Records made by Hiram Wild

Records: 84

The following is a list of the records made by Hiram Wild 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
18065 Acanthosicyos naudinianus 16 Feb 1956 H Wild
H Wild 4764 SRGH
Kalahari sand under Terminalia and Acacia spp. Hwange Game Reserve. Dett Rd. 5 0 Zimbabwe W 920

0.000000 0.000000 0
122784 Adenostemma caffrum 15 Dec 1945 H Wild
H Wild 576 HE Robinson SRGH
Borrowdale, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Pure white flowers, 2-3 feet, erect, roots in water.

0.000000 0.000000 0
48747 Adiantum capillus-veneris 17 Mar 1964 H Wild
H Wild 6420 SRGH
On rocks Dunraven Falls, Selukwe district 0 Zimbabwe 1930C1 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
62064 Aneilema johnstonii 22 Feb 1956 H Wild
H Wild 4792 RB Faden SRGH
BR
In Baikiaea woodland Dett road, Wankie Game Reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1826D2 W 1095

Flowers orange

-18.652300 26.898500 5
79779 Aponogeton junceus 8 Jan 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2273 SRGH
BM
Makabusi (Mukuvisi), Harare District 1 0 Zimbabwe C 0

Cited in FZ 12(2), p. 72

0.000000 0.000000 0
99113 Bergia decumbens 12 Dec 1947 H Wild
H Wild 2291 SRGH
On granite rocks at river side Mukuvisi River, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Procumbent woody plant with white flowers

0.000000 0.000000 0
74579 Brasenia schreberi 12 Aug 1964 RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6577 SRGH
In stream Chilimanzi Communal Land 0 Zimbabwe 1930B1 C 1400

Inflorescence branches very brittle and reddish.

-19.233330 30.616670 4
35785 Burnatia enneandra 26 Feb 1953 H Wild
H Wild 4076 K
LISC
PRE
Pan in mopane woodland Menswa Pan, Zambezi Valley, Hurungwe District 0 Zimbabwe 1629A1 N 450

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

-16.113333 29.000000 5
35775 Caldesia reniformis 12 Aug 1964 RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6575 SRGH
K
LISC
BR
In mud of dam Chirumanzu C.L. (Chilimanzi) 0 Zimbabwe 1930B1 C 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 8 (2009)

-19.236667 30.613333 5
126351 Ceropegia stenantha 4 Jan 1946 H Wild
H Wild 641 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Twiner with yellow flowers Calyx red spotted.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106627 Chlorophytum anceps 16 Jan 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2283 SRGH
Damp area of granite sand, soil shallow Mukuvisi River, Harare 1,2 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers white with brownish keel in upper half of per segs only. Anthers yellowish-green usually only enter per segs reddish-brown at tip.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126348 Chlorophytum brachystachyum 23 Nov 1951 H Wild
H Wild 3689 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

In leaf mould among rocks in shade of trees. Flowers white - no coloured keels. Leaves glaucous beneath.

0.000000 0.000000 0
25060 Corallocarpus wildii 22 Dec 1952 H Wild
H Wild 3967 SRGH
Trailing from crevices in granite rocks Umsengedzi River, Umvukwes, Darwin district 0 Zimbabwe N 0

Flowers yellow

0.000000 0.000000 0
97324 Cordylostigma virgatum 18 Jan 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2287 SRGH
K
BM
Cranborne Park, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca 5(1).

0.000000 0.000000 0
67923 Dipcadi glaucum Dec 1965 H Wild
H Wild 7481 SRGH
BR
Near river North bank of the Ruenya River, Mtoko 0 Zimbabwe 1732B3 N 810

Flowers olive freen

-17.493700 32.656100 2
32007 Duosperma quadrangulare 7 Jun 1950 H Wild
H Wild 3440 BR
Sabi-Lundi River junction 0 Zimbabwe 2132A2 S 244

-21.216667 32.383333 0
99119 Eclipta prostrata 20 Jan 1968 H Wild
H Wild 7676 SRGH
By settlement pond Salisbury West 1 0 Zimbabwe 1730D4 C 0

Flowers white

0.000000 0.000000 0
126368 Eleocharis acutangula 15 Feb 1946 H Wild
H Wild 791 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

In 3-4 ft water at dam edge. Trigonous stems.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126369 Eleocharis dulcis 15 Feb 1946 H Wild
H Wild 792 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

In 3-4 ft water at dam edge. Stems terete.

0.000000 0.000000 0
21241 Emilia transvaalensis 4 Oct 1949 H Wild
H Wild 2999 SRGH
In pockets of soil on granite whaleback. "Zimbabwe district" but the specimen is in a division E folder. 0 Zimbabwe E 1070

Flowers orange-yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
25546 Entada arenaria subsp. arenaria 18 Feb 1956 H Wild
H Wild 4769 SRGH
On kalahari sand Ngwashla Rd, Hwange NP 5 0 Zimbabwe W 910

Sub-shrub.

0.000000 0.000000 0
97946 Eriocaulon abyssinicum 24 Apr 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2510 SRGH
K
Mukuvisi River, Harare 1,2 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Cited in FZ 13(4)

0.000000 0.000000 0
49374 Eulophia guineensis 18 Nov 1953 H Wild
H Wild 4177 SRGH
Kanyanga tributary of the Msukwi (Msukwe) River, Hurungwe district. 0 Zimbabwe 1729A1 N 900

Cited in Flora Zambesiace Volume 11 part 2: 465 (2009)

5
48836 Euphorbia pfeilii 15 Feb 1955 H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 392 SRGH
Mopane bush C. é miles from Beitbridge on the West Nicholson road. 0 Zimbabwe 2229B2 S 520

-22.176379 29.997680 5
69878 Euphorbia transvaalensis 16 Feb 1962 H Wild
H Wild 5666 HB Gilliland SRGH
BR
On granite kopje Mudzi Dam, Mtoko 0 Zimbabwe 1732A4 N 1400

Bushy shrublet, 1 ft tall

-17.390530 32.317380 5
120415 Geigeria schinzii subsp. rhodesiana 25 Apr 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2514 SRGH
Cranborne, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Bushy perennial to 2 feet. Flowers yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
35747 Gladiolus magnificus 14 Feb 1956 H Wild
H Wild 4724 SRGH
K
COI
LISC
PRE
Gwai corridor, Wankie Game Reserve (Hwange National Park) 5 0 Zimbabwe 1927B3 W 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 4: 95 (1993)

2
97412 Grewia olukondae 16 Jan 1956 H Wild
H Wild 4719 SRGH
Termite mound Tealby - 14 miles from Salisbury 0 Zimbabwe C 0

15 ft scrambling bush in termite mound. Flowers yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
74133 Harpagophytum procumbens subsp. procumbens 17 Feb 1960 H Wild
H Wild 4982 H-D Ihlenfeldt At edge of pan Takatokwane Pan 0 Botswana 2424A2 SE 1080

Flowers purple - yellow throat

5
41314 Helichrysum stenopterum 25 Apr 1946 H Wild
H Wild 1056 H Wild SRGH
K
Scrambling in tall marsh grass Khami Ruins, Bulawayo 69 0 Zimbabwe 2028A2 W 1300

0.000000 0.000000 2
120306 Hibiscus ovalifolius 1 Mar 1947 H Wild
H Wild 1876 SRGH
In shade of trees on termite mound. Twentydales, Harare. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

1 ft 6 inches erect. Flowers yellow with red centre.

0.000000 0.000000 0
77288 Hippocratea indica 26 Feb 1953 H Wild
H Wild 4025 SRGH
Nyakasanga River, Zambezi Valley, Urungwe District. 0 Zimbabwe 1629A1 N 520

Scrambling bush or high liane; flowers buff.

-16.147900 29.115800 5
97958 Hydrocotyle verticillata 13 Dec 1945 H Wild
H Wild in GHS 14237 SRGH
Borrowdale Road, Harare 1,8 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Creeping weed, roots in water

0.000000 0.000000 0
97959 Hydrocotyle verticillata 24 Sep 1946 H Wild
H Wild 1258 JFM Cannon SRGH
In small pond Highlands, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Aquatic herb. Leaves and flowers aerial.

0.000000 0.000000 0
97960 Hydrocotyle verticillata 21 Sep 1947 H Wild
H Wild 2014 SRGH
Mukuvisi River, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
126344 Hygrophila abyssinica 10 Oct 1945 H Wild
H Wild 218 KB Vollesen SRGH
In vlei Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Procumbent herb, blue flowers. Flowers regular.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126380 Indigofera flavicans 1 Jan 1946 H Wild
H Wild 653 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
79612 Indigofera flavicans 1 Jan 1949 H Wild
H Wild 683 SRGH
K
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1500

0.000000 0.000000 0
74534 Ipomoea crassipes var. crassipes 10 Jan 1963 H Wild
H Wild 5989 ML Gonçalves SRGH
In sandveld Maleme Valley, SW Matopos. 165 0 Zimbabwe 2028C2 W 1260

Pale mauve flower.

0.000000 0.000000 2
68974 Kedrostis foetidissima 26 Feb 1960 H Wild
H Wild 5173 C Jeffrey SRGH
On rocky quartzite hill. Dikgomodikae Hill 0 Botswana 2424D3 SE 1150

Fruit red. Flowers yellow-green

-24.866667 24.616667 5
68962 Kedrostis foetidissima 23 Dec 1952 H Wild
H Wild 3975 C Jeffrey SRGH
Climbing over granite rocks Umsengedzi River, Umvukwes, Darwin 0 Zimbabwe 1630D4 N 1300

Flowers yellow

-16.983333 30.983333 5
68966 Kedrostis foetidissima 8 Jan 1952 H Wild
H Wild 3740 C Jeffrey SRGH
On a termite mound Prince Edward Dam, Harare. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1430

Flowers yellow; fruit pale green with longitudinal dark green ribs.

-17.979600 31.069700 6
68968 Kedrostis foetidissima 29 Jan 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2390 C Jeffrey SRGH
In dense woodland Rupisi Hot Springs 0 Zimbabwe 2032A4 E 500

Yellow-flowered twiner

-20.356930 32.385800 6
68970 Kedrostis foetidissima 21 Dec 1951 H Wild
H Wild 3730 SRGH
Climbing on tree Umshandige (Mushandike), Masvingo 0 Zimbabwe 2030B1 S 980

Flowers yelllow

-20.150000 30.633333 5
114352 Kedrostis leloja 1 Dec 1948 H Wild
H Wild 454 K
Cranborne, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers immature.

0.000000 0.000000 0
102245 Lessertia benguellensis 16 Mar 1965 RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 7090 SRGH
LISC
PRE
Okavango River, 19 km north of Shakawe, on Botswana border. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821B4 1005

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 3 part 7: 15 (2003)

-18.257220 21.764720 6
102247 Lessertia benguellensis 9 Mar 1965 RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6839 MA Diniz SRGH
BR
Disturbed ground near village Near Kanyu Pan 0 Botswana 2024B1 N 931

Annual 60 cm in height; flowers purplish; fruits pale green

-20.076110 24.679720 5
84499 Limnophila ceratophylloides 4 May 1946 H Wild
H Wild 1078 SRGH
K
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
119392 Ludwigia palustris 6 Jan 1946 H Wild
H Wild 635 SRGH
On wet sand. Cleveland [Dam], Harare. 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Procumbent herb. Flowers green "apetalous".

0.000000 0.000000 0
42476 Marsilea macrocarpa May 1972 H Wild
H Wild 7956 SRGH
In small pan near river Sinamwenda, Mwende river, Binga 0 Zimbabwe 1727B2 N 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
122771 Momordica balsamina 11 Jan 1946 H Wild
H Wild 686 R Fernandes A Fernandes SRGH
On termite mound. Ardbennie, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Tendrilled creeper. Flowers yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126407 Nymphoides brevipedicellata 15 Feb 1946 H Wild
H Wild 788 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers: white. Lobes: yellow at base. Fimbriate. Leaves: floating.

0.000000 0.000000 0
119463 Oldenlandia capensis var. capensis 1 Dec 1945 H Wild
H Wild 455 SRGH
In sand by river. Cranborne, Salisbury. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Procumbent herb. Flowers white.

0.000000 0.000000 0
97326 Oldenlandia corymbosa var. caespitosa 25 Mar 1949 H Wild
H Wild 2818 SRGH
K
Harare, Golf Course 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca 5(1).

0.000000 0.000000 0
51853 Ophioglossum polyphyllum 5 Dec 1946 H Wild
H Wild 1608 CF Reed SRGH
Foot of granite sloop Skipton, Marondera 0 Zimbabwe 1831C2 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
106546 Pachycarpus concolor subsp. concolor 24 Nov 1945 H Wild
H Wild 411 SRGH
On granite sand Cleveland, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Decumbent herb. Flowers purple.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126422 Panicum subalbidum 15 Feb 1948 H Wild
H Wild 884 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

3-4ft tall pale green grass. Lower 1/2 in water at edge of dam, rooting at nodes.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106609 Polygala petitiana subsp. parviflora 1 Jan 1946 H Wild
H Wild 625 SRGH
In vlei Twentydales, Harare 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

6-9 inch erect herb. Flowers blue - lower lip yellow with blue edges.

0.000000 0.000000 0
115072 Potamogeton schweinfurthii 21 Apr 1947 H Wild
H Wild 1908 SRGH
BM
Mukuvisi, Harare District 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Record cited in FZ 12(2), p. 88.

0.000000 0.000000 0
40661 Rhinacanthus zambesiacus 7 Apr 1954 H Wild
H Wild 4557 SRGH
K
BR
Poole Farm, Hartley 0 Zimbabwe 1830A2 C 1200

0.000000 0.000000 2
117341 Rotala capensis 19 May 1953 H Wild
H Wild 4114 SRGH
LISC
PRE
Cleveland Dam. 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
126405 Rotala myriophylloides 4 May 1946 H Wild
H Wild 1077 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Magenta flowers on 2 inch aerial shoots. Rest submerged in slow-flowing stream.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120313 Rubia horrida 6 Feb 1945 H Wild
H Wild 642 SRGH
By river. Ardbennie, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Clasping herb. Flowers pale yellow.

0.000000 0.000000 0
69014 Salacia luebbertii 16 Mar 1965 HM Biegel
H Wild
HM Biegel H Wild 7101 SRGH
Burkea african, Terminalia sericea savanna with Baphia obovata, Grewia retinervis, Diospyros chamaethamnus 32 km South of Shakawe on Sepopa rd. 0 Botswana 1822C1 N 1000

Subshrub; fruit reddish-brown.

0.000000 0.000000 2
69011 Salacia luebbertii 15 Mar 1965 RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 7065 SRGH
Woodland with Pericopis angolensis, Burkea africana, Erythrophleum etc on white sands 19 km SW of Shakawe 0 Botswana 1821D1 N 1030

Rhizomatous; stems 60-70 cm tall

-18.570000 21.690000 5
41406 Salvinia molesta 22 Oct 1959 H Wild
H Wild 4851 CF Reed SRGH
Rapidly colonizing areas under permanent spray - not in actual water Victoria Falls 24 0 Zimbabwe 1725D4 W 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
42069 Selaginella kraussiana 10 Oct 1950 H Wild
H Wild 3563 SRGH
Forest floor Tarka forest reserve, Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN95-93- E 1525

0.000000 0.000000 5
42066 Selaginella kraussiana 22 Jul 1947 H Wild
H Wild 1977 SRGH
Forest floor Ziwane forest, Penhalonga 0 Zimbabwe 1832D3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
42094 Selaginella mittenii 20 Mar 1963 H Wild
H Wild 6441 SRGH
On rocks Selukwe peak, Selukwe 0 Zimbabwe 1930C1 SP87-17- C 0

0.000000 0.000000 5
42089 Selaginella mittenii 19 Dec 1952 H Wild
H Wild 3959 SRGH
Shade of chrome rocks Ruorka Ranche, Umvukwe, Mazoe 0 Zimbabwe 1730B1 N 1525

0.000000 0.000000 2
74115 Sesamothamnus lugardii 23 Mar 1965 RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 7239 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
Dominant in scrub community adjacent to pan. With Acacia tortilis, Commiphora pyracanthoides, Catophractes alexandri, Mundulea sericea etc. Between Lake Dow (Xau) and Chukusa Pan, 74 km West of Lethlekane 0 Botswana 2124B2 SE 930

Up to 3 m high

0.000000 0.000000 2
74228 Sesamum calycinum subsp. baumii 11 Apr 1955 H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 1461 SRGH
In terminalia sericea-Acacia woodland. Chobe-Zambezi confluence. 0 Botswana 1725C4 N 930

Perennial 1.1 m; flowers pale pink.

-17.794430 25.263330 6
35552 Stomatostemma monteiroae 26 Jan 1949 H Wild
H Wild 2791 SRGH
K
BR
Growing over bushes on 'Umkondo' kopje Triangle Sugar Estate, Chiredzi District 0 Zimbabwe 2131A2 S 415

0.000000 0.000000 2
123944 Tarchonanthus camphoratus 20 Jul 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2552 JAR Paiva SRGH
On termite mound Cranborne, Salisbury 1,2 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Shrub to 12 ft branching from base. Not at all aromatic.

0.000000 0.000000 0
123945 Tarchonanthus camphoratus 1 Aug 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2553 SRGH
On neighbouring termite mound to Wild 2552. Cranborne, Salisbury 1,2 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

20 ft old tree, black bark, only very faint aromatic smell when leaves crushed.

0.000000 0.000000 0
79608 Utricularia arenaria 19 May 1953 H Wild
H Wild 4115 SRGH
K
MO
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
126392 Utricularia arenaria 15 May 1948 H Wild
H Wild 2551 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

In mud of wet vlei. Flowers very pale blue - upper lip greenish. Yellow spot on leaves. Lip opposed to another on upper lip.

0.000000 0.000000 0
126396 Utricularia gibba 10 Oct 1945 H Wild
H Wild 200 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers yellow, cone obtuse & conic tinged with red in mud ooze.

0.000000 0.000000 0
79611 Utricularia gibba 21 Sep 1947 H Wild
H Wild 2012 Harare, Makabusi River 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1470

Could be outside the Harare flora area

0.000000 0.000000 0
126359 Vernonia petersii 4 May 1946 H Wild
H Wild 1087 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers pale lavender, stems reddish.

0.000000 0.000000 0
120882 Viscum verrucosum 31 Oct 1951 H Wild
H Wild 3672 SRGH
Twentydales. 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

On Gymnosporia senegalensis.

0.000000 0.000000 0
106626 Walleria nutans 26 Nov 1947 H Wild
H Wild 2255 SRGH
Mukuvisi River, Harare 1,2 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers very pale mauve - anthers yellow with purple tips

0.000000 0.000000 0
35787 Wiesneria filifolia 2 Aug 1950 H Wild
H Wild 3519 K
Pool of Ngarawe River, Van Niekerk Ruins, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B1 E 0

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

-18.100000 32.613333 5
126430 Xyris capensis 25 Sep 1952 H Wild
H Wild 3869 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare 1,3 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

In damp ground. Heads light brown. Leaves and peduncle minutely rugulose when fresh (i.e. surface cell walls reflect light).

0.000000 0.000000 0


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