Records determined by Kaj Vollesen

Determinations: 11

The following is a list of the records determined by Kaj Vollesen 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
74497Bidens acuticaulis var. acuticaulis3 May 2011L Merrett
L Merrett 607 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, Parinari curatellifolia, Herb layer: Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea, Inula glomerata, Schistostephium artemisiifolium, Hibiscus rhodanthusMutinondo Widerness Area, Mafone Camp: Junction of Mafone and Lodge road across Musamfushi river. 1160Zambia1231A3N1488

Annual herb, thin straight stems +-40cm long, leaves deeply lobed, only veins remain. Seedheads terminal, compound, compact, elongated seed tips bifid.
Seasonally fairly widespread

-12.45518331.1722505
74498Bidens acuticaulis var. acuticaulis18 Apr 2012L Merrett
L Merrett 771 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland. Tree layer: Julbernadia paniculata, Brachystegia floribunda, B. longifolia, B. taxifolia, Syzygium guineense subsp. macrocarpum, Phyllocosmus leaireanus, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Pleurostylia africana, Garcinia huillensis, Rourea orientalis, Rothmannia engleriana, Strychnos cocculoides, S. pungens, Herb layer: Clerodendrum buchneri, Hypoestis forskaoli, Psychotria spithamea. Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Camp: Along driveway at base of lodge rock. 1160Zambia1231A4N1468

Annual herb, thin straight stems +-40cm long, leaves deeply lobed, only veins remain. Seedheads terminal, compound, compact, elongated seed tips bifid. Remnant yellow petals on a few heads.
Seasonally fairly widespread.

-12.45230031.2869335
124056Bidens diversa7 Apr 2024N Wightman
J Alfonsi
I Kabinda
W van Niekerk
M Kaluwe
N Wightman J Alfonsi I Kabinda W van Niekerk M Kaluwe NCW1260 KB Vollesen K
ZAHBRI
Escarpment Brachystegia woodland Nsama District, Northern Province, Zambia 0Zambia0930A1N1477

-9.23024530.1670916
73970Holarrhena pubescens6 Nov 2015A Banze
A Banze 321 KB Vollesen I Darbyshire K
LMA
Open woodland at the slop hills, with brownish soils.Chimanimani, foothills Mahate forest.440Mozambique1933C1MS591

Small shrub about 2 m tall, with white flowers with good smell.

-19.67100033.2040006
128362Ipomoea blepharophylla29 Jan 2024N Wightman
I Kabinda
M Chola
N Wightman I Kabinda M Chola NCW1077 KB Vollesen K
Margin of grassland and degraded Kalahari scrubland Mangango, Kaoma Dist., Western Province 0Zambia1424C2B1104

-14.67249024.4907906
120989Nervilia stolziana12 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW639 KB Vollesen K
Upland hill miombo woodland Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia1033A2 N1985

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83977Thunbergia lancifolia31 Oct 1993DK Harder
DK Harder 1840 KB Vollesen K
Collections along road and stream in degraded and interplanted woodland.Lusaka: Yielding Tree Farm, ca. 12 km W of Lusaka on Mungwi Road Farmlands N of road. 0Zambia1528A3C1200

Frequent herb to 1 m tall in burned woodland. Calyx pale white-purple, purple at lobe tips; corolla light yellow with purple spots at base, maroon-purple at upper end and on lobes; lobes deep purple, deeper yellow in throat with purple streaks.

-15.36555628.1613895
83978Thunbergia lancifolia13 Feb 1995B Luwiika
B Luwiika 5 KB Vollesen B Luwiika K
Collecting from a miombo woodland, sandy silt soil; and termite mounds. Solwezi District; Acres National Forest Reserve; ca. 78 km W of Solwezi on Mwinilunga Road. 0Zambia1225B4W1230

Herb; long and slender leaves; dark green adaxially, lighter abaxially; flowers deep purple, light green bracts; roots ca. 15 cm long.

-12.33333325.8525005
83979Thunbergia lancifolia7 Nov 1993MC Merello
MC Merello 914 KB Vollesen K
Woodlands, somewhat disturbed by fire and cutting. 2 km northeast of Choma along the Livingstone-Lusaka Road.0Zambia1627C3S1290

Suffrutex, 40-50 cm tall; base of stems white; corolla lobes dark blue-violet inside and outside, throat dark yellow inside cream yellow out; sepals green, fruits green.

-16.78333327.1666675
83980Thunbergia lancifolia1 Dec 1993CN Nkhoma
CN Nkhoma 75 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland in hilly topography. Mbala District; 24 km west of Mbala along Mbala-Mpulungu Road to Power Station Road (D549). By stream 3 km along road D549. 0Zambia0831C3N1320

Uncommon plant. Brown fruit at end of enlarged pedicel.

-8.93555631.1741675
83981Thunbergia lancifolia1 Dec 1993CN Nkhoma
CN Nkhoma 82 KB Vollesen K
Miombo woodland in hilly topography. Mbala District; 24 km west of Mbala along Mbala-Mpulungu Road to Power Station Road (D549). By stream 6.2 km along road D549. 0Zambia0831C3N1320

Purple calyx, yellow base. Corolla turning bluish-purple.

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