The following is a list of the records confirmed by Jo Osborne in species name order.
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| No | Species | 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 |
| 62022 | Anemone transvaalensis | 21 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
H Matimele HM2091 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Edaphic poor nutrient grassland. | Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1673 | Herb 1 m, white sunlight flowers like, maroon stems, hairy stems. | -19.757222 | 33.093278 | 7 | |
| 59406 | Anemone transvaalensis | 20 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2284 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | BR |
In wet boggy depression in montane grassland | Plateau between Mt Nhamudimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1668 | BR specimen Erect herb up to 90 cm high; leaves crowded near the base; flowering stem purple brown, hairy; flowers creamy white with a heart of yellow stamens. One specimen see at collection site but occasional in the area | -19.760690 | 33.091540 | 7 | |
| 59590 | Antherotoma naudinii | 19 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2271 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Growing in extensive colonies in bare area in rocky grassland; disturbed by old wood fire. | Northern slopes below Mt Binga, Chimaniani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1178 | Small unbranched annual herbs 8-18 cm tall; flowers in terminal heads, c 1-1.5 cm in diameter; mauve-pink. Generally very common in the area | -19.749360 | 33.042690 | 7 | |
| 59589 | Antherotoma senegambiensis | 19 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2269 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
On a wooded grassy slope next to a small stream | Northern slopes below Mt Binga, Chimaniani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1178 | Scrambling herb; branches up to 1 m long, reddish, with long, whitish, spreading hairs; flowers violet. Several specimens at collection site; generally frequent in the area | -19.749360 | 33.042690 | 7 | |
| 59135 | Begonia sonderiana | 16 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2203 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
In crevice on a quartzite sandstone rocky ledge | Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1395 | Somewhat fleshy herb; stems and branches bright red; leaves very asymmetric at the base, yellowish-greenwith reddish margins; fruit flreshy bright red, winged. One specimen seen at collection site; occassional in the area | -19.743930 | 33.025480 | 7 | |
| 59536 | Bersama swynnertonii | 18 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
M Silva-Jones P Ballings PB2247 | BT Wursten A Mapaura | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Riverine forest patch near stream in rocky brachystegia-Uapaca woodland | Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1478 | Tree c. 7 m tall; leaves imparipinnate; fruit woody with a very wrinkled surface, c. 2 cm in diameter, splitting into 4 valves. One specimen seen at collection site | 7 | |||
| 61862 | Buchnera chimanimaniensis | 21 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
J Hadj-Hammou JHH050 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Grassland among quartzite sandstone boulders. In sun. | Saddle above small valley below Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1787 | Erect perennial herb to 40 cm. Growing in patches. Thin stem, reddish. Thin leaves. Purple fls. | 7 | |||
| 66965 | Buchnera chimanimaniensis | 28 Oct 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura JR Timberlake K Mutasa |
K Mutasa KM009 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Open quartzite sandstone grassland, growing in sand amongst rock. | Mevumodzi Valley upstream from Eastern Lakes, eastern side of Chimanimani mountains | 168 | 33 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1339 | BR specimen and iNaturalist recordSmall herb about 20 cm tall with purple flowers. Stem purple with young branches green but turning purple when mature. Leaves narrow and smooth when young, becoming rough when mature. Roots lateral. | 7 | |||
| 59352 | Buchnera chimanimaniensis | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou |
J Hadj-Hammou JHH015 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Growing on sparsely wooded grassy slopes among quartzite-sandstone rocks | Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1478 | BR specimen Erect herb to 30 cm. Flrs mauve. Few flowered heads clustered at top of stems. Several stems. Locally common | 7 | |||
| 59418 | Buchnera subglabra | 20 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2281 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
In boggy montane grassland on quartzitic sandy soils | Plateau between Mt Nhamudimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1668 | BR specimen Erect herb up to 40 cm high; leaves in a basal rosette, appressed to the soil; flowering stem sparsely branched towards the top, leafless except for one pair of small bract-like spreading leaves; flowers mauve. Common in the collection site | 7 | |||
| 66990 | Buchnera wildii | 27 Oct 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura |
A Mapaura AM709 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Grassland, growing in full sun on E-facing slope towards a stream. No surface rocks seen. | Plateau between Mutandani and Mucandue rivers, eastern Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 33 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1116 | Whole plant slightly pubescent. 30 cm tall. Few plants seen. | 7 | |||
| 59575 | Buchnera wildii | 24 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2317 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
On moist grassy slope on quartzite sandy soil; full sun | Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1687 | Unbranched herbs up to 40 cm high; leaves mostly near the base and on the lower stem; flowers in a short, dense terminal head, mauve-purple, densely white hairy in the corolla throat. Common at this site | 7 | |||
| 59458 | Cyphia mazoensis | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2241 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Twining among grasses on steep rocky slope | Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1648 | Delicate twining herb, up to 30 cm long; flowers white. Several specimens seen at collecton site; generally fairly frequent in the area | -19.742770 | 33.013250 | 7 | |
| 59304 | Cyphia mazoensis | 16 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
A Mapaura AM654 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Twining in grasses in rocky mistbelt Brachystegia woodland. | Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1355 | Note by Joan Osborne: Slender foliage + habit close to C. rogersii S. Moore from South Africa. See note in FZ for differences. | -19.744600 | 33.030930 | 7 | |
| 59596 | Dissotis princeps var. princeps | 18 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2256 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Along a stream among bracken in Protea-wooded grassland | Valley below Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1654 | Soft-wooded shrub up to 2.5 m high; flowers in terminal racemose clusters, violet; peducles, pedicels and calyces purple-red with long whitish bristly hairs. Extensive colony at collecting site; locally common in the area | -19.741760 | 33.008200 | 7 | |
| 59423 | Dissotis pulchra | 20 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2277 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Boggy area in montane grassland, flooded by small stream | Plateau between Mt Nhamudimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1690 | Branched small woody shrubs, up to 75 cm high, leaves very rough to the tough, mostly brownish and deep green; inflorescences terminal, pyramydal, branched; all flowers finished only bare inflorescence branches with persistent remaining calyces left. Extensive colony seen at collection site. | 7 | |||
| 59405 | Dissotis swynnertonii | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2235 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
In shelter of quartzite sandstone rockface | Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1608 | Shrub, c.1.7m tall; leaves dark green,tinged purple-brown, with rough hairs on the upper surface, paler green below ; not flowering. Only the one specimen seen | 7 | |||
| 74788 | Graderia scabra | 2 Nov 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura |
A Mapaura AM726 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Grassland on deep schist soils. | Along path from Mevumodzi River valley toward The "Anthill" plateau, Chimanimani mountains | 168 | 33 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1284 | Flowers pink flowers. Most plants not flowering or fruiting; flowers fall off easily. Small hairs on green stem and leaves. Most likely paratisizing grasses. Few plants seen. | -19.811700 | 33.132100 | 7 | |
| 74796 | Graderia scabra | 2 Nov 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura |
A Mapaura AM729 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K |
Quartzite grassland, in shallow soil that has collected on rocks. | Above stream flowing from Bakoramambo towards Mevumodzi, Chimanimani mountains. | 168 | 33 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1440 | Pink flowers. Flowers fall off easily. Small hairs on green stem and leaves. Most likely parasitizing grasses. Two plants seen, one flowering. | -19.826380 | 33.104400 | 7 | |
| 74714 | Graderia scabra | 28 Oct 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura JR Timberlake K Mutasa |
JR Timberlake JT6021 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | K |
Schistose grassland, among grass tufts. | Mevumodzi River Valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts. | 168 | 33 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1239 | Herb from woody rootstock, trailing. Large axillary pink flowers. | -19.793111 | 33.135389 | 7 | |
| 59414 | Heterotis canescens | 20 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2280 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Boggy area in montane grassland, flooded by small stream | Plateau between Mt Nhamudimu and Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1690 | Mostly unbranched erect herbs up to 80 cm high; flowers violet pink. small colony seen, far less numerous at colection site than Dissotis pulchra | -19.765620 | 33.083600 | 7 | |
| 61658 | Lobelia cobaltica | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
J Hadj-Hammou JHH025 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Growing under quartzite-sandstone rocks and boulders. | Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1683 | Decumbent herb to 20 cm. Cobalt blue flowers. Milky, sticky latex. Hairy stem and leaves. Woody and branching at base. Locally common. | 7 | |||
| 61659 | Lobelia cobaltica | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
H Matimele HM2063 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Steep slopes on shaded quartzite sandstone boulder. | Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1660 | Scrambling herb to 50 cm tall, leaves green as well as stems, flowers large and dark blue. | 7 | |||
| 59548 | Myrica chimanimaniana | 23 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2305 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
In grassland; apparently only on gravelly schist soils, not on quartzite | Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1679 | Small shrubby suffrutex with several unbranched ascending to erect stems up to 45 cm long, growing from a strong woody rootstock; no flowers or fruits seen | 7 | |||
| 59293 | Myrothamnus flabellifolius | 16 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
A Mapaura AM649 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
In shallow soil among rocks in mistbelt Brachystegia tamarindoides woodland. | Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1390 | -19.745389 | 33.030583 | 6 | ||
| 74715 | Olea chimanimani | 28 Oct 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura JR Timberlake K Mutasa |
JR Timberlake JT6015 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Coarse white sand among grass clumps. | Mevumodzi River Valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts. | 168 | 33 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1342 | Slender herb to 30cm. Stem leafless. Terminal white spreading flowers, 5-petalled. | 7 | |||
| 59362 | Oxalis semiloba subsp. semiloba | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
J Hadj-Hammou JHH024 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Growing amongst grasses and sedges between sandstone rocks on slopes. | Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1635 | Erect herb to 20 cm. Flrs violet with green tube. Growing in clusters. | -19.742778 | 33.013417 | 7 | |
| 59531 | Protea wentzeliana | 18 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
BT Wursten P Ballings PB2259 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
In grassland on quartzite sands along a stream | Valley below Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1657 | Low subshrub, branching from the base, up to 60 cm high; leaves grey-green velvelvety often pink-tinged along the margin; flowerheads few together in a terminal cluster; creamy-white; bracts tinged red | -19.741860 | 33.008320 | 7 | |
| 59315 | Pterocelastrus echinatus | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
H Matimele HM2066 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Steep slopes of quartzite rock | Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1668 | Tree up to 3 m tall, leaves green, fruits pale green turning yellow | -19.741750 | 33.012972 | 7 | |
| 59313 | Pterocelastrus echinatus | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
H Matimele HM2058 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Quartzite slopes grassland | Northwestern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1611 | Tree up to 3 m tall, leaves dark green and pale underneath, white flowers. | -19.743306 | 33.014611 | 7 | |
| 129034 | Vernonia nepetifolia | 21 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
J Hadj-Hammou JHH047 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
In deep shade growing between sandstone boulders on grassland. | Slopes of Mt Nhamudimu, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C3 | MS | 1758 | BR specimenScrambling, woody at base, many branches, growing to 1 m. Hairy all over. Washed out purple flrs. Growing in clusters. | 7 | |||
| 61631 | Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior | 17 Apr 2014 | BT Wursten A Mapaura P Ballings JR Timberlake J Hadj-Hammou H Matimele |
H Matimele HM2064 | BT Wursten | J Osborne | SRGH K BR LMA |
Steep slopes on quartzite sandstone grassland | Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts | 168 | 32 | 0 | Mozambique | 1933C1 | MS | 1668 | Scrambling herb to 15 cm tall, leaves green as well as stems, flowers blue bell shaped | -19.741750 | 33.012972 | 7 |