Collections made by Nicholas Wightman

Records: 61

The following is a list of the collections made by Nicholas Wightman in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Uganda (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
106136 Brachycorythis buchananii21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB409 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) and Disa (RB408). Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 580Zambia1227A1 W1313

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106300 Brachycorythis buchananii9 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW108 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Moist edges of open seepage dambo grassland growing in sandy soil Medium-sized seepage dambo c. 60 km SW of Solwezi 580Zambia1226C1 W1270

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106252 Brachycorythis buchananii11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3605 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Roadside dambo; in low grass in drier parts of the dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.580Zambia1330A1 C1545

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106208 Brachycorythis buchananii7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3559 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo but not under water with high grass. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1325

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106203 Brachycorythis buchananii6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3554 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dambo; drier part of dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1243

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106321 Brachycorythis pleistophylla subsp. pleistophylla12 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW130 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Drier edge of dambo grassland growing in sandy loam soil Medium-sized open dambo near Chimfunsi Wildlife Orphanage c. 53 km W of Chingola 580Zambia1227A4 W1311

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106319 Brachycorythis pubescens12 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW127 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Open wet dambo grassland growing in black muck soil Large wet open dambo c. 86 km E of Solwezi 580Zambia1227A3 W1317

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106292 Brachycorythis pubescens7 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW99 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Large open dambo on Kalaharia sand growing amid grasses, Ascolepis sp. and Syzigium guineense subsp. huillense Very large open dambo border the town of Mufumbwe 580Zambia1324B2 W1152

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106168 Brachycorythis 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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106290 Brachycorythis tenuior7 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW97 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Large open dambo on Kalaharia sand growing amid grasses, Ascolepis sp. and Syzigium guineense subsp. huillense Very large open dambo border the town of Mufumbwe 580Zambia1324B2 W1152

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106223 Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3574 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet, grassy seepage dambo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106150 Disa 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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106298 Disa hircicornis9 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW105 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Moist to wet mid ranges of open seepage dambo grassland growing in sandy soil Medium-sized seepage dambo c. 60 km SW of Solwezi 580Zambia1226C1 W1267

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106179 Disa hircicornis4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3535 B Bytebier K
NU
 In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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106174 Disa hircicornis5 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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108039 Disa ochrostachya19 Jan 2020N Wightman
 N Wightman NcW190 N Wightman NU
 Perennially wet dambo grassland Chipili area, above Kalonde Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N1397

Large open perennially wet dambo grassland growing in black muck soils

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116647 Disperis reichenbachiana24 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
 N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3686 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
 Escarpment miombo woodland Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr., Muchinga Province 1180Zambia1131B1 N1432

Growing in leaf litter over granite boulders

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106426 Eulophia angolensis10 Oct 2018N Wightman
 N Wightman NCW57B N Wightman B Bytebier NU
 Riverside dambo area under shade of Syzigium sp. along Kalungwishi R. with grasses, Kniphofia grantii, Gladiolus unguiculatus and Eulophia coeloglossa Kalonde Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province0Zambia0929D4 N1393

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106214 Eulophia angolensis8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3565 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106278 Eulophia calantha5 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW83 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Small to medium sized dambo grassland Grassland beside M18 between Lufwanyama and M8 turnoff growing withDisa welwitschiisubsp. welwitschii, Habenaria zambesina, Pachycarpus bisacculatus and grasses in clay to clay loam soils 580Zambia1227C3 W1246

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106316 Eulophia calantha11 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW124 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet/inundated dambo centre area growing in black muck soil Small seepage dambo along small stream c. 70 km E of Mwinilunga580Zambia1125C3 W1460

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106211 Eulophia calantha7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3562 B Bytebier K
NU
 Grassland at edge of dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1333

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106210 Eulophia caricifolia7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3561 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Grassland at edge of dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1333

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106228 Eulophia caricifolia9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3579 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dambo Samda Farm c. 10 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia1029B1 N1402

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106195 Eulophia caricifolia6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3549 P Goldblatt K
NU
 Wet dambo along river. Dambo along the road near the palace of the Chitimukulu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1217

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106283 Eulophia cucullata6 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW89 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Edge of degraded large dambo growing with Gladiolus sp. and Orthochilus walleri in clay to sandy loam soil Medium to large dambo c. 2.5 km W of M8 and D181 junction 580Zambia1325B2 W1364

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106289 Eulophia flavopurpurea7 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW96 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Large open dambo on Kalaharia sand growing amid grasses, Ascolepis sp. and Syzigium guineense subsp. huillense Very large open dambo border the town of Mufumbwe 580Zambia1324B2 W1152

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112303 Eulophia horsfallii17 Oct 2018W McCleland
N Wightman
 W McCleland N Wightman NCW75A W McCleland N Wightman NU
 Wet dambo grasslands Chabiilikila area, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia0929D1 N1223

Growing in riverside grassland edge amidst Pandanus livingstonianus

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106193 Eulophia latilabris6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3547 B Bytebier K
NU
 Wet dambo along river. Dambo along the road near the palace of the Chitimukulu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1217

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112962 Eulophia orthoplectra13 Aug 2020N Wightman
Q Allen
E Banda
B Mwilimu
 N Wightman Q Allen E Banda B Mwilimu NCW395 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
 Miombo woodland Lusaka East Forestry Reserve, Lusaka Distr., Lusaka Province 1470Zambia1528A4 1289

Lightly degraded Brachystegia woodland in compacted sandy loam soil

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118691 Eulophia streptopetala12 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3744 B Bytebier NDO
NU
 Miombo woodland Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1329D1 C1417

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116649 Euphorbia zambesiana4 Jan 2022N Wightman
M Lufungulo
 N Wightman M Lufungulo NCW770 N Wightman UZL
NDO
 Railway track Nyama area, Kabwe Distr., Central Province 0Zambia1428C2C1145

Growing on rail line track bed beside the rails in ballast gravel

-14.61855228.3503766
115540 Faurea rochetiana6 Mar 2021N Wightman
I Miller
 N Wightman I Miller NCW625 N Wightman NY
NDO
 Wooded grassland Lilayi Lodge, Lilayi, Lusaka Distr., Lusaka Province 0Zambia1528C2C1308

Open wooded grassland in sandy loam soil

-15.53719628.3474656
106180 Gnidia chrysantha4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3536 B Bytebier NU
 In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2C1490

-13.09124030.4219306
106161 Habenaria 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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106242 Habenaria filicornis10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3593 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya. 580Zambia1129A1 N1229

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106144 Habenaria holubii24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
F Llarena
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya F Llarena RB419 B Bytebier K
 "Miombo woodland near dwelling. Only two mature plants found across extensive area." Near dwelling, Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht plot. 580Zambia1031A1 N1291

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106215 Habenaria holubii8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3566 B Bytebier K
NU
 Moist dambo Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106331 Habenaria macrura12 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW136 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Undisturbed miombo woodland along gravel road growing in sandy/gravel soil Woodland bordering dambo near Chimfunsi Wildlife Orphanage c. 55 km W of Chingola 580Zambia1227A4 W1327

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106158 Habenaria 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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106299 Habenaria schimperiana9 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW106 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Moist to very wet lower area of open seepage dambo grassland growing in black muck to peaty soils Medium-sized seepage dambo c. 60 km SW of Solwezi 580Zambia1226C1 W1267

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106198 Habenaria welwitschii6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3552 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1230

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106286 Habenaria zambesina7 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW93 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Large open dambo on Kalaharia sand growing amid grasses, Ascolepis sp. and Syzigium guineense subsp. huillense Very large open dambo border the town of Mufumbwe 580Zambia1324B2 W1151

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106279 Habenaria zambesina5 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW84 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Medium sized wet dambo grassland Grassland beside M18 between Lufwanyama and M8 turnoff growing with Stathmostelma pauciflorum and grasses in wet black dambo soil 580Zambia1326A2 W1244

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106175 Habenaria zambesina5 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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106317 Habenaria zambesina11 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW125 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland on slope in gravelly sandy loam soil Open woodland c. 1 km from T5 turnoff to Nyambwezu Falls c. 85 km E of Mwinilunga 580Zambia1125C3 W1458

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106275 Habenaria zambesina5 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW80 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Small to medium sized dambo grassland Grassland beside M18 between Lufwanyama and M8 turnoff growing with Disa welwitschii subsp. welwitschii, Eulophia calantha, Pachycarpus bisacculatus and grasses in clay to clay loam soils580Zambia1227C3 W1248

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126252 Ilex mitis var. mitis5 Oct 2024N Wightman
 N Wightman NCW1325 M Garcia K
ZAHBRI
 Riverine forest fringe Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District, North-Western Prov., Zambia 1150Zambia1124A1W1211

-11.12452024.1923106
128362 Ipomoea 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
106196 Liparis nervosa6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3550 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1228

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106183 Liparis nervosa4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3539 P Goldblatt K
NDO
NU
 At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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116985 Pachycarpus bisacculatus27 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
 N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3709 N Wightman NU
 Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia0931A2N1591

-9.06865031.4807126
116986 Pachycarpus lineolatus20 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
 N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3646 L Merrett NU
 Miombo woodland Kalonde, Mpika Distr., Muchinga Province 0Zambia1231A3N1512

-12.38912231.1364666
107829 Phaius occidentalis18 Dec 2019N Wightman
E Banda
 N Wightman E Banda NCW159 N Wightman K
NDO
 Perennial wet dambo grassland Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog, Rufunsa Distr., Lusaka Province 1710Zambia1529A2 C1082

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106640 Phaius occidentalis26 Oct 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
 N Wightman I Kabinda NCW159 N Wightman K
NDO
 Perennially wet dambo growing in peaty/black dambo soils Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog, Rufunsa Distr., Lusaka Province 1710Zambia1529A2 C1089

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126263 Psilotum nudum5 Oct 2024N Wightman
 N Wightman NCW1313 N Wightman K
ZAHBRI
 Epiphytic on dead trunk of riverine forest island Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District, North-Western Prov., Zambia 1150Zambia1124A1W1211

-11.12469024.1923106
106225 Rangaeris muscicola8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3576 B Bytebier K
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106170 Satyrium 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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106140 Satyrium 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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106137 Satyrium 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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115542 Thonningia sanguinea3 May 2019N Wightman
J Simbeya
 N Wightman J Simbeya NCW149 N Wightman NDO
 Riverine forest Mumbuluma area, Mporokoso Dist., Northern Province 0Zambia0929D1N1238

Growing in humus rich forest soil parasitising the roots of unknown tree

-9.55034929.7463746

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