Collections made by Darrel Plowes

Records: 17

The following is a list of the collections made by Darrel Plowes in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Tanzania (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
15648 Aerangis verdickii var. verdickii3 Apr 1971DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 3459 Christon Bank70Zimbabwe1731C1 C

Epiphyte. Flowers white, with slightly twisted spurs greenish-cream in colour. Leaves rectangular, notched at the apex.

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52645 Christella gueintziana23 May 1954DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 1737 SRGH
 A pretty shade loving fern about 18" tall on banks of Tombetyane streamNear absent farm, Eastern Matopos0Zimbabwe2028D2W0

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27776 Disa ochrostachya19 Feb 1983DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes sn Pungwe River, Nyanga NP540Zimbabwe E0

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27778 Disa ochrostachya2 Feb 1997DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 8432 On doleriteKwaraguza, Nyanga0Zimbabwe E2150

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27810 Disa ornithantha20 Feb 1965DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 2683 On wet granite slab.Near Trout Hatchery, Nyanga NP54,1550Zimbabwe1832B4 E1830

Plants 10 inches tall, flowers 1 inch diameter. Lateral sepals and extension of dorsal sepal red, interior of latter yellow spotted with red. Lip also yellow and red.

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15612 Gardenia imperialis subsp. imperialis8 Feb 1966DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 2753 SRGH
 In swampPungwe valley, Nyanga District0Zimbabwe1832B4 E700

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14135 Holarrhena pubescens7 Dec 1970DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 3448 SRGH
 Mixed woodland on granite sandBikita District0Zimbabwe2031B2S0

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14136 Holarrhena pubescens6 Dec 1964DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 2507 SRGH
 In Julbernardia-Terminalia-Bauhinia woodland, granite sand35 kms South of Mutare0Zimbabwe1932B3E910

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34938 Leonotis ocymifolia var. raineriana Mar 1972DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 4412 SRGH
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 On granite soilsErin Forest Reserve, Nyanga0Zimbabwe1832B3E0

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42297 Marsilea farinosa subsp. farinosa Oct 1955DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 1878 GOE Launert SRGH
 Aquatic growing in damp bed of a small pan on black basaltic sand, pan holds water in summer only. "Pasture?" Research station, Nyamandhlovu district0ZimbabweW0

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27639 Osmunda regalis23 May 1954DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 1739 SRGH
 Shady site at water edgeMatopos east, Tambetyane stream near absent farm0Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-33-W0

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27650 Osmunda regalis1 Sep 1958DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 2046 SRGH
 Along river, roots in waterInyanga, Pungwe river0Zimbabwe1832B4E730

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6084 Pilostyles aethiopicaNo dateDCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 8601 Christmas Pass, Mutare0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

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53334 Pteris friesii23 May 1954DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 1735 SRGH
 In association with other ferns on semi-shaded bed & bank of Tombetyane stream; only one seen growing in enriched granite sand.Near absent Farm, Eastern Matopos0Zimbabwe2028D2W0

Fern standing about 3 ft high

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6278 Siphonochilus aethiopicus25 Nov 1962DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 2282 SRGH
 In Brachystegia / Uapaca woodland on granite soilBase of the Burma Valley Pass630Zimbabwe1932B2E840

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52490 Thelypteris confluens23 May 1954DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 1736 SRGH
 Growing among grass etc. on banks of Tom-betyane stream.Near absent farm, Eastern Matopos0Zimbabwe2028D2W0

Common small fern about 18-24" tall

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35788 Wiesneria filifolia13 Feb 1955DCH Plowes
 DCH Plowes 1776 K
 Nyamandhlovu Pasture Research Station0Zimbabwe1928C4W0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 10 (2009)

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The Tanzania flora team (2026). Flora of Tanzania: Collections made by Darrel Plowes.
https://www.tanzaniaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=48, retrieved 13 November 2026

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