Records confirmed by Mark Hyde

Confirmations: 85

The following is a list of the records confirmed by Mark Hyde 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
77253Acacia gerrardii var. gerrardii25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde Edge of grassland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1495

-17.78884131.0113257
69518Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens16 Jan 2016BT Wursten
P Ballings
C Sharp
 BT Wursten MA Hyde M Coates Palgrave Open Acacia woodlandUmguza Nature Reserve, Bulawayo.1830Zimbabwe2028B1W1246

Bark on branches unusually shiny and flaking.

-20.04123028.5416507
62704Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens7 Feb 2007S Gregory
 S Gregory MA Hyde Acacia woodland on Kalahari sand Plot 82, Ruretse, NE of Gaborone, Botswana0Botswana2426C1SE1000

-24.61069526.0295946
62703Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens27 Jan 2007S Gregory
 S Gregory MA Hyde Acacia woodland on Kalahari sandPlot 82, Ruretse, NE of Gaborone, Botswana0Botswana2426C1SE1000

-24.61069526.0295946
76576Acacia senegal var. leiorhachis15 Jan 2017BT Wursten
P Ballings
J Laing
BP Mpofu
 BT Wursten MA Hyde In rocky wooded grassland on basalt outcrop.Zambezi National Park.1760Zimbabwe1725D3W938

-17.84763025.5681107
36484Adenia digitata27 Nov 2011R Burrett
 MA Hyde Fort Usher, Eastern Matobo0Zimbabwe2028B3W0

0.0000000.0000002
112956Afzelia quanzensis11 Aug 2019IC Riddell
 IC Riddell MA Hyde C. 25 km Southwest of Mutare.0Zimbabwe1932B1E865

iNaturalist record

-19.22151232.5070957
115115Ageratum conyzoides18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
115121Apium leptophyllum18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
128555Babiana bainesii17 Apr 2022 philippam1
 C Archer MA Hyde In Miombo woodland. Haka Game Park, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3 1555

iNaturalist record

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115124Bidens pilosa18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
114074Buddleja saligna25 Oct 2020MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
C Smith
 C Smith MA Hyde M Coates Palgrave Planted in gardenBorrowdale Brooke, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C1C1439

-17.71241231.1455077
114075Buddleja salviifolia25 Oct 2020MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
C Smith
 C Smith MA Hyde M Coates Palgrave Planted in gardenBorrowdale Brooke, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C1C1440

Sourced from the Vumba

-17.71203531.1454817
120382Calotropis procera12 May 2023S Long
 S Long MA Hyde On a mound of earth that was left on an abandoned road. Near Sinamatella Camp, Hwange NP.50Zimbabwe1826C2W981

This is the first record for the Western division of Zimbabwe. Stephen Long, the finder, reported that "the plant is growing on a mound of earth that was left on an abandoned road a couple of years ago by a DDF roads team so I'd guess the seed fell off a vehicle that had previously been working on a road somewhere in the communal lands".

-18.68948326.2733177
115133Celosia trigyna18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
76864Chascanum hederaceum var. hederaceum16 Jan 2015S Gregory
 S Gregory MA Hyde Acacia woodland on Kalahari sandPlot 82, Ruretse, NE of Gaborone, Botswana0Botswana2426C1SE1000

-24.61069526.0295946
77213Combretum molle25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1502

-17.78937731.0118127
106472Combretum mossambicense3 Dec 2019P Shadwell
 P Shadwell MA Hyde Layby on Bulawayo - Harare road just north of Kwekwe0Zimbabwe1829D4C1208

Fruit 5-winged

-18.81755729.8032164
122793Crinum buphanoides29 Dec 2023D Drummond
 D Drummond MA Hyde In a drainage line from granite dwala in mopane woodland.Rocky Glen Ranch, West Nicholson.2420Zimbabwe2129B3 S770

First record for division S.

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118709Cucumis zeyheri28 Dec 2022IC Riddell
 IC Riddell MA Hyde Mukuvisi Woodlands, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1503

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145251194

-17.84501631.0883527
115139Cyperus esculentus18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
115140Cyperus rotundus18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
115142Datura stramonium18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77237Dichrostachys cinerea25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78926331.0111507
115149Dicliptera verticillata18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77241Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78926331.0111507
108251Duosperma crenatum10 Jan 2010F Murray-Hudson
 F Murray-Hudson MA Hyde Mopane woodlandCampus at Okavango Research Institute (was then called HOORC), Maun.0Botswana1923D3N944

-19.90253023.5291807
128164Dysphania ambrosioides16 Apr 2025J Van Bel
 J Van Bel MA Hyde In a gardenRidgeview, Harare10Zimbabwe1730D4C1449

It could have been introduced even as a food source when a caretaker was having a small garden there; now I see it in different places. - JvB, 16 April 2025.

-17.84221730.9987667
117329Elaeodendron matabelicum14 Sep 2022R Burrett
 R Burrett MA Hyde Rowallan Park, Matobo National Park1700Zimbabwe2028B3W1360

-20.42638928.5236117
115157Eleusine africana18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
115102Eragrostis barrelieri10 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77214Erythrina abyssinica25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1502

-17.78937731.0118127
77200Erythrina lysistemon25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78949131.0117487
60363Erythrophleum africanum21 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
 BT Wursten T Castigo BW989 T Castigo MA Hyde BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
 Mixed woodland Bue Maria, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS128

-19.02139034.1823807
54330Eulophia angolensis15 Dec 2013J Varden
 MA Hyde In damp grasslandHaka Game Park1,30Zimbabwe1731C3 C1540

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115162Euphorbia heterophylla18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
75306Euphorbia hirta22 Jan 2015S Gregory
 S Gregory MA Hyde Acacia woodland on Kalahari sandPlot 82, Ruretse, NE of Gaborone, Botswana0Botswana2426C1SE1000

-24.61069526.0295946
115164Euphorbia hirta18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
115166Euphorbia prostrata18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77261Euphorbia tirucalli25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare11Zimbabwe1731C3C1502

Medium-sized tree, large for this species

-17.78925431.0107857
75302Euphorbia tirucalli15 Aug 2008T Benn
 MA Hyde Near Serowe, Botswana1Botswana2226B3SE1130

"Though it has been used for hedging almost every yard in Serowe I have not seen mature trees here before" - Tony Benn, 9 September 2016

-22.41023926.6611137
118872Ficus salicifolia18 Dec 2022MA Hyde
K van Laeren
 K van Laeren MA Hyde M Coates Palgrave In miombo woodlandHawkshead Drive Extension, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C1C1579

-17.71106131.1302777
77234Ficus sur25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78927031.0111787
122804Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii13 Jan 2014 langli
 langli MA Hyde Marlborough, Harare.10Zimbabwe1730D2 C1469

Pale yellow flowered form. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195187423

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115174Gnaphalium purpureum18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77202Grewia monticola25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78949131.0117487
77203Gymnosporia buxifolia25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78949131.0117487
116059Hibiscus cannabinus25 Mar 2022IC Riddell
 IC Riddell MA Hyde Monavale Vlei1,770Zimbabwe1731C3C1458

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109523824

-17.80761031.0070087
79812Hibiscus cannabinus7 Apr 2017J Varden
 J Varden MA Hyde On disturbed ground along roadside and in fields on alluvial loam soilsCorncob Farm, Umguza Irrigation Scheme, Bulawayo0Zimbabwe1928D3W1210

-19.98300028.5160007
79813Ipomoea dichroa7 Apr 2017J Varden
 J Varden MA Hyde On disturbed ground along roadside and in fields on alluvial loam soilsCorncob Farm, Umguza Irrigation Scheme, Bulawayo0Zimbabwe1928D3W1210

-19.98300028.5160007
113663Ipomoea papilio15 Nov 2020D Wakeling
 D Wakeling MA Hyde Monavale Vlei1,770Zimbabwe1731C3C1470

Photograph sent to me by Dorothy Wakeling (MAH)

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61249Jacquemontia tamnifolia4 Apr 2014TJ van der Merwe
 MA Hyde Climbing in forest vergesFarm Bokplaas, Inhassoro, on the Temane gasfield0Mozambique2134D4GI44

-21.83250034.9869447
77208Julbernardia globiflora25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1502

-17.78937731.0118127
77232Kigelia africana subsp. africana25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1494

-17.78923931.0114167
120947Kigelia africana subsp. africana17 Jul 2023LM Hyde
 LM Hyde MA Hyde In garden.3, Benatar Way, Alexandra Park, Harare.12Zimbabwe1731C3C1530

Tree with rather small fruit.

-17.78393231.0655067
75712Kleinia longiflora31 Jan 2015S Gregory
 S Gregory MA Hyde Acacia woodland on Kalahari sandBush between Tlokweng koppie and Ruretse road0Botswana2426C1SE1000

Young growth with many leaves

0.0000000.0000002
77230Lannea discolor25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1489

-17.78917731.0114627
115187Leucas martinicensis18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
39532Lindernia conferta22 Feb 2012D Bolnick
 MA Hyde In pool where there is exposed bedrock in the wetter parts of the vlei.Monavale Vlei, Harare770Zimbabwe1731C3C1470

0.0000000.0000000
115195Melinis repens subsp. repens18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
115201Nicandra physalodes18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
62715Nymphaea lotus14 Jul 2014K van Laeren
 K van Laeren MA Hyde In a deep poolIn a deep pool of the southern bank of the Chobe river, Botswana0Botswana1725C3N930

-17.82754425.0432537
115205Oxalis corniculata18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77199Pavetta gardeniifolia25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1506

Very common on this plot.

-17.78953531.0115897
77264Pavetta schumanniana25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1502

-17.78932531.0108477
116684Pavetta schumanniana19 May 2022WR Clarke
 WR Clarke MA Hyde Val D'Or.120Zimbabwe1731C4C1531

Fruit present, black.

-17.83770031.2750006
73434Peltophorum africanum25 Jun 2016MA Hyde
DB Hartung
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde RoadsideUniversity of Zimbabwe grounds10Zimbabwe1731C3C1528

-17.78181131.0566797
77212Pittosporum viridiflorum25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1502

-17.78937731.0118127
77242Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.78921831.0110587
128996Pygmaeothamnus zeyheri var. zeyheri5 Oct 2025S Roskelly
 S Roskelly MA Hyde In burnt patchMatobo National Park, Zimbabwe1700ZimbabweW0

0.0000000.0000000
118815Rourea orientalis23 Jan 2023R Kotze
 R Kotze MA Hyde Edge of sandy miombo thicket above riverine vegetation.Hartbees Nek farm, Chipinge.0Zimbabwe2032B3E862

-20.25138932.7016677
117350Salvinia molesta3 Aug 2020D Macdonald
 MA Hyde Borrowdale Brooke, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C1C1438

Record on iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55292961

-17.71639431.1423787
77206Searsia tenuinervis25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1501

-17.78942731.0119357
115224Setaria homonyma18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
115227Setaria verticillata18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77236Steganotaenia araliacea var. araliacea25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78926331.0111507
115237Tagetes minuta18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77231Thespesia garckeana25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1489

-17.78917731.0114627
73443Thespesia garckeana25 Jun 2016MA Hyde
DB Hartung
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde RoadsideUniversity of Zimbabwe grounds10Zimbabwe1731C3C1501

-17.78692831.0502677
119309Triumfetta annua12 Mar 2023MA Hyde
IC Riddell
 IC Riddell MA Hyde In disturbed ground in the garden.5, Leeds Close, Newlands10Zimbabwe1731C3C1506

Specimen checked, not kept.

-17.81148531.0810646
114440Tylosema esculentum6 Feb 2021J Teede
 J Teede MA Hyde Hwange NP50Zimbabwe1826C4W1041

In flower

-18.84465026.3841987
115246Urochloa trichopus18 Apr 2021T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In garden7, Pringle Road, Greendale10Zimbabwe1731C3C1563

-17.80445931.1377417
77250Vangueria infausta subsp. infausta25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.78889331.0110107
114838Vernonia anthelmintica22 Feb 2021J Varden
 J Varden MA Hyde In Vachellia erioloba/Baikiaea woodland.Iganyana Tented Camp, Hwange District (next door to Hwange Safari Lodge).50Zimbabwe1826D2W1071

-18.65800026.9830007
77221Volkameria eriophylla25 Feb 2017MA Hyde
M Coates Palgrave
T Alegria
 T Alegria MA Hyde In rocky miombo woodland25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.78924531.0116717

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Records confirmed by Mark Hyde.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-confirmations-by-person.php?person_id=1, retrieved 15 December 2025

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