Records made by James Whellan

Records: 47

The following is a list of the records made by James Whellan 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
39833 Abrodictyum rigidum 9 Apr 1958 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1529 SRGH
 Bundi river source, Chimanimani Mts. 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1830

Fronds erect

 0.000000 0.000000 2
39831 Abrodictyum rigidum 6 Sep 1966 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2279 SRGH
 River bank in deep shade below Haroni Gorge Haroni Gorge, Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
115480 Abutilon englerianum Jun 1961 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1846 SRGH
 Waste ground Hatfield Road, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Tall, 8 ft, much-branched herb with handsome bright yellow flowers.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
48841 Adiantum incisum 31 May 1949 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 408 SRGH
 Rock crevices above Mashunganyendi pool Nunyani River, Lomagundi, Makonde district. 0 Zimbabwe 1630A4 N 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
48857 Adiantum incisum 8 May 1955 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 846 SRGH
 Msengesi Camp, Darwin district 0 Zimbabwe 1730C4 C 1220

0.000000 0.000000 2
48929 Adiantum lunulatum 29 Jan 1948 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 294 SRGH
 In dense shade on bank of stream Sipolilo, Lomagundi district 0 Zimbabwe 1630D1 N 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
115060 Aerva lanata 15 Aug 1971 LC Leach
JA Whellan
 LC Leach JA Whellan 14812 SRGH
K
 Little Malosa River near foot of Mt Mulanje. 0 Malawi 1635B1 S 830

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 9, part 1 (1988).

 -16.028350 35.540090 5
5462 Alepidea peduncularis 3 Mar 1956 RM Davies
JA Whellan
 RM Davies JA Whellan 985 SRGH
 Summit ridge, Mt Nyangani 0 Zimbabwe 1832D4 E 2440

0.000000 0.000000 0
122782 Amaranthus thunbergii 16 Jan 1952 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 622 SRGH
 Weed in cultivated field Hatfield, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
24496 Arthropteris orientalis 9 May 1955 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 882 SRGH
 Shady rocky streamside Darwin, Umsengezi camp 0 Zimbabwe 1631C1 N 1125

0.000000 0.000000 2
35639 Asplenium erectum Sep 1961 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1854 SRGH
 Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
36037 Asplenium mossambicense 13 Sep 1947 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 156 SRGH
 Gungunyana forest, Chipinge 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
126234 Chironia palustris subsp. transvaalensis 5 Nov 1961 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1880 SRGH
 Marlborough, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
52411 Christella chaseana 12 Aug 1951 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 535 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
 Kariangwe spring, sebungwe district 0 Zimbabwe 1727D3 N 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
84559 Crotalaria alexandri 7 Apr 1957 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1217 SRGH
 Deciduous woodland Hatfield, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
30211 Cyathea dregei 28 Oct 1957 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1433 SRGH
 Inyanga, Juliasdale 0 Zimbabwe 1832B3 E 1520

0.000000 0.000000 0
22550 Dicranopteris linearis 9 Jun 1950 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 434 SRGH
 Chipinga, Chibudzana falls 0 Zimbabwe 2032B1 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
49571 Elaphoglossum aubertii 9 Apr 1958 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1530 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
 Chimanimani Mts, Bundi River Source 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1830

0.000000 0.000000 2
22390 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. ramosissimum 10 May 1955 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 887 SRGH
 Rock crevices on Umsengesi R. bank above gorge Darwin, Umsengesi river (Musengezi river?) 0 Zimbabwe 1631D3 N 915

0.000000 0.000000 0
22388 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. ramosissimum 19 Sep 1963 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1041 SRGH
 Kariba, Binga 0 Zimbabwe 1727D2 N 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
35148 Erica lanceolifera 30 Aug 1964 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2159 SRGH
BR
 In Brachystegia spiciformis woodland Foot of Sphinx path, Outward Bound School, Chimanimani Mts 33 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1220

2
122786 Euphorbia serpens Feb 1965 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2214 S Carter SRGH
 Waste ground. By Harare Railway Station. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
106541 Exochaenium exiguum 7 Apr 1957 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1223 SRGH
 Marshy ground Hatfield, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Flowers ivory white

 0.000000 0.000000 0
106540 Exochaenium grande 26 Feb 1961 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1803 SRGH
 In bare patches in deciduous woodland Hatfield, Harare 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

Herb about 5-10 cm high. Flowers creamy-yellow, large-flowered relatively

 0.000000 0.000000 0
77280 Hippocratea indica 14 Aug 1951 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 514 NKB Robson SRGH
 In mopane woodland Sebungwe,Zhanwa. 0 Zimbabwe 1728B2 N 800

Climber up to 20 ft, closely appressed to trunks of Colophospermum mopane.

 0.000000 0.000000 2
40243 Hymenophyllum kuhnii 26 Aug 1966 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2186 SRGH
 Bundi River, Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1680

0.000000 0.000000 2
22450 Hypolepis sparsisora 20 Sep 1947 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 216 SRGH
 Chipinga, Gungunyana forest 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
52859 Lepisorus excavatus 9 Apr 1958 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1528 SRGH
 Epiphyte on trees Bundi River source, Chimanimani Mts. 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1830

0.000000 0.000000 2
37094 Lygodium kerstenii 3 Sep 1947 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 105 SRGH
 Climbing fern in forest Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
42465 Marsilea ephippiocarpa 15 May 1963 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2034 GOE Launert SRGH
 Mopani woodland Chiredzi 0 Zimbabwe 2131B1 S 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
40379 Melpomene flabelliformis 3 Mar 1956 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 991 SRGH
 In rock crevices Below W of Inyangani summit on plateau, Inyanga 46,54,155 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 2500

0.000000 0.000000 2
40380 Melpomene flabelliformis 25 Apr 1964 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2104 SRGH
 In crevices Towards Binga summit, Chimanimani 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 2130

0.000000 0.000000 2
35032 Mohria lepigera 26 Jan 1962 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1916 SRGH
 Rocky hillside. Rhodes Hotel, Inyanga. 54 0 Zimbabwe 1832B3 VQ71-78- E 0

0.000000 0.000000 5
53209 Pityrogramma argentea 26 Aug 1964 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2178 SRGH
 Among quartzite rocks. Stonehenge, Chimanimani 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1680

0.000000 0.000000 2
52725 Pneumatopteris unita 20 Sep 1947 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 221 SRGH
 Gungunyana Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
28874 Polygala senensis var. senensis 12 Jan 1960 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1619 SRGH
 Dry deciduous woodland Near Sabi Experimental Station, near Spungai River 0 Zimbabwe E

0.000000 0.000000 0
49357 Polystichum zambesiacum 26 Aug 1964 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2184 JP Roux SRGH
 In gorge Chimanimani, Bundi River near Mountain Hut 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1680

0.000000 0.000000 2
41109 Psilotum nudum 10 Aug 1951 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 540 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
 Growing in crevices in sandstone, in full shade, over open pool of permanent water, with Adiantum capillus-veneris. Masene River Gorge, Sebungwe 0 Zimbabwe 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
53298 Pteris cretica 20 Apr 1957 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1234 SRGH
 Stream bank. Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani district. 64 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1830

0.000000 0.000000 2
53351 Pteris muricella 20 Sep 1947 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 218 SRGH
 Common in forest Gungunyana Forest 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

5 lobes

 0.000000 0.000000 2
22748 Ptisana salicifolia 30 Oct 1957 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1445 SRGH
 Shady ravine Chimanimani, near Bonny Eagle orchids 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 VN84-87- E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 0
42482 Schizaea pectinata 11 May 1965 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 2252 SRGH
 Amongst grass Near summit of 12a, Chimanimani Mountains 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1830

Only in one locallity

 0.000000 0.000000 2
42030 Selaginella imbricata 29 Jul 1950 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 432 SRGH
 In hollows of rocks Matibi river, Hwange 0 Zimbabwe W 760

0.000000 0.000000 0
126454 Solanum retroflexum 16 Jan 1952 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 621 SRGH
 Weed in cultivated ground. Hatfield, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
120312 Spermacoce arvensis 7 Apr 1957 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1225 SRGH
 Deciduous woodland. Hatfield, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1463

Flowers cream.

 0.000000 0.000000 0
48684 Tectaria gemmifera Sep 1961 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1861 SRGH
 Very large fern near a big tree Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
124095 Tephrosia decora 17 Feb 1057 JA Whellan
 JA Whellan 1176 RK Brummitt SRGH
 Deciduous woodland. Hatfield, Harare. 1 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1460

0.000000 0.000000 0

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Records made by James Whellan.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=79, retrieved 4 November 2025

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