Records made by John Ball

Records: 21

The following is a list of the records made by John Ball in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
42728 Aporrhiza paniculata 7 Sep 1958 JS Ball
JS Ball 751 SRGH
K
Riverine forest. Lusitu riverside above Nyahodi junction. 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 530

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 2 part 2: 514 (1966)

5
102441 Bonatea cassidea 17 Sep 1958 JS Ball
JS Ball 749 SRGH
K
Lusitu Reserve, Chimanimani 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 46, 1995.

2
73926 Brillantaisia cicatricosa 6 Aug 1963 JS Ball
JS Ball 62 SRGH
Under shade in evergreen forest Nchisi Forest 0 Malawi 1334A3 C 1450

Very large straggling bushy herb; bright blue-mauve flowers; square stems up to 8 feet high.

-13.349990 34.016670 5
102455 Cheirostylis nuda 14 Sep 1954 JS Ball
JS Ball 360 SRGH
K
Near Nyabamba Falls 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 925

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1: 10, 1995.

5
102456 Cheirostylis nuda 20 Sep 1959 JS Ball
JS Ball 818 SRGH
K
In riverine forest Lusito Forest 52 0 Zimbabwe 2032B2 E 300

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1: 10, 1995.

6
35665 Disperis lindleyana 17 Dec 1955 JS Ball
JS Ball 553 SRGH
K
Himalaya Range, Mutare District 0 Zimbabwe 1932B4 E 2000

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 1: 243

2
49373 Eulophia guineensis 1 Dec 1954 JS Ball
JS Ball 437 SRGH
In red soil and black humus over boulders in semiriverine shade Umvumvumvu River gorge, Chimanimani District. 47 0 Zimbabwe 1932D1 E 820

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 11 part 2: 465,1998). Additional notes by J.S. Ball state: "Fairly common beside Umvumvuvu River in region of Gorge beside middle crossing on Melsetter road" (Ball 2009)

6
74448 Gastrodia ballii 24 Apr 1976 JS Ball
JS Ball 1422 SRGH
In very rich litter and humus layer under Albizia gummifera with understorey of Craibia brevicaudata. Shigodora Farm, near Vumba Heights School below Castle Beacon, Vumba 63,156 0 Zimbabwe 1932B1 E 0

Locally abundant.Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1:271 (1995).

5
74453 Gastrodia ballii 2 Sep 1975 JS Ball
JS Ball 1333 SRGH
K
Near Lujeri power Station, Ruo Gorge, below Mt Mulanje. 179 0 Malawi 1535D3 S 760

Fruiting. Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1:271 (1995).

5
41683 Lindsaea odorata 25 May 1957 JS Ball
JS Ball 695 EACLE Schelpe SRGH
Long Gully, Chimanimani Mts. 0 Zimbabwe E 0

0.000000 0.000000 0
36182 Polystachya albescens subsp. imbricata 23 Nov 1975 JS Ball
Petterson
JS Ball Petterson 1375 SRGH
K
Near Shigodora, southwestern Vumba 63 0 Zimbabwe 1932b1 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 329 (1998)

2
36213 Polystachya fusiformis 26 Jan 1955 JS Ball
JS Ball 487 SRGH
K
Chimanimani Mts 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 1660

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 347 (1998)

2
36214 Polystachya fusiformis × lindblomii 1976 JS Ball
JS Ball 1404 SRGH
On a moss-covered rock at a riverbank Pungwe Gorge, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 0

Cited in Epiphytic Orchids of Southern Africa (Ball, 1978: 152)

2
36223 Polystachya golungensis 10 Aug 1975 JS Ball
JS Ball 1329 SRGH
K
Near Zonwe River, Burma Valley 63 0 Zimbabwe 1932B2 E 1000

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 339 (1998)

2
36243 Polystachya lindblomii 8 Feb 1976 JS Ball
JS Ball 1403 SRGH
K
Pungwe River below the falls, Nyanga District 54 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 348 (1998)

2
36245 Polystachya malilaensis 9 Dec 1961 JS Ball
JS Ball 972 SRGH
K
Leygate Cottage, c. 5 km north of Troutbeck, Nyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B2 E 2100

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 353 (1998)

2
36225 Polystachya simplex 14 Dec 1975 JS Ball
JS Ball 1377 SRGH
K
Bunga Forest, Vumba 39,63,156 0 Zimbabwe 1932B2 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 348 (1998)

2
36125 Polystachya subumbellata 29 Mar 1975 JS Ball
JS Ball 1312 SRGH
K
East end of Enwa farm, Himalaya Mts 0 Zimbabwe 1932B4 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 360 (1998)

2
41113 Psilotum nudum 18 May 1957 JS Ball
JS Ball 680 SRGH
On streambed rocks of Haroni R. Haroni-Lusitu confluence area, Chimanimani 52 0 Zimbabwe 2033A1 E 610

0.000000 0.000000 2
102457 Summerhayesia zambesiaca 27 Apr 1954 JS Ball
JS Ball 336 SRGH
K
Westward Ho farm, Chimanimani. 0 Zimbabwe 1932D4 E 1360

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 2: 446, 1998

5
102549 Vanilla polylepis 22 Nov 1959 JS Ball
JS Ball 844 SRGH
K
By Pool in Bundi Gorge, Chimanimani Mts 33 0 Zimbabwe 1933C3 E 0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 11 part 1: 248, 1995

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Records made by John Ball.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=94, retrieved 17 April 2024

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