About the website
Sample image from the Zimbabwe flora
 | Our current sample image is of Monsonia angustifolia. 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. |
This site provides information about the flowering plants and ferns of Zimbabwe. This is a sister site to the Flora of Botswana, Caprivi, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia websites, which together cover the Flora Zambesiaca area.
The principal contributors to the site are Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Meg Coates Palgrave and Mark Hyde.
As of today, Sunday, 27 May 2018, we have 6,388 native or naturalised species in the database for Zimbabwe. There are 27,547 images for 3,986 species, of which 3,779 are native or naturalised and 207 are purely cultivated.
The total number of records in the database (for all countries) is 81,897.
The Site history page gives details of the latest additions to the site. There is also a frequently asked questions page.
View recently edited pages
As a guide to where to look for new content, below are details of some of the most recently updated pages. Further recently updated species may be found on this page.
| Date | Species |
| 24 May 2018 | Afrocanthium racemulosum var. racemulosum |
| 23 May 2018 | Inhambanella henriquesii |
| 22 May 2018 | Megastachya mucronata |
| 20 May 2018 | Vigna unguiculata |
| 16 May 2018 | Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. milanjianum |
| 16 May 2018 | Rhynchosia divaricata |
| 15 May 2018 | Galactia striata var. villosa |
| 10 May 2018 | Sclerochiton kirkii |
| 26 Apr 2018 | Pupalia micrantha |
| 17 Apr 2018 | Emilia ambifaria |
The Zimbabwe Flora Team
| Mark Hyde | Bart Wursten | Petra Ballings | Meg Coates Palgrave | |||
| mahyde(at)gmail.com | ndundu(at)zol.co.zw | ballings.petra(at)telenet.be | megcp(at)zol.co.zw |
Sunday, 27 May 2018
