Records confirmed by Iain Darbyshire

Confirmations: 13

The following is a list of the records confirmed by Iain Darbyshire 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
124250Asystasia intrusa9 Dec 2020O Fragman-Sapir
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Uwinka Visitor Cantre, Nyungwe National Park, Nyamasheke, Iburengerazuba2400Rwanda0229A32449

iNaturalist record

-2.47850029.2002107
49093Hygrophila auriculata12 Jul 1996MA Hyde
 MA Hyde 96.194.01 MA Hyde I Darbyshire K
 In dried-up vleiSanyati Communal Land290Zimbabwe1729C4QL441120C860

Erect spiny plant (painful to walk through)

0.0000000.0000006
133493Hygrophila uliginosa2 Jun 2010 Boyekoli Ebale Botany
 Boyekoli Ebale Botany BEB1187 BT Wursten I Darbyshire BR
 Edge of scrub vegetation on sandbank island.Lomami River, downstream from Lieki, island in front of opposite bank.680Democratic Republic of CongoVI379

BR specimen and Br specimen

0.70474924.2242807
133494Hygrophila uliginosa8 Mar 2013BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire In marshy area.Bigodi Swamp0Uganda21207

0.40509030.4035905
59524Ilex mitis var. mitis18 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
JR Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
 BT Wursten P Ballings PB2258 S Dondeyne I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 Along a rocky stream overhanging the water. Valley below Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts 168320Mozambique1933C1MS1654

Small tree c. 5 m tall; leaves glossy dark green above, paler below with deep purple petioles; fruit c. 8 mm in diameter, orange-yellow often with red spots or tinge, together forming large clusters below the leaves. One specimen seen

-19.74176033.0082007
113352Nelsonia canescens15 Oct 2020R Taylor
 R Taylor I Darbyshire Kwedi East Okavango Community Trust, Okavango Delta.1640Botswana1922B2N964

iNaturalist record

-19.02403222.9859096
61667Osyridicarpos schimperianus24 Apr 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
P Ballings
JR Timberlake
J Hadj-Hammou
H Matimele
 J Hadj-Hammou JHH062 BT Wursten I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 Margin of forest patch in deep shade. Small valley North-east of Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts 168320Mozambique1933C3MS1712

Climber. Green stem. Creamy white flowers, tubular. Big green calyx. Black spots on leaves. Growing with Smilax.

-19.75858333.0960567
74704Rhipsalis baccifera28 Oct 2014BT Wursten
A Mapaura
JR Timberlake
 JR Timberlake JT6017 BT Wursten I Darbyshire SRGH
K
BR
LMA
 In crevices of large quartzite sandstone boulders. Mevumodzi River valley, Eastern Chimanimani Mts168330Mozambique1933C3MS1271

Succulent herb, no leaves. Fruits small, green.

-19.78966733.1349177
75626Ruellia patula22 Jan 2014BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Sheetrock area in open Acacia-Mopane woodland Along secondary dirt road below Mt Buchwa near junction with main Zvishavane Rutenga road. 0Zimbabwe2030C2 S772

iNaturalist record

 7
122873Ruellia patula6 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Mixed woodland on Kalahari sandC49 layby South of Mudumu National Park510Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 949

Flowers unusually deep mauve for this species

 7
98718Ruellia prostrata7 Jan 2009MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
C Sharp
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Riverine vegetation.Ruia River, Kariba.0Zimbabwe1628D2 N500

 7
129003Streptocarpus glandulosissimus13 Mar 2013BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Along path in montane forest.Bwindi Forest National Park, Uganda0Uganda0029D31600

-0.99793029.6148505
129004Streptocarpus glandulosissimus10 Mar 2013BT Wursten
P Ballings
 BT Wursten I Darbyshire Along path in montane evergreen forest.Nyakalengija, Rwenzori foothills Kasese, Uganda0Uganda1885

0.36358030.0159805

Copyright: The Kenya flora team, 2026

The Kenya flora team (2026). Flora of Kenya: Records confirmed by Iain Darbyshire.
https://www.kenyaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-confirmations-by-person.php?person_id=325, retrieved 13 November 2026

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