Records made by Blake Goldsmith

Records: 39

The following is a list of the records made by Blake Goldsmith 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
24480 Arthropteris orientalis Apr 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 34/68 SRGH
Amongst shattered rock faces Mt. Pene 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN895906 E 1735

0.000000 0.000000 2
35948 Asplenium mannii Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 29/67 SRGH
Epiphyte on fallen Craibia brevicaudata Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

0.000000 0.000000 2
36185 Asplenium rutifolium Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 28/67 SRGH
Epiphyte on fallen Craibia brevicaudata Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

0.000000 0.000000 2
15556 Blechnum tabulare Jul 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 105/68 SRGH
Edge of large gwasha, quartzite soil Chimanimani, Mt. Bunga, Tarka Forest Reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN95-93- E 1370

0.000000 0.000000 0
22429 Blotiella natalensis Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6621 SRGH
Chimanimani, Haroni Makurupini forest 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
35398 Crassula alsinoides Nov 1962 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 224/62 SRGH
K
LISC
PRE
EA
Gunguinyane Forest Reserve, Chipinge 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1065

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 7 part 1: 18 (1983)

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30241 Cyathea thomsonii May 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 57/67 SRGH
Growing in a cool moist place Chipinga, Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1100

0.000000 0.000000 0
22555 Dicranopteris linearis Mar 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith Jun-68 SRGH
Common in damp spots on road verges Chimanimani, Tarka Forest reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN95-93- E 1155

0.000000 0.000000 0
35384 Dictyophleba lucida Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6617 SRGH
K
BR
Haroni/Makurupini Forest 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 400

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 7 part 2: 422 (1985)

0.000000 0.000000 2
22596 Gleichenia polypodioides Apr 1970 B Goldsmith
Shady damp patch of gully forest on quartzitic sandstone soil Chimanimani, Tarka Forest reserve 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN95-93- E 1500

0.000000 0.000000 0
34956 Haumaniastrum dissitifolium May 1966 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 60/67 SRGH
K
BR
Open grassland near Msilinge River Gungunyana Forest Reserve, Chipinga 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 915

0.000000 0.000000 2
74841 Helichrysum longiramum Jun 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 88/68 SRGH
On lower slopes Mt Peni, along eastern boundary Tarka Forest Reserve, Chimanimani. 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1525

Fairly common patches up to 4' tall. Flowers yellow.

-19.966660 32.950010 5
22633 Huperzia dacrydioides May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith Nov-73 SRGH
Epiphyte, hanging from large branch of Ochna holstii Mt. Peni, upper S-slopes 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN895906 E 1666

0.000000 0.000000 0
22656 Huperzia ophioglossoides May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith Sep-73 SRGH
Lithophyte on damp quartzite rock in dense shade Chimanimani, Mt. Peni, S-slopes 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 VN89-90- E 1650

0.000000 0.000000 0
22449 Hypolepis sparsisora Nov 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 119/67 SRGH
Dappled shade banks of Zona R. Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
68965 Kedrostis foetidissima Feb 1956 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 88/56 C Jeffrey SRGH
On red kalahari sand in Baikiea timber belt Gwampa Forest Reserve, Shangani 0 Zimbabwe 1928A2 W 1150

Leaves with cordate bases, scabrid; fruit bright red, small

-19.123092 28.475692 6
40865 Lomariopsis warneckei Nov 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 111/67 SRGH
In damp well-shaded area. Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

The stem adheres to the tree like a tentacle. One stem had reached 30 feet tall. stems reddish brown. NOTE: the altitude given on the label is 6700 ft. This must be an error since nowhere in Chirinda Forest is higher than 1240 m (c. 4070 ft) and Lomariopsis never occurs at such high elevations.

0.000000 0.000000 2
52788 Loxogramme abyssinica Feb 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 24/67 SRGH
Epiphytic fern 100 feet above ground on fallen Celtis durandii Chirinda forest. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Small simple leaves with only a few found to be fertile. Brown spores occur in narrow rectangles on the top portion of the leaf.

0.000000 0.000000 2
22713 Lycopodiella cernua May 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 49/67 SRGH
Moist road cutting Chirinda forest, outskirts 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1065

0.000000 0.000000 0
29136 Mellera lobulata Sep 1961 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 71/61 SRGH
A common weed on shaded road verges Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1100

Dense patches of this plant have a sour smell. Pure white flowers and tapered petals and a mauvish spot on the lip.

0.000000 0.000000 0
29128 Mellera lobulata Oct 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 90/67 SRGH
Along road verges Chirinda Forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1100

Tall herb with showy white to delicate mauve flowers of very regular petal lobe arrangement. Foul smelling.

0.000000 0.000000 0
49743 Nephrolepis biserrata Oct 1972 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 39/72 SRGH
Tall fern in good shade under large trees. Lisutu River bank above its confluence with Haroni river 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 700

Fern pinnately compound, tufted, with fronds over 2 metres tall; sori round evenly spaced, not quite marginal, light brown; stipe and rhachis deeply channeled above.

0.000000 0.000000 2
52689 Nephrolepis undulata May 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 56/67 SRGH
Colony in well shaded moist road verge under large pines. Gungunyana Forest Reserve (=Chirinda Forest), Chipinga district. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 940

Single fronds erect and flattened in one plane with pinnate leaves tapering to a broad point and leaflets distinctly overlapping on the undersurface.

0.000000 0.000000 2
24521 Oleandra distenta 14 Dec 1972 TM Müller
B Goldsmith
TM Müller B Goldsmith 2069 SRGH
Mixed evergreen forest Chimanimani, Mutsangazi river, W of Mt. Peni 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 900

0.000000 0.000000 0
27652 Osmunda regalis Jul 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 79/67 SRGH
On damp bank near source of Gungunyama river Chipinga, Gungunyana forest reserve 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
21798 Pergularia daemia subsp. daemia Mar 1964 B Goldsmith
Gungunyana Forest Reserve, Chipinga Dist (Chirinda Forest) 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1150

0.000000 0.000000 0
52876 Pleopeltis macrocarpa Mar 1968 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 15/68 SRGH
Epiphytic fern on tree, in cool shady riverine gully Lionhills Forest Reserve, +/- 10 miles from Melsetter (Mutare) 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1520

0.000000 0.000000 2
52721 Pneumatopteris unita Nov 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 126/67 SRGH
Banks of Zona river. Chirinda forest. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Fern with pinnate leaves. Leaflets pointed, long lobed. Small plant developes on tip vegetatively.

0.000000 0.000000 2
22489 Pteridium aquilinum subsp. capense Jan 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 138/67 SRGH
Common in fireguards Chimanimani, Gungunyana Forest Estate. 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 1065

0.000000 0.000000 0
53278 Pteris catoptera Dec 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 141/67 SRGH
Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

Fronds pinnate with pinnae mainly alternate & tapered to fine tips. Distinctly pilose on undersurface of pinnae midribs.

0.000000 0.000000 2
53302 Pteris cretica Aug 1969 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 69/69 SRGH
In sandstone rock cracks on edge of the falls. Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani district. 64 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1000

Flattened in one plane & often trifoliolate; sori in blackish lines along leaf margin.

0.000000 0.000000 2
53447 Pteris vittata Jul 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 78/67 SRGH
Fern growing on quartzitic sandstone near the dip tank. Gungunyana Forest Reserve, Chipinga district. 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 945

Fronds with pinnae curling at tips; spores in narrow marginal lines; pinnate.

0.000000 0.000000 2
22762 Ptisana salicifolia Oct 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 110/67 SRGH
On banks of perennial stream, well shaded and permanently damp, not common Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
41395 Salvinia molesta Jul 1960 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 92/60 SRGH
On water. Light weed bright green in colour covered several acres and resembled a well kept golf course. Kariba, collected on water in the flooded mouth of the Bumi river which enters Lake Kariba 0 Zimbabwe 1728B1 N 460

Upper leaf surface covered in woolly hairs each having a distinct "O" shaped loop at its apex. No secondary growth seen in this area but the specimens have minute Lemna species adhering to them.

0.000000 0.000000 2
48702 Tectaria gemmifera Dec 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 140/67 SRGH
Fern common along shaded road verges Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 0

0.000000 0.000000 2
48706 Tectaria gemmifera Jan 1967 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 142/67 SRGH
Chirinda forest 6 0 Zimbabwe 2032B3 E 1130

Common fern to 3' tall. Vegetative buds evident on fronds

0.000000 0.000000 2
48701 Tectaria gemmifera Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6630 SRGH
Gemmiferous fern by stream Haroni-Makurupini forest 0 Zimbabwe 2031A1 E 400

0.000000 0.000000 2
112612 Telosma africana 4 Dec 1964 TM Müller
H Wild
B Goldsmith
TM Müller H Wild B Goldsmith 6660 SRGH
K
Haroni River 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 396

Climber, cream green flowers, red on throat outside, sweet scented

-20.011100 33.013700 5
41593 Vittaria volkensii May 1973 B Goldsmith
B Goldsmith 12/73 SRGH
Epiphyte with Lycopodium dacrydioides Upper Southern slope of mount Peni 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1666

Fern with simple linear dark green glabrous fronds in tufts. Up to half a meter long, hanging almost vertically.

0.000000 0.000000 2


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