Records made by Darrel Plowes

Records: 44

The following is a list of the records made by Darrel Plowes 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
6112 Abutilon angulatum var. angulatum No date DCH Plowes
Nyanyadzi, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
53231 Actiniopteris dimorpha subsp. dimorpha 7 Sep 1952 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1472 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Growing under a rock on side of granite kopje Kora Kora stream, near Absent Farm, Matopos Reserve 0 Zimbabwe 2028D2 W 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
6281 Agelanthus lugardii No date DCH Plowes
Sebele, 10km North of Gaberone, Botswana 0 Botswana 2425D2 SE 1000

-24.610000 25.930000 2
7102 Ammocharis coranica No date DCH Plowes
Radisele, S of Palapye 0 Botswana

0
7103 Ammocharis coranica No date DCH Plowes
Macks Pass, Ingwaruma 0 Swaziland

0
6037 Babiana bainesii No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2312 Rusape 0 Zimbabwe C

0
24688 Barleria affinis subsp. affinis 28 Apr 1952 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1438 SRGH
Growing between rocks in dry situations in kopjes in the Matopos Mtsheleli Valley, Matopos 0 Zimbabwe 2028D4 W 0

Fairly common small herb. Light mauvey-blue flowers.

0.000000 0.000000 2
25485 Barleria albostellata 14 Mar 1971 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3456 SRGH
Among granite boulders under Brachystegia glaucescens Eastern Matobo Hills 0 Zimbabwe 2028D1 W 0

Perennial bushes 1.5 m tall. Flowers white. Leaves velvety greyish-green.

0.000000 0.000000 0
40612 Barleria senensis 28 Mar 1973 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4440 SRGH
Dry stony soil Mutema (Mtema) CL, Save valley near Birchenough Bridge 0 Zimbabwe 2032A2 E 450

Bushy perennial herb, flowers apricot yellow in terminal spikes, the bracts subtending bristles at the base of each flower. Leaves with pairs of stipellar spines at base.

-20.133333 32.383333 5
25491 Blepharis subvolubilis 12 Oct 1966 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2811 On serpentine rocks, in Diplorhynchus veld. Banket, base of the Great Dyke. 0 Zimbabwe 1730B3 N 1280

Plants perennial bushy herbs 9 inches tall, with spiny leaves and bracts. Flowers white.

-17.343447 30.601189 5
12456 Carphalea pubescens 20 Dec 1965 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2746 SRGH
In a sheltered watercourse At Kariba Dam, Kariba 0 Zimbabwe N 460

0.000000 0.000000 0
117202 Ceropegia ampliata No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes BT Wursten 0 Not known 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
19149 Craterostigma plantagineum No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2374 Masvingo 0 Zimbabwe S

0.000000 0.000000 0
21871 Crinum buphanoides No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 7032 Tewane River, 30 km north of Mahalapye, Botswana. 0 Botswana 2226D4 SE 1071

5
7100 Crinum paludosum 19 Dec 1971 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3493 In shallow water on black clay soil. 5 km SW of Norton 0 Zimbabwe 1730D3 C 1375

A showy species. Flowers white with faint pink stripe on back of each perianth lobe and turning pink with age. Anthers dark. Style and stigma purple for terminal half of length. Leaves only lightly undulate; margins minutely toothed, 30-50 cm long, 3-5 cm wide.

5
7101 Crinum paludosum 29 Dec 1964 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2544 In shallow rain water pans in flat mopane veld Chibuwe Irrigation Scheme, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe 2032A4 E 460

Plants 18 inches tall. Flowers white, trumpet-shaped, with faint pink stripe on back of each corolla lobe. Anthers yellow. Apical half of style purple. [illegible]. Leaf margins straight.

5
29149 Delosperma steytlerae No date DCH Plowes
Great Zimbabwe 0 Zimbabwe 2030B4 S 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
14524 Erianthemum dregei No date DCH Plowes
Chimanimani Mts 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 0

On Julbernardia globiflora

0.000000 0.000000 0
14525 Erianthemum ngamicum No date DCH Plowes
Airport, Gaberone, Botswana 0 Botswana

0.000000 0.000000 0
14527 Erianthemum virescens No date DCH Plowes
In mopane woodland, on Dichrostachys cinerea. Base of Njelele Pass, 25km East of Gokwe. 0 Zimbabwe 1829A3 N 1225

-18.294790 29.095830 5
15611 Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis var. goetzei No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2364 Mutare 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
35745 Gladiolus magnificus No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1668 SRGH
Nyamandhlovu 0 Zimbabwe W 0

0
15503 Harpagophytum procumbens subsp. transvaalense No date DCH Plowes
Limpopo Valley 35 km north of Beitbridge 0 Zimbabwe 2129D4 S 600

2
15502 Harpagophytum procumbens subsp. transvaalense No date DCH Plowes
Beitbridge 0 Zimbabwe 2229B2 S 500

2
74123 Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. sublobatum 29 Jan 1974 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4468 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
On bare reddish sand over granite. Antelope Mine Dam, Matobo District 0 Zimbabwe 2128A2 W 980

Flowers dull purplish-maroon with light greenish yellow in the throat. Fruit with short stout hooks, mostly on margin.

5
15501 Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. sublobatum No date DCH Plowes
120 kms south of Bulawayo 0 Zimbabwe

0
15500 Holubia saccata No date DCH Plowes
Birchenough Bridge 0 Zimbabwe 1932C4 E 500

0.000000 0.000000 2
30475 Hoodia currorii subsp. lugardii No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 7474 Botswana 0 Botswana 0

0
30470 Hoodia currorii subsp. lugardii No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 6275 Beitbridge District 0 Zimbabwe 2230A1 S 600

1
30471 Hoodia currorii subsp. lugardii No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 7475 Botswana 0 Botswana 0

0
21348 Ipomoea coscinosperma 17 Mar 1953 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1561 SRGH
Freshly ploughed black vlei soil in mopane veld. Pasture Research Station, Nyamandhlovu 0 Zimbabwe W 0

An abundant prostrate creeping weed. Forms mat 2-3 yards across. Flowers white.

0.000000 0.000000 0
48694 Julbernardia globiflora 23 Feb 2012 DCH Plowes
S Bellot
Open woodland with J. globiflora and B. spiciformis as main species. Mutare, Christmas Pass area, by path towards lodge on south side of A3 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 1238

-18.937658 32.619617 7
34938 Leonotis ocymifolia var. raineriana Mar 1972 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 4412 SRGH
BR
On granite soils Erin Forest Reserve, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
37149 Lepidagathis scabra Apr 1956 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1944 SRGH
BR
At the base of a basalt outcrop Pasture Research Station, Nyamandhlovu 0 Zimbabwe 1927D2 W 0

Herbs forming patches up to 10 ft wide; stems numerous up to 18'' tall; flowers white

0.000000 0.000000 0
7017 Markhamia zanzibarica No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2735 Chipangayi River, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe

0.000000 0.000000 0
42297 Marsilea farinosa subsp. farinosa Oct 1955 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1878 GOE Launert SRGH
Aquatic growing in damp bed of a small pan on black basaltic sand, pan holds water in summer only. "Pasture?" Research station, Nyamandhlovu district 0 Zimbabwe W 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
6272 Nerine laticoma No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 7075 8 km east of Oodi, Botswana 0 Botswana 2426C1 SE 1000

4
6441 Scadoxus puniceus No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2210 Ingwaruma, Lemombo Mts 0 South Africa 0

0
35760 Sphedamnocarpus pruriens var. pruriens 9 Apr 1963 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 2334 SRGH
BR
Pasture Research Centre, Melsetter (Chimanimani) 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 2
35503 Striga gesnerioides 30 Apr 1969 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3203 SRGH
K
Wiltshire Estate, between Enkeldoorn (Chivhu) and Buhera, Charter District 0 Zimbabwe 1831C1 C 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 8 part 2:131 (1990)

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24570 Talinum arnotii No date DCH Plowes
2541 Save Valley, Experimental Station 0 Zimbabwe

0.000000 0.000000 0
52490 Thelypteris confluens 23 May 1954 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1736 SRGH
Growing among grass etc. on banks of Tom-betyane stream. Near absent farm, Eastern Matopos 0 Zimbabwe 2028D2 W 0

Common small fern about 18-24" tall

0.000000 0.000000 2
6277 Tribulus zeyheri subsp. zeyheri No date DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 3155 Beitbridge 0 Zimbabwe S

0.000000 0.000000 0
35788 Wiesneria filifolia 13 Feb 1955 DCH Plowes
DCH Plowes 1776 K
Nyamandhlovu Pasture Research Station 0 Zimbabwe 1928C4 W 0

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

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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Records made by Darrel Plowes.
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