Zimbabwe1930B1C1400

Inflorescence branches very brittle and reddish.

-19.23333030.6166704
73917 Brillantaisia cicatricosa10 Oct 1950H Wild
H Wild 3566 SRGH
In kloof forestTarka Forest Reserve, Melsetter (Chimanimani) District. 0Zimbabwe1932D4E1000

6' erect; flowers deep blue

-19.96666032.9500105
35785 Burnatia enneandra26 Feb 1953H Wild
H Wild 4076 K
LISC
PRE
Pan in mopane woodlandMenswa Pan, Zambezi Valley, Hurungwe District0Zimbabwe1629A1N450

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 10 (2009)

-16.11333329.0000005
35775 Caldesia parnassifolia12 Aug 1964RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6575 SRGH
K
LISC
BR
In mud of damChirumanzu C.L. (Chilimanzi)0Zimbabwe1930B1C0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 8 (2009)

-19.23666730.6133335
126351 Ceropegia stenantha4 Jan 1946H Wild
H Wild 641 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3 C0

Twiner with yellow flowers Calyx red spotted.

0
106630 Chlorophytum gallabatense30 Dec 1945H Wild
H Wild in SRGH 14232 SRGH
In patches under msasaLochinvar, Harare10Zimbabwe1730D4C0

Flowers green; Was stored at SRGH under C. psammophilum.

0.0000000.0000005
52656 Christella gueintziana9 Sep 1946H Wild
H Wild 1220 SRGH
3' fronds by stream over granite rocksTwentydales0Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000002
52609 Christella hispidula25 Oct 1947H Wild
H Wild 2188 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
On forest floorChirinda60Zimbabwe2032B3E0

0.0000000.0000002
39908 Crepidomanes melanotrichum2 Feb 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 89 SRGH
Podocarpus-Ilex mitis forest, epiphyteEngwe, Mutare District0Zimbabwe1932B4E1980

0.0000000.0000002
30200 Cyathea dregei16 Dec 1953H Wild
H Wild 4420 SRGH
By streamBikita, Old Bikita0Zimbabwe2031B1 S1300

0
30223 Cyathea manniana22 Jul 1947H Wild
H Wild 1976 SRGH
By streamPenhalonga, Zivane forest0Zimbabwe1832D3 E0

0
30229 Cyathea manniana18 Apr 1963H Wild
H Wild 6108 SRGH
In forestInyanga, Pungwe Gorge0Zimbabwe1832B4 E1220

0
53145 Deparia boryana18 Apr 1963H Wild
H Wild 6106 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Fern in streambed with 6 ft frondsPungwe Gorge, Nyanga district0Zimbabwe1832B4E1220

0.0000000.0000002
40271 Didymoglossum erosum30 Mar 1964H Wild
H Wild 6443 SRGH
On stones in streamElephant forest (Bunga), Vumba39,63,1560Zimbabwe1932B2E0

0.0000000.0000002
35677 Disa hircicornis22 Feb 1946H Wild
H Wild 943 SRGH
K
Stapleford0Zimbabwe1832D2 E0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 1: 180 (1995)

2
99119 Eclipta prostrata20 Jan 1968H Wild
H Wild 7676 SRGH
By settlement pondSalisbury West10Zimbabwe1730D4C0

Flowers white

0.0000000.0000000
49400 Elaphoglossum acrostichoides4 Nov 1955H Wild
FA Mendonça
H Wild FA Mendonça 205 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Macaranga-Podocarpus-Rapanea-Cussonia forest. EpiphyteBanti forest0Zimbabwe1932B4E1830

0.0000000.0000002
126368 Eleocharis acutangula15 Feb 1946H Wild
H Wild 791 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

In 3-4 ft water at dam edge. Trigonous stems.

0.0000000.0000000
49374 Eulophia guineensis18 Nov 1953H Wild
H Wild 4177 SRGH
Kanyanga tributary of the Msukwi (Msukwe) River, Hurungwe district. 0Zimbabwe1729A1 N900

Cited in Flora Zambesiace Volume 11 part 2: 465 (2009)

5
49612 Habenaria malacophylla5 Mar 1954H Wild
H Wild 4533 SRGH
K
BR
In forestEngwa, Himalaya Range0Zimbabwe1932B4 E1829

5
49614 Habenaria malacophylla27 Feb 1964H Wild
H Wild 6353 SRGH
K
BR
On forest floor in kloof forestMt Wedza600Zimbabwe1831D1 C1676

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 1: 82 (1995)

6
22642 Huperzia gnidioides16 Oct 1950H Wild
H Wild 3613 SRGH
On sandstone rocksMt. Peza0Zimbabwe1933C3WP00-16-E0

0.0000000.0000000
97958 Hydrocotyle verticillata13 Dec 1945H Wild
H Wild in GHS 14237 SRGH
Borrowdale Road, Harare1,80Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Creeping weed, roots in water

0.0000000.0000000
97959 Hydrocotyle verticillata24 Sep 1946H Wild
H Wild 1258 JFM Cannon SRGH
In small pondHighlands, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Aquatic herb. Leaves and flowers aerial.

0.0000000.0000000
97960 Hydrocotyle verticillata21 Sep 1947H Wild
H Wild 2014 SRGH
Mukuvisi River, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000000
40248 Hymenophyllum kuhnii4 Feb 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 206 SRGH
Macaranga-Podocarpus-Rapanea-Cussonia forest, filmy fern, epiphyteBanti forest0Zimbabwe1932B4E1830

0.0000000.0000002
97130 Ilex mitis var. mitis11 Nov 1954H Wild
H Wild 4636 SRGH
BR
In forestEngwa, Himalayas0Zimbabwe1932B4E1980

30' tree. Greenish flowers

-19.40000032.7666705
68974 Kedrostis foetidissima26 Feb 1960H Wild
H Wild 5173 C Jeffrey SRGH
On rocky quartzite hill.Dikgomodikae Hill0Botswana2424D3SE1150

Fruit red. Flowers yellow-green

-24.86666724.6166675
68970 Kedrostis foetidissima21 Dec 1951H Wild
H Wild 3730 SRGH
Climbing on treeUmshandige (Mushandike), Masvingo0Zimbabwe2030B1S980

Flowers yelllow

-20.15000030.6333335
68968 Kedrostis foetidissima29 Jan 1948H Wild
H Wild 2390 C Jeffrey SRGH
In dense woodlandRupisi Hot Springs0Zimbabwe2032A4E500

Yellow-flowered twiner

-20.35693032.3858006
68966 Kedrostis foetidissima8 Jan 1952H Wild
H Wild 3740 C Jeffrey SRGH
On a termite moundPrince Edward Dam, Harare.0Zimbabwe1731C3C1430

Flowers yellow; fruit pale green with longitudinal dark green ribs.

-17.97960031.0697006
68962 Kedrostis foetidissima23 Dec 1952H Wild
H Wild 3975 C Jeffrey SRGH
Climbing over granite rocksUmsengedzi River, Umvukwes, Darwin0Zimbabwe1630D4N1300

Flowers yellow

-16.98333330.9833335
114352 Kedrostis leloja1 Dec 1948H Wild
H Wild 454 K
Cranborne, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers immature.

0.0000000.0000000
52867 Lepisorus excavatus2 Feb 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 98 SRGH
Podocarpus-Ilex mitis forestEngwa, Mutare district0Zimbabwe1932B4E1980

0.0000000.0000002
52787 Loxogramme abyssinica27 Feb 1964H Wild
H Wild 6336 SRGH
Epiphyte in kloof forest.Wedza Mountain600Zimbabwe1831D1C1676

0.0000000.0000002
119390 Macrotyloma africanum31 Mar 1947H Wild
H Wild 1884 SRGH
Twining among grass. Granite sand.Makabusi River, Salisbury.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers yellow-green. Note that this record may or may not be in the Mukuvisi Woodlands (location no. 2).

0.0000000.0000000
29126 Mellera lobulata12 Oct 1950H Wild
H Wild 3576 SRGH
By streamFoot of Mt Peza, Chimanimani Mts0Zimbabwe1933C3E1070

4 ft perennial. Lower lip blue. Throat brownish, rest white.

0.0000000.0000000
29139 Mellera lobulata24 Oct 1947H Wild
H Wild 2194 SRGH
In forestChirinda Forest60Zimbabwe2032B3E0

6 ft bush. Lower lip mauve and rest dingy yellow.

0.0000000.0000000
52696 Nephrolepis undulata23 Nov 1949H Wild
H Wild 3184 SRGH
Rain forest, in wetter partsVictoria falls240Zimbabwe1725D4W0

Erect fronds

0.0000000.0000002
97326 Oldenlandia corymbosa var. caespitosa25 Mar 1949H Wild
H Wild 2818 SRGH
K
Harare, Golf Course10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca 5(1).

0.0000000.0000000
126422 Panicum subalbidum15 Feb 1948H Wild
H Wild 884 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

3-4ft tall pale green grass. Lower 1/2 in water at edge of dam, rooting at nodes.

0.0000000.0000000
34822 Peperomia leptostachyaNo dateH Wild
H Wild 5462 MA Diniz SRGH
Bivinia forestNguni (Nyuni) Hill, Gototo, Chibi0Zimbabwe2030D4S0

0.0000000.0000000
79518 Plantago palmata9 Jul 1961H Wild
H Wild 5512 SRGH
K
Along a stream in montane forestEastern slopes of Mt Nyangani.46,54,1550Zimbabwe1832B4E1675

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 9 part 1: 11 (1988).

-18.30080032.8748005
52899 Pleopeltis macrocarpa10 Dec 1953H Wild
H Wild 4311 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Epiphyte on Brachystegia spiciformisMt. Bukwa, Belingwe district580Zimbabwe2030C2S0

0.0000000.0000002
18441 Polycarpon tetraphyllum Apr 1965H Wild
H Wild 7827 SRGH
A lawn weedOrange Grove, Melsetter0ZimbabweE

The only record of this species in Zimbabwe in SRGH on 9 Oct 1998

0.0000000.0000000
36212 Polystachya cultriformisNo dateH Wild
H Wild 4534 SRGH
K
Mt Engwa, Himalaya Range, Umtali (Mutare) District0Zimbabwe1932B4 E1830

Cited by Mytnik-Ejsmont (2011)

2
115072 Potamogeton schweinfurthii21 Apr 1947H Wild
H Wild 1908 SRGH
BM
Mukuvisi, Harare District10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Record cited in FZ 12(2), p. 88.

0.0000000.0000000
53254 Pteris catoptera24 Oct 1947H Wild
H Wild 2204 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
On forest floor.Chirinda 60Zimbabwe2032B3E0

0.0000000.0000002
53305 Pteris cretica18 Aug 1964H Wild
H Wild 6423 SRGH
In forest, by stream.Dunraven Falls, Selukwe district.0Zimbabwe1930C1C0

0.0000000.0000002
53142 Pyrrosia schimperiana19 Sep 1947H Wild
H Wild 2007 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Epiphyte on Chrysophyllum, argyrophyllum in riverine fringeUmwinsi R., Enterprise0Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000002
41834 Selaginella goudotiana var. abyssinica1 Feb 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 69 SRGH
Woodland of stunted B. spiciformis grading into Brachystegia-Philippia woodland; on rocks, edge of stream Engwa0Zimbabwe1932B4VN75-58-E1830

0.0000000.0000005
42069 Selaginella kraussiana10 Oct 1950H Wild
H Wild 3563 SRGH
Forest floorTarka forest reserve, Chimanimani0Zimbabwe1932D4VN95-93-E1525

0.0000000.0000005
42066 Selaginella kraussiana22 Jul 1947H Wild
H Wild 1977 SRGH
Forest floorZiwane forest, Penhalonga0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

0.0000000.0000002
42094 Selaginella mittenii20 Mar 1963H Wild
H Wild 6441 SRGH
On rocksSelukwe peak, Selukwe0Zimbabwe1930C1SP87-17-C0

0.0000000.0000005
42089 Selaginella mittenii19 Dec 1952H Wild
H Wild 3959 SRGH
Shade of chrome rocks Ruorka Ranche, Umvukwe, Mazoe0Zimbabwe1730B1N1525

0.0000000.0000002
130625 Senecio ruwenzoriensis17 Nov 1945H Wild
H Wild 379 SRGH
In msasa wood.Lochinvar, Salisbury10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Leaf palmately nerved. Glaucescent, somewhat fleshy. Flowers yellow.

0.0000000.0000000
84887 Sigesbeckia orientalis23 Apr 1947H Wild
H Wild 1923 SRGH
K
Chirinda Forest60Zimbabwe2032B3E1150

Cited in Kirkia volume 6 part 1 (Wild, 1967: 36).

0.0000000.0000002
3485 Smilax anceps10 Dec 1953H Wild
H Wild 4326 SRGH
Climber in forest patch.Belingwe. Mt Buhwe.580Zimbabwe2030C2S1220

0.0000000.0000000
3484 Smilax anceps16 Dec 1953H Wild
H Wild 4401 SRGH
In forest patch. Liane.Old Bikita. Danga.0ZimbabweS1310

0.0000000.0000000
48701 Tectaria gemmifera Dec 1964TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6630 SRGH
Gemmiferous fern by streamHaroni-Makurupini forest0Zimbabwe2031A1E400

0.0000000.0000002
126416 Tridactyle tricuspis15 May 1948H Wild
H Wild 2546 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3 C0

Flowers buff.

0
126396 Utricularia gibba10 Oct 1945H Wild
H Wild 200 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers yellow, cone obtuse & conic tinged with red in mud ooze.

0.0000000.0000000
79611 Utricularia gibba21 Sep 1947H Wild
H Wild 2012 Harare, Makabusi River10Zimbabwe1731C3C1470

Could be outside the Harare flora area

0.0000000.0000000
126398 Utricularia livida13 Sep 1948H Wild
H Wild 2557 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers mauve, palate ridged with darker transrugosities. Yellow spot in hollow of these ridges and another 1.2 line in part of this.

0.0000000.0000000
126399 Utricularia livida25 Sep 1952H Wild
H Wild 3867 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers purple with one or sometimes two spots of yellow in mid-palate. Never any trace of yellow in rest of flower. All plants in colony of area uniformly coloured.

0.0000000.0000000
41489 Vittaria guineensis var. orientalis Mar 1949H Wild
H Wild 2843 SRGH
Growing on rocks by stream in kloof forestNorseland, Vumba63,1560Zimbabwe1932B2E1520

Fronds pendulous, dark green.

0.0000000.0000002
126430 Xyris capensis var. capensis25 Sep 1952H Wild
H Wild 3869 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

In damp ground. Heads light brown. Leaves and peduncle minutely rugulose when fresh (i.e. surface cell walls reflect light).

0.0000000.0000000


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