The following is a list of the collections made by John Ball in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Mozambique (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).
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| No | Species | Record date | Recorder(s) | Coll. | Det. | Conf. | Herbaria | Habitat | Location | Loc code | Outing code | Planted code | Country | QDS | Grid ref. | FZ Div | Alt. (m) | Notes | Lat | Long | Loc Acc Code |
| 42728 | Aporrhiza paniculata | 7 Sep 1958 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 751 | SRGH K |
Riverine forest. | Lusitu riverside above Nyahodi junction. | 0 | Zimbabwe | 2032B2 | E | 530 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 2 part 2: 514 (1966) | -20.060000 | 32.859000 | 5 | |||||
| 73926 | Brillantaisia cicatricosa | 6 Aug 1963 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 62 | SRGH |
Under shade in evergreen forest | Nchisi Forest | 0 | Malawi | 1334A3 | C | 1450 | Very large straggling bushy herb; bright blue-mauve flowers; square stems up to 8 feet high. | -13.349990 | 34.016670 | 5 | |||||
| 102456 | Cheirostylis nuda | 20 Sep 1959 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 818 | SRGH K |
In riverine forest | Lusito Forest | 52 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 2032B2 | E | 300 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1: 10, 1995. | 6 | ||||||
| 102455 | Cheirostylis nuda | 14 Sep 1954 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 360 | SRGH K |
Near Nyabamba Falls | 0 | Zimbabwe | 2032B2 | E | 925 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1: 10, 1995. | 5 | ||||||||
| 49373 | Eulophia guineensis | 1 Dec 1954 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 437 | SRGH |
In red soil and black humus over boulders in semiriverine shade | Umvumvumvu River gorge, Chimanimani District. | 47 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1932D1 | E | 820 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 11 part 2: 465,1998). Additional notes by J.S. Ball state: "Fairly common beside Umvumvuvu River in region of Gorge beside middle crossing on Melsetter road" (Ball 2009) | 6 | ||||||
| 74453 | Gastrodia ballii | 2 Sep 1975 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 1333 | SRGH K |
Near Lujeri power Station, Ruo Gorge, below Mt Mulanje. | 179 | 0 | Malawi | 1535D3 | S | 760 | Fruiting. Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1:271 (1995). | 5 | |||||||
| 74448 | Gastrodia ballii | 24 Apr 1976 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 1422 | SRGH |
In very rich litter and humus layer under Albizia gummifera with understorey of Craibia brevicaudata. | Shigodora Farm, near Vumba Heights School below Castle Beacon, Vumba | 63,156 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1932B1 | E | 0 | Locally abundant.Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1:271 (1995). | 5 | ||||||
| 21518 | Goodyera afzelii | Jun 1957 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 650 | SRGH K |
Foot of Martin's Falls, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1550 | Cited by Cribb & Omerod in Kew Bulletin 56(2): 502,2001. | 6 | |||||||
| 41683 | Lindsaea odorata | 25 May 1957 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 695 | EACLE Schelpe | SRGH |
Long Gully, Chimanimani Mts. | 0 | Zimbabwe | E | 0 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0 | |||||||
| 36182 | Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata | 23 Nov 1975 | JS Ball Petterson |
JS Ball Petterson 1375 | SRGH K |
Near Shigodora, southwestern Vumba | 63 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1932b1 | E | 0 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 329 (1998) | 2 | |||||||
| 36213 | Polystachya fusiformis | 26 Jan 1955 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 487 | SRGH K |
Chimanimani Mts | 33 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1933C3 | E | 1660 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 347 (1998) | 2 | |||||||
| 36223 | Polystachya golungensis | 10 Aug 1975 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 1329 | SRGH K |
Near Zonwe River, Burma Valley | 63 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1932B2 | E | 1000 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 339 (1998) | 2 | |||||||
| 36243 | Polystachya lindblomii | 8 Feb 1976 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 1403 | SRGH K |
Pungwe River below the falls, Nyanga District | 54 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1832B4 | E | 0 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 348 (1998) | 2 | |||||||
| 36245 | Polystachya malilaensis | 9 Dec 1961 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 972 | SRGH K |
Leygate Cottage, c. 5 km north of Troutbeck, Nyanga | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1832B2 | E | 2100 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 353 (1998) | 2 | ||||||||
| 36225 | Polystachya simplex | 14 Dec 1975 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 1377 | SRGH K |
Bunga Forest, Vumba | 39,63,156 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1932B2 | E | 0 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 348 (1998) | 2 | |||||||
| 36125 | Polystachya subumbellata | 29 Mar 1975 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 1312 | SRGH K |
East end of Enwa farm, Himalaya Mts | 0 | Zimbabwe | 1932B4 | E | 0 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 360 (1998) | 2 | ||||||||
| 41113 | Psilotum nudum | 18 May 1957 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 680 | SRGH |
On streambed rocks of Haroni R. | Haroni-Lusitu confluence area, Chimanimani | 52 | 0 | Zimbabwe | 2033A1 | E | 610 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 2 | |||||
| 53944 | Vanilla roscheri | 9 Dec 1962 | JS Ball |
JS Ball 1000 | SRGH K |
Dondo Forest, Beira District. | 0 | Mozambique | 1934D2 | MS | 50 | Cited in Flora Zambesiaca 11(1): 248, 1995 | 2 |