Records made by Ruth Bone

Records: 28

The following is a list of the records made by Ruth Bone 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
106168Brachycorythis pubescens28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB443 B Bytebier K
Dambo. Extensive searching revealed only 4 mature/ flowering plants (hence only spirit collection made as voucher and leaf sample taken for DNA extraction). Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1443

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79787Cynorkis debilis26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham High rainfall Miombo Woodland Kapishya Springs Lodge, forested inselberg (Chinsali Distr., Muchinga Province) 1180Zambia1131B1 N1441

Determined as Cynorkis hanningtonii

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106148Cynorkis debilis26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB425 B Bytebier K
NDO
"Among boulders (conglomerate rocks and granite); canopy of Albizia, and large evergreen shrub (sterile, Lauraceae?), mosses and Melastomataceae herb (sterile). Humic soils in shade. 25-35 plants at flowering maturity, plus some in bud and some seed" Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1438

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79800Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Kapishya Springs Lodge, dambo by Mansha river (Chinsali Distr., Muchinga Province) 1180Zambia N0

Subspecies not yet confirmed.
Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106150Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB428 B Bytebier K
NDO
Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (small green Habenaria, Platycoryne including RB427).
Ca. 10-15 mature plants seen across dambo (area ca. 250 m x 250 m checked).
Dambo at Kapishya. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106174Disa hircicornis05 Feb 2017MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB449 B Bytebier K
NDO
Grass and sedge dominated dambo. Evidence of burning. Some areas wet underfoot. Clumps of Raffia palm at margins with Melastoms and Syzgium. 10 plants seen in flower across wide area, after intensive searching + plus some seedlings resembling this species Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171580Zambia1529A1 C1073

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105833Disa ornithantha20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB403 B Bytebier K
Dambo (seasonally iundated grassland), ca. 1km sq., dominated by grasses and sedges. Soils peaty. Large open dambo. 580Zambia1125A3 W1491

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106135Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB408 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus, Satyrium sp. (RB407). Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 580Zambia1227A1 W1313

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106145Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii25 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB420 B Bytebier K
NDO
"Peaty dambo, wet underfoot, dominated by grasses and sedges. Woodland margin with common white Satyrium present (S. kitimboense). Counted 12 mature plants in area 15m x 15 m."Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht Tseke dambo, Mpepo Chief.580Zambia1131A1 N1298

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106163Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB441 B Bytebier K
NDO
Dambo, dry underfoot, dominated by grasses. Disa and Brachycorythis seen, and one species of white flowered Satyrium, also Orthochilus trilamellatus. Ca. 30 mature plants seen in bud or in flower, plus juveniles, across a searched area of ca. 300 m b Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo.116580Zambia1231A3 N1442

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79795Habenaria debeerstiana29 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham Open Woodland Roadside leading to Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge (Mpika Distr., Muchinga Province) 1160Zambia N0

Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.

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106173Habenaria debeerstiana29 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB448 B Bytebier K
NDO
Miombo woodland with Protea. Other orchids include Satyrium kitimboense and Habenaria (cf. holubii). 15-20 mature plants seen (in bud or in flower). Mutinondo Wilderness Area, unpaved road from main camp towards Great North Road. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1493

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106161Habenaria filicornis27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB439 B Bytebier K
NDO
"Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Locally common- several patches in dambos both sides of road." Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117580Zambia1131A2 N1469

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79790Habenaria goetzeana24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham Open Woodland/Grassland Sandy grassland area near Lukupa river just N of Kasama (Kasama Distr., Northern Province) 0Zambia1031A1 N1297

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106143Habenaria goetzeana24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB418 B Bytebier K
NDO
Uapaca copes on edge of sandy grassland. Grassland burnet (black/ carbon residue). Edge of Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot. 580Zambia1031A1 N1295

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106153Habenaria goetzeana26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB431 B Bytebier K
Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (Platycoryne including RB427, and Disa including RB428). Dambo at Kapishya. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106158Habenaria schimperiana27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB435 B Bytebier K
Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Passers-by on bicycles (with umbrellas in the rain) shouting "C Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117580Zambia1131A2 N1469

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79803Habenaria zambesina02 May 2017MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham Dambo/Grassland Chakwenga Headwaters, 100-129 km E of Lusaka 1710Zambia C0

Tubers of this species are possibly used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations may be threatened by overharvesting.

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106175Habenaria zambesina05 Feb 2017MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB450 B Bytebier K
NDO
Grass and sedge dominated dambo. Evidence of burning. Some areas wet underfoot. Clumps of Raffia palm at margins with Melastoms and Syzgium. This species growing either side of a dry ditch (probably prone to flooding). 10-30 plants seen in ""greenp Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171580Zambia1529A1 C1075

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101797Impatiens assurgens26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman Riverside dambo in moist sandy loam soil By Mansa River by Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr., Muchinga Province 1180Zambia1131B1N1430

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106156Polystachya concreta26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB433 B Bytebier K
Plant growing as lithophyte on free standing metamorphic boulder, with Xerophyta, Aloe, Pelargonium, Resnova (Hyacinthaceae). Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1442

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105830Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB400 B Bytebier K
Iron-red laterite. Most plants growing in full sun. Modified grassland verge: grasses & sedges, Aloe bulbophyllum; Chlorophytum; Asteraceae. Evidence of seasonal flooding. Grassy verge area, ca. 45 m parallel to road x 10 m wide. 580Zambia1124A4 W1443

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105831Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB401 B Bytebier NDO
Iron-red laterite. Most plants growing in full sun. Modified grassland verge: grasses & sedges, Aloe bulbophyllum; Chlorophytum; Asteraceae. Evidence of seasonal flooding. Grassy verge area, ca. 45 m parallel to road x 10 m wide. 580Zambia1124A4 W1443

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105835Satyrium kitimboense20 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB406 B Bytebier K
NDO
Growing with Habenaria sp. (RB405). Miombo woodland. Legume trees include Brachystegia, Julbernardia and Isoberlina. Near junction on main road, on return from Mwinilunga 580Zambia1225A2 W0

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106137Satyrium trinerve23 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB412 B Bytebier K
Peaty dambo, central area water-logged, with surface water.Dambo opposite Chiwolea village, Chief Kabamba area. 580Zambia1330A1 C1311

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106140Satyrium trinerve24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
Bama-Ruben
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter Bama-Ruben RB415 DJ Goyder K
"Dambo dominated by grasses and sedges, some Xyris and Eulophia latilabris. Only one 1 mature specimen seen (many juvenile plants in the area)." Dambo in Lukupa - Milungu border area near small holding owned by Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht. 580Zambia1031A1 N1287

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106170Satyrium trinerve28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB445 B Bytebier K
"Among tall, waist high, grasses and sedges in central area of dambo on peaty soil pockets, flooded areas but dry underfoot. Ca. 15 mature plants seen, mostly finished flowering." Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Big Chipundo dambo. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1449

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106172Satyrium volkensii29 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB447 B Bytebier K
Exposed area, anthropogenic grassland along rough margin of air strip (temporarily not in use). Grasses, sedges, legume herbs, Lamiaceae. Only 1 mature plant seen (spirit taken for ID only, due to scarcity, and leaf sample into silica for DNA extra Mutinondo Wilderness Area, air strip margin. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1443

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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: Records made by Ruth Bone.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=790, retrieved 3 October 2024

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