Records made by Lewis Walter

Records: 5

The following is a list of the records made by Lewis Walter 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   
58750 Cotyledon barbeyi 1968 L Walter
Occasional, on granite ruwares in full sun. Matendere Ruins area, Buhera District 0 Zimbabwe 1931D2 S 960

Location detail from FZ gazetteer

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60144 Huernia kirkii Jan 1966 L Walter
L Walter Poor stony soil with scrubby mopane and stunted ironwoods. Full sun. Near Palfrey's Store 0 Zimbabwe 2231A4 S 216

Journal of SA Botany, Vol 32, Part 1, January 1966. L.C.Leach and D.C.H.Plowes. This is a detailed discussion of the misinterpretations of H. kirkii and H. hislopii. The specimen I (LW) provided to Mr. Leach was the first recorded in Zimbabwe, but was received too late for inclusion in the above article, which had already gone to press. LW adds: Captain and Mrs Palfrey lived in one of the remotest areas of the country - inaccessible during the rains - on the border with Mozambique. He had been awarded the M.C. during WW1. Mrs Palfrey somehow discovered that I had a weakness for scones with strawberry jam and cream, and whenever I visited (unannounced) they would miraculously appear ! A wonderful old couple.

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60141 Orbea rogersii Mar 1964 L Walter
L Walter In varying soils, lightly treed with mopane and other trees. Mwenezi (Nuanetsi) in scattered locations 0 Zimbabwe S 0

Literature: "Stapeliads in Rhodesia" by D.C.H.Plowes, Excelsa No 1, 1971. He comments appropriately "...numerous transparent whitish curly hairs are each tipped with a minute clear glistening pearl". Comment: although now classed as "Critically endangered", this was not the case in Nuanetsi in 1964, and hopefully will still be so now. As can be seen from image number 1, flowering was prolific.

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60145 Stapelia kwebensis Feb 1965 L Walter
L Walter Fairly good soil Marange South Communal Land, Save Valley 0 Zimbabwe E 0

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60146 Stapelia kwebensis Mar 1964 L Walter
L Walter Good soil. Davata Area, Lower Mwenezi District. 0 Zimbabwe S 0

The flower was distinctly darker than the more common light brown.

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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Records made by Lewis Walter.
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