Hiram Wild

British botanist and editor (1917-1982).

Hiram Wild (15 March 1917 - 28 April 1982) was an English botanist who worked in Southern Rhodesia. The standard author abbreviation Wild is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Wild studied at Imperial College, University of London. In 1945, he wrote his Ph.D. thesis in which he examined the lettuce pathogen, Bremia lactucae. From 1945, he worked as the government botanist in Southern Rhodesia, and soon became head of the Government Herbarium of Southern Rhodesia. In 1960, Wild started the Herbarium botanical journal 'Kirkia', named for John Kirk (1832–1922

Abbreviations: Wild
Occupations: scientific collector, editor, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1917-00-00T00:00:00Z – 1982-04-28T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Sheffield
Direct attributions: 247 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 270 plants, 0 fungi

247 plants attributed, 23 plants contributed to270 plants:

Rastrophyllum Wild & G.V.Pope 1977
plant genus in the asteraceae family
Rastrophyllum is a genus of African plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae. Species Rastrophyllum apiifolium M.G.Gilbert - Tanzania Rastrophyllum pinnatipartitum Wild & G.V.Pope - Zambia
Rhoicissus tridentata (Common Forest Grape) (L.f.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. 1963
plant species in the vitaceae family
Rhoicissus tridentata is a climbing plant in the family Vitaceae. Parts of the plant are used in South Africa in traditional herbal remedies during pregnancy.
Cola mossambicensis (Large-leaved Cola) Wild 1959
plant species in the malvaceae family
Cola mossambicensis, the Mozambique cola, is a large evergreen forest tree of the family Malvaceae endemic to central Moçambique and Malawi. As with other Cola species the flowers are carried in clusters on old wood and the seed is released when the mature fruits split longitudinally.
Cadaba aphylla (Leafless Worm Bush) (Thunb.) Wild 1960
plant species in the capparaceae family
Cadaba aphylla ("Swartstorm") is one of the many species in the genus Cadaba. It is indigenous to southern Africa.
Brachythrix Wild & G.V.Pope 1978
plant genus in the asteraceae family
Brachythrix is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to tropical south-central and eastern Africa. These are perennial herbs that produce new stems annually from a woody, sometimes woolly-tufted rootstock. The roots may have tubers. The stem usually branches and has many alternately arranged leaves. The herbage is hairy, with several different types of long and short hairs. The flower heads are solitary, clustered, or arranged in cymes. They contain purple disc florets. The fruit is an angular, gland-dotted cypsela with a pappus of scales or short barbed hairs.
Protea enervis (Chimanimani Sugarbush) Wild 1956
vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family
Protea enervis, also known as the Chimanimani sugarbush, is a flowering shrub. It is native to the Chimanimani Mountains straddling Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and grows at altitudes of 1,680 to 2,000 metres. The inflorescence is reddish-pink in colour.
Grewia limae Wild 1957
endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
Grewia limae is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae. It is found only in Mozambique.
Cyphostemma cirrhosum (Pucker Grape) (Thunb.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm. 1966
plant species in the vitaceae family
Cyphostemma cirrhosum is a species of plant native to southern Africa. It is a soft-stemmed creeper with succulent, yellowish-green leaves. It bears yellow flowers and red, oval-shaped fruit.
Rhoicissus tomentosa (Common Forest Grape) (Lam.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. 1963
plant species in the vitaceae family
Rhoicissus tomentosa (or the Cape grape) is a vigorous, evergreen vine that is indigenous to the afro-montane forests of southern Africa. It is increasingly popular as an ornamental creeper in gardens, and it has a wide range of uses in traditional medicine.
Dacryotrichia Wild 1973
plant genus in the asteraceae family
Dacryotrichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Dacryotrichia robinsonii. It is endemic to the Republic of Zambia in Africa.
Pearsonia metallifera Wild 1965
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Maerua brunnescens Wild 1958
plant species in the capparaceae family
Maerua brunnescens is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family. It is endemic to Mozambique.
Kotschya thymodora (Baker f.) Wild 1964
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Kotschya scaberrima (Taub.) Wild 1964
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Gyrodoma Wild 1974
plant genus in the asteraceae family
Gyrodoma is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Species There is only one known species, Gyrodoma hispida, endemic to Mozambique.
Grewia transzambesica Wild 1957
plant species in the malvaceae family
Grewia transzambesica is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae. It is found only in Mozambique. This species is a shrub or small tree up to 7m tall occurring in Brachystegia woodland on the coastal plains to the north and south of the Zambezi. First published as Grewia transzambesica Wild in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 31: 81, t. 1 fig. A (1957). TAB. 4 fig. A. Type: Mozambique, Beira, Simão 1260 (LM; SRGH, holotype).
Grewia gracillima (Silver Squarestem Raisin) Wild 1957
plant species in the malvaceae family
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Dovyalis hispidula (Bristly Sourberry) Wild 1958
plant species in the salicaceae family
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Corchorus confusus (Bushveld Gusha) Wild 1960
perennial plant species in the malvaceae family
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Aspilia mossambicensis (Wild Sunflower) (Oliv.) Wild 1966
plant species in the asteraceae family
Aspilia mossambicensis, also known as wild sunflower, is a medicinally useful herbaceous plant of the family Compositae (Asteraceae). It is widespread with an anthropogenic distribution in central and Eastern tropical Africa from Ethiopia, through East Africa, the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa. Herb or shrub 0.5–1 m or straggling bush to 2.5 m high; branches scabrid. Leaves sessile to shortly petiolate, ovate or elliptic, 2–12´1–3 cm, base cuneate, margins entire or serrate, apex acute or attenuate, scabrid on both surfaces, somewhat 3‑nerved from base; petiole
Platycelyphium voense (Engl.) Wild 1959
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Paurolepis filifolia (R.E.Fr.) Wild & G.V.Pope 1977
plant species in the asteraceae family
Paurolepis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes a single species, Paurolepis filifolia, a bushy perennial herb which grows up to 60 cm tall from a woody rootstock. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, where it grows on rocky hillsides and rock outcrops in miombo woodland.
Maerua andradae Wild 1958
perennial plant species in the capparaceae family
Maerua andradae is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family. It is endemic to Mozambique.
Lotononis serpentinicola Wild 1965
annual and perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Hesperantha ballii Wild 1964
plant species in the iridaceae family
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Grewia hornbyi (Small Grey Raisin) Wild 1957
plant species in the malvaceae family
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Dombeya leachii Wild 1964
endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
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Cyphostemma lanigerum (Wild Grape) (Harv.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm. 1966
plant species in the vitaceae family
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Cyphostemma crotalarioides (Cyphostemma Crotalarioides Ex) (Planch.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm. 1966
plant species in the vitaceae family
Cyphostemma crotalarioides is a flowering plant species in the genus Cyphostemma found in Burkina Faso. Cyphostemmin A and B can be found in the root of C. crotalarioides.
Cyphostemma adenocaule (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm. 1966
medicinal plant species in the vitaceae family
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