Records made by John Ball

Records: 13

The following is a list of the records made by John Ball in species name order.

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No   Species   Record date   Recorder(s)   Coll.   Det.   Conf.   Herbaria   Habitat   Location   Loc code(s)   Outing code   Planted code   Country   QDS   Grid ref.   FZ Div   Alt. (m)   Notes   Lat   Long   Loc Acc Code   
42728 Aporrhiza paniculata 7 Sep 1958 JS Ball
JS Ball 751 SRGH
K
Riverine forest. Lusitu riverside above Nyahodi junction. 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 530

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 2 part 2: 514 (1966)

-20.060000 32.859000 5
73926 Brillantaisia cicatricosa 6 Aug 1963 JS Ball
JS Ball 62 SRGH
Under shade in evergreen forest Nchisi Forest 0 Malawi 1334A3 C 1450

Very large straggling bushy herb; bright blue-mauve flowers; square stems up to 8 feet high.

-13.349990 34.016670 5
49373 Eulophia guineensis 1 Dec 1954 JS Ball
JS Ball 437 SRGH
In red soil and black humus over boulders in semiriverine shade Umvumvumvu River gorge, Chimanimani District. 47 0 Zimbabwe 1932D1 E 820

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 11 part 2: 465,1998). Additional notes by J.S. Ball state: "Fairly common beside Umvumvuvu River in region of Gorge beside middle crossing on Melsetter road" (Ball 2009)

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74448 Gastrodia ballii 24 Apr 1976 JS Ball
JS Ball 1422 SRGH
In very rich litter and humus layer under Albizia gummifera with understorey of Craibia brevicaudata. Shigodora Farm, near Vumba Heights School below Castle Beacon, Vumba 63,156 0 Zimbabwe 1932B1 E 0

Locally abundant.Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1:271 (1995).

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74453 Gastrodia ballii 2 Sep 1975 JS Ball
JS Ball 1333 SRGH
K
Near Lujeri power Station, Ruo Gorge, below Mt Mulanje. 179 0 Malawi 1535D3 S 760

Fruiting. Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1:271 (1995).

5
36182 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata 23 Nov 1975 JS Ball
Petterson
JS Ball Petterson 1375 SRGH
K
Near Shigodora, southwestern Vumba 63 0 Zimbabwe 1932b1 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 329 (1998)

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36213 Polystachya fusiformis 26 Jan 1955 JS Ball
JS Ball 487 SRGH
K
Chimanimani Mts 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1660

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 347 (1998)

2
36243 Polystachya lindblomii 8 Feb 1976 JS Ball
JS Ball 1403 SRGH
K
Pungwe River below the falls, Nyanga District 54 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 348 (1998)

2
36245 Polystachya malilaensis 9 Dec 1961 JS Ball
JS Ball 972 SRGH
K
Leygate Cottage, c. 5 km north of Troutbeck, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B2 E 2100

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 353 (1998)

2
36225 Polystachya simplex 14 Dec 1975 JS Ball
JS Ball 1377 SRGH
K
Bunga Forest, Vumba 39,63,156 0 Zimbabwe 1932B2 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 348 (1998)

2
41113 Psilotum nudum 18 May 1957 JS Ball
JS Ball 680 SRGH
On streambed rocks of Haroni R. Haroni-Lusitu confluence area, Chimanimani 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 610

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102457 Summerhayesia zambesiaca 27 Apr 1954 JS Ball
JS Ball 336 SRGH
K
Westward Ho farm, Chimanimani. 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1360

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 446, 1998

5
102549 Vanilla polylepis 22 Nov 1959 JS Ball
JS Ball 844 SRGH
K
By Pool in Bundi Gorge, Chimanimani Mts 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1: 248, 1995

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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: Records made by John Ball.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=94, retrieved 17 April 2025

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