Collections made by Oliphant Miller

Records: 56

The following is a list of the collections made by Oliphant Miller in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Rwanda (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
29356 Acacia sieberiana var. woodii Aug 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1864 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

[See note 16]

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29683 Ansellia africana Sep 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 2464 SRGH
Epiphyte on Dombeya rotundifolia Quaringa Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B4 W1480

Flower with dark red spots. [See note 16]

0
29845 Apodytes dimidiata Mar 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1663 SRGH
Fringing forestBesna Kobila, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Tree to 18ft high. Fruits black on scarlet disc. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29483 Asplenium aethiopicum Jan 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 2603 SRGH
Under rockFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
36171 Asplenium stuhlmannii Aug 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 2952 SRGH
Ledge on rock Besna Kobila farm, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-39-W0

0.0000000.0000005
29485 Asplenium stuhlmannii Sep 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1869 SRGH
Under boulderFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30140 Bidens pilosa Jul 1959OB Miller
OB Miller 5957 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

No white ray florets. Only 2 plants found. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29804 Biophytum umbraculum May 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4354 SRGH
Gap in stand of high grassMatopos, Farm Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3W1400

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29482 Christella gueinziana Oct 1956OB Miller
OB Miller 3735 SRGH
Damp soil under rockFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Fern. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29734 Cleome gynandra Jan 1954OB Miller
OB Miller 2074 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Herb to 1 ft. Flowers: white, filaments dark blue. Vernacular Name: ulude. Leaves: cooked and eaten. Plant oily. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30099 Coccinia adoensis Feb 1954OB Miller
OB Miller 2175 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30147 Crassocephalum rubens var. sarcobasis Apr 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1762 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30146 Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens Mar 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4202 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29712 Cyathula cylindrica Mar 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1637 SRGH
In grasslandBesna Kobila Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

10 - 14 inch high plant with whitish flowers. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
28421 Cyathula uncinulata May 1960OB Miller
OB Miller 7341 On termite nest in spongeTanglewood Farm, Ruwa0Zimbabwe1731C3C1220

Sprawling plant.

0.0000000.0000000
29678 Cyrtorchis praetermissa subsp. praetermissa Apr 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4294 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1460

Probably epiphyte but found lying on ground. [See note 16]

0
29480 Doryopteris concolor May 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 2833 SRGH
Shady place among rocksFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W0

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29679 Eulophia angolensis Jan 1956OB Miller
OB Miller 3224 SRGH
Streamside Besna Kobila, Matopos,570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1460

A fine orchid. [See note 16]

0
29681 Eulophia streptopetala7 Nov 1962OB Miller
OB Miller 8294 SRGH
In patch of deepish soil over graniteBesna Kobila Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1460

Flowers- 3 sepals green, densely spotted with brown, 2 petals large-yellow above, yellow below - the small petal yellow with a brown smear at base. [See note 16]

0
29696 Faurea saligna Jan 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1466 SRGH
Besna Kobila, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

20 ft high. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29716 Gomphrena celosioides Jan 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 2651 SRGH
Shallow soil over rock, Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

Flowers white. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29668 Habenaria filicornis Jan 1952OB Miller
OB Miller 4092 SRGH
In grasslandBesna Kobila Farm570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1460

[See note 16]

0
29672 Habenaria schimperiana Feb 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1581 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3 W1430

Flowers white. [See note 16]

0
30055 Hypoestes forskaolii subsp. forskaolii Apr 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 2747 SRGH
A herb among rocksBesna Kobila Farm570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29587 Isolepis fluitans May 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1809 SRGH
In permanent running streamBesna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29628 Juncus oxycarpus Nov 1954OB Miller
OB Miller 2495 SRGH
StreambankFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

Inflorescence brown. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30061 Justicia matammensis Jan 1960OB Miller
OB Miller 7089 SRGH
Shallow soil over rockShumbashape, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B4W1490

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
68961 Kedrostis foetidissima Dec 1956OB Miller
OB Miller 4001 C Jeffrey SRGH
Climbing on shrubHillside Dams, Bulawayo220Zimbabwe2028B1W1400

Flowers very pale yellow

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29976 Lantana camara Mar 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1627 SRGH
Shrub Flowers yellow, pink or redBesna Kobila, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Shrub. Flowers yellow, pink or red. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
52844 Lepisorus excavatus Nov 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4697 SRGH
Epiphyte on tree in high forestPamushana farm, Nyanga district0Zimbabwe1832B4E1770

0.0000000.0000002
22685 Lycopodiella caroliniana Mar 1959OB Miller
OB Miller 1697 SRGH
GrasslandMatobo, Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-39-W1430

0.0000000.0000000
22708 Lycopodiella cernua Dec 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 3201 SRGH
Damp groundMatobo, Chesterfield farm0Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-37-W1370

0.0000000.0000000
22709 Lycopodiella cernua Aug 1958OB Miller
OB Miller 5389 SRGH
StreambankMatobo, Besna Kobila farm570Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-39-W1430

0.0000000.0000000
29465 Lycopodiella cernua Aug 1958OB Miller
OB Miller 5389 SRGH
Stream bankFarm Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Sub-erect plant. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29464 Lycopodium clavatum Nov 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4708 SRGH
In destroyed forestFarm Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3W1830

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
35027 Mohria lepigera Jan 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4068 SRGH
Under rock Besna Kobila, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-39-W1500

0.0000000.0000005
29931 Nuxia congesta May 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 5286 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B3W1490

Shrub 3ft high. Flowers cream - coloured [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29885 Ochna holstii Jan 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1447 SRGH
Fringing forestBesna Kobila, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Tree taken from coppice shoot. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
52017 Ophioglossum thomasii Jan 1956OB Miller
OB Miller 3305 PRE
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos Hills570Zimbabwe2028B3W1465

0.0000000.0000002
29512 Oplismenus hirtellus Feb 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4129 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopo, Bulawayo570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30092 Oreosyce africana14 Jan 1963OB Miller
OB Miller 8339 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1370

Flowers pale yellow. A climbing cucurbit. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29469 Osmunda regalis Nov 1965OB Miller
OB Miller 6065 SRGH
Under rock on stream bank Farm Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3W0

Only one plant found. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
27641 Osmunda regalis Jun 1956OB Miller
OB Miller 3599 SRGH
Damp grasslandMatobo, Chesterfield farm0Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-37-W1125

0.0000000.0000000
27640 Osmunda regalis Nov 1959OB Miller
OB Miller 6065 SRGH
Under rock on streamMatobo, Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-39-W1460

0.0000000.0000000
29800 Oxalis corniculata Jan 1958OB Miller
OB Miller 4960 SRGH
Mzvezve River, on Kadoma - Harare570Zimbabwe1829B4C0

Flowers: pale pink.[This is var radicosa] [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29799 Oxalis corniculata Jan 1955OB Miller
OB Miller 2636 SRGH
In grasslandFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

Flowers: yellow. [This is var. corniculata] [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29802 Oxalis obliquifolia Dec 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 2008 SRGH
In vegetable gardenMatopos, Farm Besna Kobila570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Herb. Flowers: lilac, coloured with yellow base. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29801 Oxalis obliquifolia Jan 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1504 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

Herb: 3 - 4 inches high. Flowers: base yellow; apex pale pink. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
29677 Satyrium trinerve Jan 1960OB Miller
OB Miller 7062 SRGH
On streambank Farm Chesterfield, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B4 W1460

Only 3 found [See note 16]

0
42065 Selaginella kraussiana May 1956OB Miller
OB Miller 3558 SRGH
Pamushana, Inyanga0Zimbabwe1832B4VQ78-60-E1830

0.0000000.0000005
29468 Selaginella mittenii May 1954OB Miller
OB Miller 2391 SRGH
On steep bank of stream Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1220

Habit: Moss. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
42099 Selaginella mittenii Jun 1957OB Miller
OB Miller 4399 SRGH
Soil on streambank Besna Kobila, Matobo570Zimbabwe2028B4PH83-39-W1400

0.0000000.0000005
29481 Thelypteris confluens Oct 1959OB Miller
OB Miller 6063 SRGH
Damp grasslandFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

This and Pteridium the only ferns away from the protection of rocks. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30098 Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa Jan 1960OB Miller
OB Miller 7112 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1460

Cucurbit. Scarlet to crimson. Fruit. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30110 Vernonia myriantha Aug 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1855 SRGH
Fringing forestFarm Besna Kobila, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1220

Branchlets sappy. [See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000
30103 Wahlenbergia napiformis Apr 1953OB Miller
OB Miller 1763 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos570Zimbabwe2028B3W1430

[See note 16]

0.0000000.0000000


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