Records determined by Robert Faden

Small-flowered bushy herb with erect wiry maroon stems ca. 20 cm high. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, slightly recurved and folded. One population seen in the shade of a huge spreading Albizia adianthifolia, on sandy soils in a clearing in Licuati Thic

Spreading herb with yellow flowers; glabrous except for cilia on leaf sheath. In dappled shade of Brachystegia torrei sand forest. On a sand bank.

30 cm prostrate vine growing in seasonal flooded area. Pink and yellow inflorescence.

Erect bushy herb 30 cm tall with yellow flowers and narrow leaves. Growing at campsite in bare sandy soil, still flowering in the afternoon.

Blue flowers. In light shade of coastal woodland in woodland /thicket mosaic on sands.

An uncommon herb with erect stems to 40 cm tall. Flowers blue. Subterranean flowers collected, too! Growing in woodland at the base of a granite outcrop in shade. In deep soil.

A herb with 1 m long stems scrambling through grass. Tiny blue flowers. Ovate leaves and red cilia on leaf-sheaths.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

A herb with blue flowers and erect shoots. Leaves linear-elliptic. Growing on a steep S-facing granite outcrop; in shallow pockets of soil.

A locally common herb with 'variegated' lanceolate leaves, forming a ground cover. Flowers blue. Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in the shade next to the gravel road., Occurrence: locally common

A groundcovering herb with blue-green leaves and blue flowers. Locally common.-x000D- Habitat: Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in shade along the gravel roadside., Occurrence: locally common

Bushy herb to 20 cm tall, with trailing and erect stems. The blue flowers open early in the morning. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ca. 60 mm long, with oblique base and auricles at the sheath. Cilia at the mouth of the sheath are white. Spathe ca 20 mm lo

As var. lagosensis in BNRH. Small trailing herb, glabrous, with blue flowers. On sandy margins of track, on ecotone between Licuati Thicket and coastal woodland.

Herb. Stems light green with brown coloration; leaves light green; flowers purple.

Herb, rooting at the nodes; with tiny blue flowers with conspicuous 3rd petal. Rare. Growing in semi-shade of forest edge next to road on an earth bank., Occurrence: rare

Only one plant seen flowering. Plant rooting at nodes. Flowers blue flowers. Dark green leaves.

Flowers with 2 large blue petals, sepals whitish with blue tint at edges. Leaf sheath purplish.

This is also a first record of the species and subspecies from Mozambique. The subspecies is otherwise known only from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland. (Robert Faden pers. comm with Barbara Turpin, 2017).

As Commelina erecta erecta in BNRH.Common herb with blue flowers, growing in a clearing in the forest., Occurrence: common

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. Bushy herb with lilac flowers and scabrid leaves; in dappled shade of forest margin.

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. A trailing herb with blue flowers on ascending shoots. Much-branched. Leaves linear-elliptic. Growing along the road in sand forest.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. Herb with lilac flowers, lanceolate leaves with light green mid-rib. Growing on the edge of forest near the Little Mussapa River.

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. A sub-erect herb with glabrous leaves with lighter coloured midrib. Spathes and leaf sheaths hispid. Spathes terminally clustered, producing ink-blue flowers. Locally common in clearing in evergreen forest on coastal plain, on gentle slope.

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. A sub-erect herb with glabrous leaves with lighter coloured midrib. Spathes and leaf sheaths hispid. Spathes terminally clustered, producing ink-blue-flowers. Locally common in open short grassy area, occasionally mown.

Stems dark green, semi solid complete glabrous; leaves dark green, glabrous; flowers purplish-blue with light green calyx.

Decumbent herb with mauve flowers growing in long grass on forest edge. Scattered.-x000D- [Extract from R.B. Faden's e mail to B.C. Turpin July 2010]-x000D- Turpin 302 Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke-x000D- First record from Mozambique. The mountains in eastern Zimb

Occasional; somewhat succulent; annual; in rice field; stems dull orange-green at base; bracts streaked boldly in red; tepals dull orange; anthers bright yellow.

Common; in open grassy areas; full sun; base of stem red-purple, bracts light green; petals orange pale.

Low-growing/semi-prostrate herb in light shade on outer margins of termite mound forest, in miombo woodland. Locally frequent.

Lianescent shrub ca. 1 m. Stems light green with brown tint; leaves green with short shiny hairs; flowers bright purple with yellow stamens.

Herbaceous; runner; in flat plain; stems and leaves growing in the flat plains, stems and leaves red and green; leaves are red adaxially, green abaxially; flowers white, with light green bracts.

Rare at edge of dry dambo on sand; stems with light reddish tinge; upper edge of inflorescence bracts with reddish tinge; tepals deep purple; anthers yellow-orange.

Erect to 10 cm on rocks; leaves light green to yellow with red-purple sheath; flowers purple.

Annual herb between rocks, 8 cm. Stems light green with brown tint; leaves light green with white hairs; flowers dirty white to creamy.

Herb; 20 cm, erect. Plant succulent. Stems reddish. Leaves green to red. Fruits straw brown, inconspicuous. At base of sandstone rock.

Growing in crevices in granite boulders., Occurrence: common

Occasional between rocks in woodland. Stems reddish purple. Leaves green with reddish purple colorations. Fruits green with brown tips.

Common suffrutex; lower stems red; nodes red; bracts green; petals light purple; filaments with purple hairs; anthers and pollen yellow.

Occasional in patches under shrubs; stems at node and sheath red-pink; tepals deep purple; anthers bright yellow.

At woodland border; sheath of leaves red-purple; from extensive fleshy roots; bract leaf with red splotches; anther fuzzy and light purple; anther yellow.

Tufted fern, no fertile fronds

Upright; red at the base; roots fibrous, white; leaves sheathed at base; red-brown at base, green towards the tip; stems light green to reddish-brown, hard, round; common; in the swampy area.

Occasional herb from thickened roots; leaves reddish at bases; pedicels light pink-purple; calyx light green; petals purple; anthers yellow; style white; immature fruits light green to light purple.

Frequent and widely scattered herb from fleshy root; lower nodes red; nodes of inflorescence and base of calyx purple; calyx lobes green; petals light purple; anthers yellow.

Infrequent suffrutex from fleshy roots; nodes purple; pedicel and base of calyx purple-black; at anthesis calyx translucent green; petals light purple; filaments white; anthers blue.

A herb with lilac flowers - 3 equal-sized petals - flowering in the late afternoon. Erect stems. Growing in open woodland/Berlinia thicket.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]