Collections made by Mary Richards

Records: 25

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

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No   Species   Record date   Recorder(s)   Coll.   Det.   Conf.   Herbaria   Habitat   Location   Loc code   Outing code   Planted code   Country   QDS   Grid ref.   FZ Div   Alt. (m)   Notes   Lat   Long   Loc Acc Code   
80739 Acacia hockii15 Sep 1956HM Richards
HM Richards 6201 Side of road, dry.Mbala District; Kalambo Falls Road. 1250Zambia0831C2N1500

Shrub 8 ft.

-8.71666731.3000005
80740 Acacia hockii9 May 1966HM Richards
HM Richards 21479 Among long grass in scattered woodland near stream on loam soil.Chianga Stream near Kalambo Road. 0Zambia0831C4N1350

Tree 15-20 ft. high. Bark dark, flaking off when cut, pale buff beneath, flowers yellow.

-8.75000031.3166675
81045 Aspidoglossum connatum13 Feb 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10857 Mbala District; L. Chila0ZambiaN1707

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49319 Bauhinia tomentosa28 May 1961HM Richards
HM Richards 15147 K
Mbala Distr., Sisya Forest, Kalambo road.0Zambia0

Flowering

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85069 Bulbostylis pilosaNo dateHM Richards
HM Richards 19591 EA Robinson C Archer MRSC
Luwingu District, Chishinga Ranch0ZambiaN0

MRSC, det EAR as B.aphyllanthoides; det C.Archer

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81634 Crotalaria glauca20 Mar 1957HM Richards
HM Richards 8839 Side of road sandy soilMbale District; Mbala. Mpulungu road, 0Zambia0831C4N1524

Annual. Pea yellow under side of hood brown

-8.80000031.2666674
81635 Crotalaria glauca12 Apr 1962HM Richards
HM Richards 16317 Mbala District; Mbala - Tunduma Road, 25 miles from Mbala0Zambia0831D3N1500

Annual growing in sand at side of road. Flower yellow; back of standard reddish-brown; keel green

-8.95000031.7333335
88241 Cyperus denudatusNo dateHM Richards
HM Richards 19450 EA Robinson MRSC
Mbala District, Chinikila path to Loye Flats0ZambiaN0

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81922 Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea25 Oct 1962HM Richards
HM Richards 16848 Mbala District; Lumi marsh, Kawimbe.0ZambiaN1740

Flowers cream; sepals green.

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67916 Dipcadi longifolium9 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10568 KA Bley K
BR
In sand under Mimosa and out in the openRoad from Livingstonia to Karonga about 20 miles from Karonga0Malawi1034A1N480

Flowers cream, bulb small

-10.20540034.0671005
81980 Disa nyikensis3 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10429 Lundazi District; Nyika Plateau0Zambia1033D1 N2100

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82077 Ekebergia capensis27 Sep 1960HM Richards
HM Richards 13286 HM Richards Voma Gap, Fwambo side; in muchitu by river0Zambia0831D3N1500

Tree ca 5ft high, flowers creamy-green

-8.86666731.5333335
82423 Gnidia involucrata23 Oct 1971HM Richards
HM Richards 27314 Serenje District; Road to Lushere village 5 miles from Serenje.0ZambiaC1524

Leaves sessile. Calyx brown. Flowers orange-yellow.

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82426 Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. fruticosus6 Sep 1956HM Richards
HM Richards 6122 WD Stevens MO
Mbale District; Mbala [=Mbala District], Kawimbe0Zambia0831C4N1524

Small shrub 5 feet, on ant-hill close to river. Wet ground. Stem stiff, green leaves, verticilate, glabrous. Flowers cream. Seeds green.

-8.78250031.4411115
34740 Hygrophila didynama22 Aug 1956HM Richards
HM Richards 5921 BR
Hanging over a stream; damp sandy soil.Shamba side of stream, Abercorn-Kambole Road, Zambia0ZambiaN1500

A straggling woody herbaceous plant. Stem brown, woody. Leaves opposite, long. Calyx green. Corolla tube short, green. Flowers, upper petals inside fringed with upright brown hairs. Flower dull mauve with yellow markings. Stamens inserted base of lower petal, developing seed long pointed.

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113797 Lactuca calophylla4 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10456 K
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park.1800Malawi1033D2N2350

Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966.

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113800 Lactuca calophyllaNo dateHM Richards
HM Richards 10394 K
Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966.0Malawi1033B1N0

Cited in Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin 18(3): 439, 1966.

-10.21890033.5513004
83167 Parinari excelsa7 Oct 1966HM Richards
HM Richards 21496 Vomo gap0Zambia0831D3N1525

Entrance to vomo gap. Very large tree 60 ft.

-8.86666731.5166675
102524 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata10 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10609 K
In rain forest. Misiku Hills0Malawi0933C2 N1650

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

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102525 Polystachya transvaalensis4 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10476 K
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park1800Malawi1033D2 N2340

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 330, 1998.

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97583 Rubus ellipticus8 Jan 1959HM Richards
HM Richards 10543 K
Kaziwizwi River, Rumphi District0Malawi1034C1N1350

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 4: 14 (1978).

-10.63270034.0826004
83771 Stereospermum kunthianum28 Sep 1967HM Richards
HM Richards 22321 Isoko-Mbala Region 1 m from Mbala.0ZambiaN1524

Recently burnt ground. Scattered trees. Trunk smooth. Leaves pinnate. Flowers pale pink purple markings.

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84127 Vernonia muelleri subsp. brevicuspis9 May 1952HM Richards
HM Richards 1161 Mbala0Zambia0831C4N0

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84128 Vernonia muelleri subsp. brevicuspisNo dateHM Richards
HM Richards 22262 Mbala, Lunzaw Falls0Zambia0831C3N0

-8.93333331.1500005
84195 Wahlenbergia ramosissima subsp. centifloraNo dateHM Richards
HM Richards 5565 D'hulmiti-Katula on old Mbala-Mpulungu road.0Zambia0931B2N0

-9.21666731.8166675


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Collections made by Mary Richards.
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