Flora of Zimbabwe
Welcome to the August 2010 update of the Flora of Zimbabwe website!
This site provides information about the flowering plants and ferns of Zimbabwe and is a joint venture between Bart Wursten and Mark Hyde. We expect that it will also be useful for people living in neighbouring countries, namely Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia as parts of their flora are similar to that of Zimbabwe.
Khami Ruins - a new location added
Bart has added a new location page for Khami Ruins near Bulawayo, which we visited on the way back from Hwange National Park on 13 January 2010. In many ways, the ruins are like a mini-Matobo with many trees characteristic of that national park. Two images follow below.
Sample image from the Zimbabwe flora
 | Our current sample image is of Isoglossa floribunda. Click on the thumbnail image to see the full image or click on the species name to find out more. Reload the page to see further images of Zimbabwean plants. |
Information about the website
The site is work in progress towards an e-flora of Zimbabwe and uses an online database of plant names and plant records. As of today, Friday, 3 September 2010, there are 7253 images for 2457 species, of which 2400 are native or naturalised and 57 are purely cultivated.
A sample of species with their associated images may be found on the recently updated species page.
The Site history page gives details of the latest additions to the site. There is also a frequently asked questions page.
Zimbabwe flora Facebook group
The Zimbabwe flora project has a group on Facebook. If you would like to sign up, click on the blue Facebook logo below.
| Mark Hyde | Bart Wursten | |
| mahyde(at)gmail.com | ballings.petra(at)telenet.be |
Friday, 3 September 2010
