Records made by Frederick Eyles

Records: 34

The following is a list of the records made by Frederick Eyles 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
124203 Alectra orobanchoides 27 Mar 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4867 D Philcox SRGH
Partial shade. Sand-pit Kop, Salisbury. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

Stems red, leaf green, flowers orange wth red stripes.

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74494 Coleus gracilipedicellatum 25 May 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 5681 SRGH
Botanic Garden, Salisbury ( now Harare). 1,21 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1500

3-4 ft bush, branches radially drooping, flowers blue

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126374 Cyperus deciduus 30 Nov 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1391 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Inflorescence green.

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215 Cyperus deciduus Dec 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1391 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, below Dam wall 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1530

Specimen in SRGH

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32009 Duosperma quadrangulare 23 Jun 1934 F Eyles
F Eyles 8087 BR
Lukosi River, Wankie 0 Zimbabwe 0

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41312 Helichrysum stenopterum Apr 1906 F Eyles
F Eyles 363 H Wild SRGH
BM
SAM
Amongst dense undergrowth at edge of marshy jungle Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1630D2 N 1340

0.000000 0.000000 2
120307 Hibiscus ovalifolius Apr 1920 F Eyles
F Eyles 2164 SRGH
Salisbury. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1494

0.000000 0.000000 0
120314 Ipomoea dichroa 27 Mar 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4863 SRGH
In shelter at foot of rock. Sand-pit Kop, Salisbury. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers purple.

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21357 Ipomoea oenotherae var. oenotherae 27 Dec 1926 F Eyles
F Eyles 4590 SRGH
Hunyani, Old Charter Road 0 Zimbabwe C 0

Root tuberous. Flower purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126383 Lagarosiphon muscoides 31 Jul 1916 F Eyles
F Eyles 573 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged at shallow end, a dense mass of dark weed.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126384 Lagarosiphon muscoides 10 Feb 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4747 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Large dark green mases under water running fairly fast.

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79549 Lagarosiphon muscoides Feb 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 656 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 5
119389 Macrotyloma axillare var. glabrum 5 Mar 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3328 SRGH
Hatfield, Salisbury 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
42285 Marsilea apposita Feb 1922 F Eyles
F Eyles 3302 GOE Launert SRGH
Large colony on recently dried up bank Uatjemhispe? or Matjemhispe? River, Bulawayo 81 0 Zimbabwe 1370

0.000000 0.000000 0
42481 Marsilea farinosa subsp. farinosa Jun 1903 F Eyles
F Eyles 26 GOE Launert SRGH
Sandstone country, dry sandy river bed N of Bulowajo, near Pasipas Mt. 0 Zimbabwe 2028A2 W 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
106537 Nesaea radicans var. floribunda Feb 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 666 SRGH
By roadside Salisbury E Commonage, granite between Hillside and Letombo 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers purple; stems and some leaves tinted purple.

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120883 Osyris lanceolata 13 Nov 1921 F Eyles
F Eyles 3212 SRGH
Salisbury, Epworth. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1524

In fruit, berry red.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106591 Pentzia incana Oct 1935 F Eyles
F Eyles 8461 SRGH
Hatfield, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

A troublesome weed

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126424 Persicaria senegalensis 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 658 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Lax, spreading many branches from centre, often 4 ft long. Stem dull, brick-red, nodes whitish, midrib of leaf raised below, spikes pink.

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106602 Phyllanthus nummulariifolius var. nummulariifolius 26 Feb 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4708 SRGH
Open space Sand-pit Kop, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Location of sand-pit Kop uncertain

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106605 Phyllanthus pentandrus 3 Apr 1927 F Eyles
F Eyles 4875 SRGH
Amongst short grass open to sun Sand-pit Kop, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers pinkish; corolla pink, calyx dark green, white edged, stipules flesh-pink.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126426 Potamogeton octandrus 31 Jul 1916 F Eyles
F Eyles 577 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged.

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126425 Potamogeton octandrus 31 Jan 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles s.n. SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged weeds in such masses at to stop the propeller of small motor boat.

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53355 Pteris vittata May 1904 F Eyles
F Eyles 66 SRGH
Near Bulowayo 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1370

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126375 Pycreus macranthus 30 Nov 1981 F Eyles
F Eyles 1392 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Inflorescence very dark brown.

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42092 Selaginella mittenii 1 Jul 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 828 SRGH
Dark cleft of rock, forest hill top Makoni 0 Zimbabwe C 1525

0.000000 0.000000 0
74226 Sesamum calycinum subsp. baumii Apr 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1315 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
Long Island, Victoria Falls. 0 Zambia 1725D4 S 895

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 3:102 (1988). Although this record is cited for the Western Division of Zimbabwe, the island now belongs to Zambia's Southern Division.

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99125 Setaria lindenbergiana Nov 1919 F Eyles
F Eyles 1922 SRGH
Salisbury, L. Hillside, on ooklip [hard to read] 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

[placed in the Harare location even though not certain]

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52518 Thelypteris confluens Dec 1918 F Eyles
F Eyles 1434 SRGH
Rua River 0 Zimbabwe 1731C4 C 1520

0.000000 0.000000 2
52489 Thelypteris confluens Feb 1909 F Eyles
F Eyles 525 SRGH
Very plentiful in marshy places, in reed bed associated with Epilobium hirsutum Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 1370

1.3 m long, lower 60-70 cm of stalk bare

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126393 Utricularia gibba 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 657 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Submerged.

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126394 Utricularia gibba 31 Jul 1916 F Eyles
F Eyles 574 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Fully submerged.

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126395 Utricularia gibba 31 Jan 1917 F Eyles
F Eyles 670 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

In stream below dam. Plant submerged, yellow flowers above surface.

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80438 Vepris termitaria 24 Apr 1934 F Eyles
F Eyles 8148 SRGH
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BM
Mufulira 0 Zambia W 0

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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 made by Frederick Eyles.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=21, retrieved 30 April 2025

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