Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan

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Mozambique records: View all records (90)

Records of this taxon from Mozambique are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
109481021 Mar 2009M Lötter
BC Turpin
BC Turpin
267
RB Faden
BNRH

Palma Camp 26 km W of Palma.0Mozambique1040C3 N125A herb with lilac flowers - 3 equal-sized petals - flowering in the late afternoon. Erect stems. Growing in open woodland/Berlinia thicket.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]-10.83527840.2483336
64090114 Feb 2015TC Buruwate
BT Wursten
In dambo.Niassa Game Reserve.0Mozambique1237A2 N505Very deep purple flowers.-12.10866037.3220807
41877218 May 2010D Gwynne-Evans
BT Wursten
Lower slopes Mt Mabu870Mozambique1636A4 Z760-16.29660336.4222336
40941222 Nov 2006BT Wursten
BT Wursten
Roadside near stream crossingMorumbodzi river crossing, road to Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.0Mozambique1834C1 MS430-18.54002834.0201617
40944101 Dec 2007BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1016
BT Wursten
LMU

Roadside verge in deciduous woodlandAlong road from EN1 to entrance gate Gorongosa National Park.0Mozambique1834C3 MS130-18.94345034.1570007
120350027 Apr 2023BT Wursten
F Andicene
BT Wursten
Along track at margin of miombo woodland and wooded grassland Inhala Ranger Camp area, Gorongosa National Park. 140Mozambique1834D2 MS246iNaturalist record-18.70658034.7831607
52823027 Apr 2013BT Wursten
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten
A Short
LP Oliveira
BW604
BT Wursten
Sandy clearing in remnant sand forestRoad to Mueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza. 14
38
0Mozambique1834D3 MS51-18.93392034.5880506
90595127 Mar 2017BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten
In open woodland.Along road from Chironde Camp to Mungari Airstrip, Coutada 12 184
48
0Mozambique1835A4 MS99-18.38602035.4675807
80088026 Mar 2017BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten
Wooded grassland at margin of dambo somewhat disturbed by former settlement Along road from Chironde Camp to Mungari Airstrip, Coutada 12 184
48
0Mozambique1835A4 MS131-18.37692035.4013807
80190110 Apr 2016BT Wursten
J Guyton
BT Wursten
In wooded patch by termite hill in grassland Near boundary stream Coutada 10 and Coutada 12 184
42
0Mozambique1835C2 MS64-18.67105035.4606306
107182029 Nov 2019BT Wursten
P Ballings
JM Machinga
BT Wursten
Wet rocky forested patch by seepage streamAlong road from Nhabawa to Chikukwa, Chimanimani National Reserve168
59
0Mozambique1932D2 MS968-19.71484032.9849907
59453016 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
J Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
J Timberlake
JT5962
J Timberlake
RB Faden
SRGH

K

BR

LMA

Grassy slopes above Brachystegia microphylla woodland Base of cliff below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani mountains, Sussundenga Dist. 168
32
0Mozambique1933C1 MS1401Slightly succulent herb. White fleshy roots. Leaves mostly basal, often reddish. Flowers in a terminal head, pale purple. -19.74572233.0303067
73973006 Nov 2015A Banze
A Banze
324
I Darbyshire
K

LMA

Riverine moist forest, along Mudzira river, with Albizia versicolor, Erythroxylum sp.Chimanimani, foothills Mahate forest.
44
0Mozambique1933C1 MS402A herb about 30 to 40 cm tall, with purple flowers, fruiting.-19.67183333.1956676
107193030 Nov 2019BT Wursten
P Ballings
JM Machinga
BT Wursten
Old termite mound in mixed miombo woodlandRoad before Nhabawa Village, Chimanimani Conservation area bufferzone168
59
0Mozambique1933C1 MS714-19.70178033.0355407
58335027 Oct 2013BT Wursten
S Dondeyne
K Dekoninck
BT Wursten
Open rocky woodland on quartziteMagorogodo hills, Zomba Community
31
0Mozambique1933C3 MS416iNaturalist record-19.91087233.1682857
64820125 Oct 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
J Timberlake
K Mutasa
BT Wursten
Rocky Brachystegia woodland on steep slopeSlopes of Mt Shangani, Mandzundzu, Chimanimani Conservation Area.168
33
0Mozambique1933C3 MS1024-19.83845933.2104487
66960027 Oct 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
J Timberlake
K Mutasa
K Mutasa
KM008
DJ Goyder
SRGH

K

BR

LMA

Along river bankMuvhumozi River, eastern Chimanimani mountains 168
33
0Mozambique1933C3 MS1134Herb about 30 cm tall. Flowers lilac with 3 petals. Anthers and stigma exposed when in full bloom. Lateral roots. Leaves with parallel veins with a reddish green upperside. -19.81508333.1473067
73693015 Nov 2015I Darbyshire
A Banze
I Darbyshire
940
I Darbyshire
K

LMA

Ndzou

Riverside moist forest on loose sandy-loam soils. With numerous Uapaca lissopyrena, Millettia stuhlmannii, Breonadia; Funtumia africana common in the understorey.Chimanimani foothills, Maronga, Murere River camp, Madzireni Forest.
44
0Mozambique1933C3 MS334Decumbent herb, stems fleshy, rooting at lower nodes. Corolla opens in late afternoon, lilac, petals reflexed, slightly darker towards base; tufts of purple hairs at base of stamens; filaments white, anthers purple.-19.96688933.1041677
105714002 Nov 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
BT Wursten
In montane grasslandPlateau North of deep gorge on Mevumodzi tributary, Chimanimani Mts.168
33
0Mozambique1933C3 MS1401iNaturalist record-19.82899033.1068006
109482005 Jan 2015JE Burrows
SM Burrows
JE Burrows
14500
BC Turpin
LMA

BNRH

US

Marracuene, on outskirts of town on N side of new carriageway to Maputo.0Mozambique2532D3 M10Locally common monocot with mauve flowers, in short grass meadow on coastal floodplain, on sandy-loam seasonally moist soils.-25.76868332.6721176
109480011 Dec 2009JE Burrows
BC Turpin
JE Burrows
BC Turpin
11573
BC Turpin
BNRH

Albizia Campsite, Licuati Forest Reserve, Bela Vista.0Mozambique2632A4 M53Erect herb with pale lilac flowers opening in the early evening. Growing in sandy soils on margins of Licuati Thicket.-26.34472232.4730567
1130650 2001Maputo Elephant Reserve2260Mozambique2632B4 (QDS approximate)M0Listed in SABONET News 7(1), 2001 23-29 Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve.2

Total records found: 22



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Records of: Murdannia simplex.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=112850, retrieved 28 March 2024

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