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Records made by Gerald Pope

Records: 25

The following is a list of the records made by Gerald Pope 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
53229 Actiniopteris dimorpha subsp. dimorpha 9 Mar 1978 GV Pope
 GV Pope 1628 SRGH
 Granite outcrop, sponge area on rock. Nyamahere Hill, Mtoko district 0 Zimbabwe 1732A3 N 0

Tufted fern

 0.000000 0.000000 2
53241 Actiniopteris dimorpha subsp. dimorpha 4 May 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
BK Simon
 HM Biegel GV Pope BK Simon 1106 SRGH
 Granite outcrop up to 1420m high, fern occuring in small colonies in shallow soil pockets on the rock. Sikanjena Hill, Belingwe district 0 Zimbabwe 2030C1 S 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
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
48860 Adiantum incisum 30 Jan 1970 GV Pope
 GV Pope 218 SRGH
 Shade of deeply cut banks of Nyarandi River Nyarandi River W. of Mavuradonha mission 0 Zimbabwe 1631B4 N 760

Common and tufted fern

 0.000000 0.000000 2
48871 Adiantum incisum 29 Jan 1975 GV Pope
E Russell
 GV Pope E Russell 4842 SRGH
 Near top of wooded gully in limestone cliffs in leafmould Confluence of Musiriswi-Bwasi River, Jersey, Chipinga district 0 Zimbabwe 2032D1 E 500

0.000000 0.000000 2
99152 Ceropegia barberae 22 Oct 1969 GV Pope
 GV Pope 182 SRGH
 In red sandy soil Groombridge vlei, between Teviotdale Road and Waller Avenue 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Plant 3 inches high. Rare

 0.000000 0.000000 0
99110 Cuscuta campestris 9 Sep 1971 HM Biegel
GV Pope
 HM Biegel GV Pope 3601 SRGH
 Parasitic on Mikania cordata Waterfalls, banks of Mukuvisi River 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Masses of yellow to brown-yellow threads. Flowering and fruiting profusely. Plant covers c. 2 x 3 m area.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
97284 Elytraria acaulis 29 Jan 1975 GV Pope
 GV Pope 1439 SRGH
K
 Western end of Mwangazi Gap, Chibunje (Chibuwe), Chipinge District. 0 Zimbabwe 2032C2 E 525

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 5: 8, 2013.

 -20.550100 32.416600 5
122787 Euphorbia serpens 23 Apr 1976 HM Biegel
GV Pope
 HM Biegel GV Pope 1539 S Carter SRGH
 Growing beside railway tracks. Harare Industrial site. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Prostrate herb. Collector number is for GV Pope.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
69887 Euphorbia transvaalensis 30 Jan 1975 HM Biegel
GE Gibbs-Russell
GV Pope
 HM Biegel GE Gibbs-Russell GV Pope 4869 SRGH
K
 c. 1 km West of confluence Musirizwi and Bwazi Rivers, Chipinge Distict 0 Zimbabwe 2032D1 E 500

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 9 part 5: 378, 2001

-20.583290 32.500230 5
77300 Hippocratea indica 30 Jan 1975 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
 HM Biegel E Russell 1481 SRGH
 Thicket vegetation in valley floor. West end of Mwangazi Gap, Chipinga District. 0 Zimbabwe 2032C2 E 440

Dense dark green climber; flower perianth yellow.

-20.547330 32.402400 6
94292 Hippocratea parviflora 24 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
 HM Biegel GV Pope E Russell 853 SRGH
 At base of hill among boulders in Kirkia acuminata grove. Gubatsa Hills, Chobe National Park 0 Botswana 1824C1 N 936

Scrambling shrub with stems up to 3 m long trailing over rocks. Perianth green with light green margins to the segments.

-18.550100 24.083400 5
74101 Holubia saccata 17 Apr 1971 GV Pope
 GV Pope 317 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
 Roadside in disturbed soil Orapa 0 Botswana 2125A4 N 975

Fleshy annual to 0.75 m tall. Flowers cream changing to pink.

 -21.333333 25.350000 5
105808 Litanthus pusillus 30 Oct 1973 HM Biegel
GV Pope
N Gosden
 HM Biegel GV Pope N Gosden 1125 PRE
 In rock cracks Mt Buhwa, Belingwe District 58 0 Zimbabwe 2030C2 S 1650

Cited in Manning et al., 2013: 97

-20.633900 30.315100 6
117907 Lobelia sonderiana 23 Oct 1969 GV Pope
 GV Pope 186 SRGH
MO
 Vlei Groombridge vlei, between Teviotdale Road and Waller Avenue. 1,8 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Cited in FZ 7(1), p. 143.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
106612 Macroptilium atropurpureum 21 Mar 1982 RM Polhill
GV Pope
 RM Polhill GV Pope 2077 SRGH
 Roadside in Brachystegia woodland Mazoe Dam 0 Zimbabwe 1730D2 N 0

Perennial with trailing stems, erect inflorescences, dark purple flowers. [The earliest record of this species in Zimbabwe].

 -17.534670 30.988510 7
42475 Marsilea minuta var. minuta 21 Sep 1981 GV Pope
 GV Pope 1989 SRGH
 Drying out seasonally flooded bed of pool, clay soil W end of long pool, Mana Pools 59 0 Zimbabwe 1529C4 N 360

Dense growth in deep holes left by elephanth feet

0.000000 0.000000 2
51852 Ophioglossum polyphyllum 9 Mar 1978 GV Pope
 GV Pope 1633 SRGH
 Wooded rocky outcrop, grassy slopes between boulders, coarse sandy soil. Mtoko, Tsiko. 0 Zimbabwe 1732A3 E 0

Erect herbs in an area of c. 5 x 5m square

 0.000000 0.000000 2
40655 Rhinacanthus zambesiacus 1 Feb 1975 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
 HM Biegel GV Pope E Russell 4908 SRGH
K
BR
 In woody vegetation on sandy streambank, in partial shade 5 km South of Rusongo Hill on Border rd, Remayi 0 Zimbabwe 2032C4 S 400

0.000000 0.000000 2
69013 Salacia luebbertii 26 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
GE Gibbs-Russell
GV Pope
 HM Biegel GE Gibbs-Russell GV Pope 4071B SRGH
 In deciduous woodland with Burkea africana, Terminalia sericea, Combretum psidioides on fine grained sand. c. 17 NNW of Savuti drift above Gubashe Hills, Siambiso 0 Botswana 1823B4 N 940

Probably rhizomatous, many-stemmed shrub, regrown to 0.6 m after burn. Tufts of stems 1 per 2m sq. on area of c. 30 x 50 m.

 0.000000 0.000000 2
69012 Salacia luebbertii 23 Oct 1972 HM Biegel
GE Gibbs-Russell
GV Pope
 HM Biegel GE Gibbs-Russell GV Pope 4032 SRGH
 Among porphyry boulders East face Gubatsha Hills, Savute, Chobe National Park 0 Botswana 1824C1 N 940

Shrub 0.7 m; new growth measures 0.5 m. Area probably burnt the previous year

 -18.550000 24.080000 5
41858 Selaginella dregei 5 May 1964 GV Pope
 GV Pope 83 SRGH
 Shallow sandy soil on granite outcrop W bank of Turgwe, 2 miles below Cherere school, Bikita 0 Zimbabwe 2031B1 UN46-75- S 945

0.000000 0.000000 5
42101 Selaginella mittenii 4 May 1969 GV Pope
 GV Pope 47 SRGH
 Shaded, moist, granite rocks on riverbank Turgwe river, 400 yards above confluence with Dafora river, Bikita 0 Zimbabwe 2031B1 S 945

0.000000 0.000000 2
42100 Selaginella mittenii 9 May 1969 GV Pope
 GV Pope 126 SRGH
 Riverine forest, damp rocks of perennial stream Mt. Horze, S slope base, Bikita 0 Zimbabwe 2031B1 UN45-81- S 1065

0.000000 0.000000 5
35553 Stomatostemma monteiroae 19 Jan 1975 HM Biegel
GV Pope
E Russell
 HM Biegel GV Pope E Russell 1440 SRGH
BR
 Shrubby vegetation and thickets on sandy soil. West end of Mwangazi Gap, Chipinga District 0 Zimbabwe 2032C2 E 440

0.000000 0.000000 2

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