Collections made by John Ball

Records: 7

The following is a list of the collections made by John Ball in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Burundi (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
73926 Brillantaisia cicatricosa6 Aug 1963JS Ball
JS Ball 62 SRGH
Under shade in evergreen forestNchisi Forest0Malawi1334A3C1450

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

-13.34999034.0166705
49373 Eulophia guineensis1 Dec 1954JS Ball
JS Ball 437 SRGH
In red soil and black humus over boulders in semiriverine shadeUmvumvumvu River gorge, Chimanimani District.470Zimbabwe1932D1 E820

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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36182 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata23 Nov 1975JS Ball
Petterson
JS Ball Petterson 1375 SRGH
K
Near Shigodora, southwestern Vumba630Zimbabwe1932b1 E0

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

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36213 Polystachya fusiformis26 Jan 1955JS Ball
JS Ball 487 SRGH
K
Chimanimani Mts330Zimbabwe1933C3 E1660

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

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36223 Polystachya golungensis10 Aug 1975JS Ball
JS Ball 1329 SRGH
K
Near Zonwe River, Burma Valley 630Zimbabwe1932B2 E1000

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 339 (1998)

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36225 Polystachya simplex14 Dec 1975JS Ball
JS Ball 1377 SRGH
K
Bunga Forest, Vumba39,63,1560Zimbabwe1932B2 E0

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

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102457 Summerhayesia zambesiaca27 Apr 1954JS Ball
JS Ball 336 SRGH
K
Westward Ho farm, Chimanimani. 0Zimbabwe1932D4 E1360

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

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