Records made by Peter Biegel

Records: 35

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
115080 Acacia podalyriifolia 4 Dec 1972 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4119 SRGH
Garden Harare garden 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Seedlings from parent tree in same garden

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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
48840 Adiantum incisum 24 Mar 1969 HM Biegel
GV Pope
HM Biegel GV Pope 14237 SRGH
On steep, tall-wooded limestone slope, in leafmould Whindale ranch, Mangula, Makonde district. 0 Zimbabwe 1630C3 N 914

Tips of some fronds arching over and where they touch ground new plants develop

0.000000 0.000000 2
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
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.

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118841 (cultivated) Annona reticulata (cultivated) 28 Jan 1976 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5208 SRGH
Garden ornamental. National Botanic Garden, accession no. 2427. 1,21 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1580

Evergreen tree, 3 m, with conical crown from ground level. Flowers sweetly scented.

0.000000 0.000000 0
128390 (cultivated) Bauhinia monandra (cultivated) 3 Nov 1975 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5173 HM Biegel SRGH
Garden ornamental. Enterprise, Salisbury District. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1550

Tree 3 m with rounded crown, flowering prolifically with a few new leaves. Flowers pink: petals white ± densely speckled with pink, the upper petal very densely so and looks dark pink from short distance. Most attractive when in flower.

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
122788 (cultivated) Caesalpinia pulcherrima (cultivated) 9 Feb 1980 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5824 SRGH
Garden ornamental Parktown Nursery, Harare. 1 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1480

Tree 3 m with open crown; branches and leaf rhachis armed; petals dark red with narrow yellow margin.

0.000000 0.000000 0
52349 Christella dentata 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4269 SRGH
Gully forest on south slope above Buhwa school Mount Buhwa, Belingwe district 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1050

Fronds to 1.6 m high

0.000000 0.000000 2
52672 Christella gueinziana 1 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 4241 SRGH
Gully forest Mount Buhwa, north west slope, Belingwe district 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1200

Common

0.000000 0.000000 2
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
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
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
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
130470 (cultivated) Hydrangea macrophylla (cultivated) 22 Nov 1973 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 4399 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Dense ± runded shurb 1.5 m. Corymbs flat, fertile flowers powder blue, marginal flowers white.

0.000000 0.000000 0
130469 (cultivated) Hydrangea macrophylla (cultivated) 9 Nov 1981 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5876 SRGH
Garden ornamental. Harare garden. 1 2 Zimbabwe C 1480

Soft-woody, rounded, deciduous shrub, 1.7m; inflorescence rounded-dome shaped, most peduncles, pedicels light blue, petals very light blue, a few peduncles, pedicels, petals very light green; all flowers appear sterile.

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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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
120926 Lupinus mexicanus 10 Oct 1970 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3407 SRGH
Roadside. Harare Drive, west of Charlecote Road, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
120925 Lupinus mexicanus 18 Jul 1971 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 3599 SRGH
Harare Drive, Mabelreign. 1 0 Zimbabwe C 1460

0.000000 0.000000 0
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
22734 Lycopodium clavatum 17 Apr 1966 HM Biegel
Granite sand Inyanga, 2 miles S of Mare dam 54,155 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 1980

0.000000 0.000000 0
22725 Lycopodium clavatum 6 Jan 1968 HM Biegel
On side of road cutting on crumbly rock face Inyanga, Inyanga N.P. 54 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 0

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

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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.

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53275 Pteris catoptera 2 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1071 SRGH
Moist deciduous woodland; fern growing at the edges of a steep sided stream. Bukwa Mt., E slopes, Belingwe district. 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1160

0.000000 0.000000 2
122861 Schoenoplectus corymbosus 6 Dec 1977 HM Biegel
HM Biegel 5561 SRGH
Landscapes Nurseries, Harare 1,244 2 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0


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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Records made by Peter Biegel.
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=7, retrieved 5 December 2025

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