Collections made by William Astle

Records: 15

The following is a list of the collections made by William Astle in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Burundi (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
80742 Acacia hockii21 Jul 1967WL Astle
WL Astle 5078 Mopane/Brachystegia stipulata/Combretum apiculatum on dissected siltstone.Mfuwe, Luangwa Valley. 900Zambia1331D2E670

Common shrub to 4 ft., bright yellow inflorescence.

-13.66666731.8166675
84448 Bulbostylis abortiva21 Jul 1961WL Astle
WL Astle 451 EA Robinson MRSC
0Zambia0

0.0000000.0000000
84827 Bulbostylis buchananii26 May 1961WL Astle
WL Astle 710 C Archer MRSC
Sand shore L.Mweru, Puta's village0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85033 Bulbostylis filamentosa9 Feb 1961WL Astle
WL Astle 381 EA Robinson MRSC
Luwingu District, Chishinga Ranch0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85055 Bulbostylis macra16 Feb 1961WL Astle
WL Astle 430 EA Robinson Common sedge on rocky soilsLuwingu District, Chishinga Ranch0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
85068 Bulbostylis pilosa15 Feb 1961WL Astle
WL Astle 428 C Archer MRSC
Luwingu District, Chishinga Ranch0ZambiaN0

0.0000000.0000000
90727 Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus4 Jan 1963WL Astle
WL Astle 1881 C Archer MRSC
Floodplain, deep waterKasama District, Chambeshi, Kalunga R. floodplain0ZambiaN0

MRSC: "=Astle 1298, not C.digitatus", det CA as C.d.auricomus, Feb00);

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90728 Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus4 Jan 1963WL Astle
WL Astle 1919 MRSC
FloodplainChambeshi floodplain, forms communities around some lagoons0ZambiaN0

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90730 Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus13 Jul 1962WL Astle
WL Astle 1523 MRSC
Roadside ditch, across a damboNr. Mochipapa, roadside ditch, across a dambo.0ZambiaS0

0.0000000.0000000
77307 Cyperus margaritaceus12 Dec 1961WL Astle
WL Astle WLA_1092 WL Astle C Archer MRSC
0Zambia0

Determined as Cyperus margaritaceus var nduru

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76648 Cyperus renschiiNo dateWL Astle
WL Astle WLA_6540 WL Astle C Archer MRSC
Chishinga Ranch 0ZambiaN0

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68978 Kedrostis foetidissima28 Feb 1963WL Astle
WL Astle 2207 SRGH
On termite mound vegetation.Near Kabanga Mission, Kaloma0Zambia1726D2S1260

Flowers yellow. Climbing

-17.52703026.7628206
83435 Rhamphicarpa fistulosa26 Mar 1969WL Astle
WL Astle 5658 Black clay.Mpika District; 10 m NE Mfuwe, Luangwa Valley.900ZambiaN610

Tufted herb, pale blue flowers. Echinochloa colonum sward on black clay.

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83529 Sacciolepis transbarbata25 Jan 1961WL Astle
WL Astle 305 In B. longifolia woodland on Plateau Soillehishinga.0Zambia1402

0.0000000.0000000
77308 Scleria catophylla27 Apr 1961WL Astle
WL Astle WLA_529 WL Astle C Archer MRSC
Dambo sand Chishinga Ranch 0ZambiaN0

Widespread in the wetter parts of the dambo blank sand

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The Burundi flora team (2025). Flora of Burundi: Collections made by William Astle.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=461, retrieved 2 April 2025

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