About the website
Sample image from the Zimbabwe flora
 | Our current sample image is of Elaphoglossum spathulatum var. spathulatum. 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, Saturday, 20 October 2018, we have 6,390 native or naturalised species in the database for Zimbabwe. There are 28,518 images for 4,031 species, of which 3,816 are native or naturalised and 215 are purely cultivated.
The total number of records in the database (for all countries) is 83,642.
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 |
| 14 Oct 2018 | Cotula anthemoides |
| 11 Oct 2018 | Euphorbia schimperiana var. pubescens |
| 10 Oct 2018 | Eriocaulon pictum |
| 10 Oct 2018 | Dissotis princeps var. candolleana |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Cliffortia nitidula |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Bromus leptocladus |
| 24 Sep 2018 | Tulbaghia leucantha |
| 24 Sep 2018 | Tulbaghia alliacea |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Cyperus nduru |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Chassalia parvifolia |
The Zimbabwe Flora Team
| Mark Hyde | Bart Wursten | Petra Ballings | Meg Coates Palgrave | |||
| mahyde(at)gmail.com | btwursten(at)gmail.com | ballings.petra(at)telenet.be | megcp(at)zol.co.zw |
Saturday, 20 October 2018
