Records determined by Benny Bytebier

Determinations: 32

The following is a list of the records determined by Benny Bytebier 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
106203Brachycorythis 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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106252Brachycorythis 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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106136Brachycorythis 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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106208Brachycorythis 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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106168Brachycorythis 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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110664Brachycorythis tenuior10 Feb 2011JE Burrows
SM Burrows
 JE Burrows SM Burrows 12168 B Bytebier BNRH
 28 km towards Mualadzi from Ulongue turn-off, on the Furancungo-Mualadzi road.0Mozambique1433D1 T1228

Dambo in mixed, high rainfall woodland. Plants ñ 30 cm high. Flowers purple.

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116643Brachycorythis tenuior27 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
 N Wightman B Bytebier Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia0931A2 N1613

Small population of albino flowered plants amid regular purple flowered plants

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106226Bulbophyllum fuscum var. melinostachyum8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3577 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106223Disa 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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106150Disa 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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106174Disa 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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106179Disa 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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116647Disperis 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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106214Eulophia 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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106211Eulophia 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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100586Eulophia calantha7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 B Bytebier Wet dambo in black muck soil Lumwana area, Mwinilunga Distr., North-Western Province 0Zambia1031A1 N1308

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106182Eulophia hians var. nutans4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3538 B Bytebier K
NU
 At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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100589Eulophia hians var. nutans4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 B Bytebier Moist to wet dambo in black muck soil Kundalila Falls, Serenje Distr., Central Province 1210Zambia1330B1 C1501

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106193Eulophia 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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118691Eulophia 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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106180Gnidia 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

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106161Habenaria 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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106242Habenaria 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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106215Habenaria 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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106144Habenaria 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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77328Habenaria kilimanjari19 Feb 2015C Mannheimer
 C Mannheimer 4850 B Bytebier WIND
 In depression next to road.Along road D3507 between Lake Liambezi and Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 924

First record for Namibia.

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94753Habenaria kilimanjari28 Feb 2015C Mannheimer
 C Mannheimer 4850 B Bytebier WIND
 Seasonally inundated depression, black clay. Occasional, very localised. Full sun and semi-shade.Caprivi: Depression next to road D3507 between Lake Laimbezi and Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 924

Geophyte growing between grasses, height 0.25-0.30 m. Corm elongate-cylindrical. Flowers mature, carried in terminal raceme, white, with long spur. Fruit not seen.

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119253Habenaria lindblomii8 Feb 2023N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3778 B Bytebier NDO
NU
 Wooded dambo margins Mutinondo Wilderness, Lavushi Manda Distr., Muchinga Province 1160Zambia1231A4 N1452

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106158Habenaria 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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106175Habenaria 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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106196Liparis 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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106225Rangaeris 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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Copyright: The Kenya flora team, 2026

The Kenya flora team (2026). Flora of Kenya: Records determined by Benny Bytebier.
https://www.kenyaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-determinations-by-person.php?person_id=1002, retrieved 29 September 2026

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