Records determined by Rügheimer

Determinations: 25

The following is a list of the records determined by Rügheimer 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
93928Bobgunnia madagascariensis16 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3055 S Rügheimer WIND
Occasional in Terminalia woodland.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Small tree, 3.5 m high. Pods drooping, long, sausage shaped, black. Leaves compound. Leaflets alternate, obovate, apex notched. Young shoots straw-coloured.

-17.70305624.1605565
93199Ceratotheca sesamoides11 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-24 S Rügheimer WIND
Widely distributed on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sand, in full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East, Chetto village, south of Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Annual herb, 70 cm high. Stem green, longitudinally grooved, heavily woolly. Leaves elliptic to trilobed, older leaves trilobed, has teat-like apices and round base. Flowers pink, tubular. Roots smooth, pale brown, main roots with thin, thread-like side roots.

-17.96255622.5600835
95377Ceratotheca sesamoides20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1742 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, along tar road between Divundu and Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11042

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 60 cm high. Stems erect, mostly unbranched, square, hairy. Leaves lanceolate, base lobed, venation below reticulate, with a large brown gland in each leaf axil. Flowers fairly small, tubular, maroon outside, inside pale pink with maroon venation. Plant has a pungent smell. White sandy loam. Occasional.

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93200Chamaecrista absus5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2895 S Rügheimer WIND
Frequent but restricted. Omuramba. Partial shade.Caprivi: Along road B8, to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31007

Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers single, orange. Leaves compound, consisting of 4 leaflets. Stems thin, erect, hairy. Pods green, flat, sickle-shaped, covered with glandular hairs.

-17.93277822.6686115
93134Cissampelos mucronata24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1819 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi strip, Rundu-Katima road, between Divundu and Omega.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41005

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Leaves alternate, cordate, felty, apex rounded or notched, mucronate. Stems trailing, many radiating from the centre, mostly unbranched, brown. Fruit small fleshy berries, red, round, sessile, in terminal leaf axils. Uncommon. On road verge.

-17.97500022.4833305
95484Cissampelos mucronata22 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1798 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, south of Omega 3, along Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2990

Climber; Notes: Climber, growing in fence. Leaves small, cordate, velvety, light green below, dark green above, apex pointed. Stems flexuous, twining around fence, pubescent, light green to brown. Flowers tiny, in terminal panicles, yellowish-green, hairy on the outside. Black clay. Rare.

-18.02722022.9619402
93145Diplorhynchus condylocarpon24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1822 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi strip, Rundu-Katima road, between Divundu and Omega.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41015

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1m tall. Leaves drooping, large, oval with a teat-shaped apex, shiny, green with yellow venation. Stems lax, thin, brown, with milky latex. White sand. Common.

-17.98333022.4600005
95493Diplorhynchus condylocarpon22 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1791 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, south of Omega 3, towards Botswanan border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2993

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Leaves drooping, large, oval, thinly textured, dark green, shiny, petiole long, slender, yellow. Stems brown, slender, sparsely branched from the base, with milky latex. No flowers or fruit. White sand. Common.

-18.00611022.9469402
95001Entada arenaria subsp. arenaria19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1713 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

40 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 40 cm high. Leaves large, compound, bipinnately divided, with 10 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets oblong, asymmetric, glabrous except on midvein, midvein displaced, apex notched. Stems short, light green. Pods large, very broad and flattened off, sickle shaped, light green, apex rounded, base tapering. Dry woodlands. White loamy sand. Uncommon.

-18.00111021.0591702
93093Erythrophleum africanum20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1753 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, Omega fire strip/ cutline.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31037

Shrub; Notes: Low shrubs up to 1 m high, with drooping foliage. Leaves compound, alternate, stipules present, leaflets large, oblong to rhombic, asymmetric, velvety, midrib displaced, light green below. Stems light brown, coppicing shoots velvety. Mixed shrubland and woodland. White sand. Common.

-17.98639022.1033305
93234Eulophia livingstoneana13 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 644 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: East of Chetto.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 0

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 0.75 m when in flower, growing among thorny thicket; rhizome horizontally elongate, much-branched, with dense fibrous roots. Leaves lanceolate. Inflorescence a raceme. Flowers 2 - 2.5 cm in diameter; perianth segments mauve-pink.

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93345Euphorbia hirta21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1160 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41017

Herb; Notes: Hairy, prostrate herb. Flower: head in leaf axils. Leaves: opposite, with brown centre, margin serrate.

-17.84639022.9063905
93347Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1164 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3; about 2km away from the main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 1017

1 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, about 1m high. Leaves: single. Flowers: yellow, tubular.

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95502Gloriosa superba22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1181 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Road Divundu - Kongola; at Omega, turn-off toward Botswana.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2972

0.5 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 0.5m high. Leaves: whorled, ovate, apex end in tendrils, base broadly tapering. Flower: bright orange/ yellow corolla in six whorled lobes; 6 stamen. Exposure: shade.

-18.00611022.9472202
93349Gloriosa superba21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1771 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, pan near Omega base camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41004

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m above ground. Stems floppy, unbranched, round. Leaves sessile, glossy green, lanceolate, tips transformed into tendrils. Flowers large, showy, held upside down like a lantern, tepals reflexed, red, yellow at the base filaments green. Black clay. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

-17.84972022.9066705
93153Gloriosa superba24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1217 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41009

Climber; Notes: Fleshy climber, on host Dialium. Leaves: whorled arranged, apex tendrillate. Flowers: red- orange, terminal.

-17.97944022.4675005
95448Grewia flavescens var. flavescens24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1231 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21033

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Stiff hairy shrub, 2m high. Leaves: papery, rough surface, margin dentate, base rounded, apex acute, alternate. Flowers: axillary, calyx yellowish, recurved, corolla yellow recurved, many stamens. Stem: round.

-18.00778022.4219402
94671Lannea discolor1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 730A S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site B 7, mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: 2 were collected before. Soft leaves.

-17.78889024.5069404
93367Lantana angolensis21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1766 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, along Rundu - Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4998

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, growing in shade under tree, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale purple, in a dense axillary spike, peduncles shorter than leaves, 1 - 3 cm long. Leaves opposite, ovate, thin, dark green above, white below. Stems square, hairy, herbaceous.

-17.88278022.8747205
93270Schinziophyton rautanenii5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2887 S Rügheimer WIND
Frequent. Full sun.Caprivi: Along road B8, between Divundu and Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31010

Many-stemmed shrub up to 3 m high. Leaves palmate, dark green above, light green below. Bark grey. Flowers and fruit absent.

-17.96750022.5144445
95016Strychnos cocculoides19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1714 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Trunk grey, covered with thick corky bark, longitudinally fissured. Leaves opposite, obovate to round, hairy above and below, 5 veins arising from the base, runnning parallel. Fruit round, hard, up to 5 cm in diameter, green with white speckles. Uncommon. Dry woodland, white loamy sand.

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93392Strychnos pungens22 Jan 2005D Lutombi
D Lutombi 102/05 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41029

2 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 1-2m high. Leaves are fascicled, elliptic, hairless, apex has thorn ending. Fruit: round.

-17.95194022.9097205
94548Tinospora afra1 Mar 1982MAN Müller
MAN Müller 1848 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Lusikili.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Tree; Notes: Twiner on trees and shrubs. Berries red when ripe.

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95021Tribulus terrestris19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1716 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

Herb; Notes: Prostrate annual herb. Flowers yellow, less than 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 7 - 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets small, densely hairy below, apex pointed. Fruit spiny, round, segmented. Stems prostrate to ascending, maroon to light brown. White sandy loam, limestone gravel, cleared roadverge. Common.

-18.00111021.0591702
95418Tribulus terrestris20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1743 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, along tar road between Divundu and Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11042

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems prostrate to ascending, sparsely covered with erect hairs. Flowers yellow, petals up to 1.2 cm long. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets densely hairy below. White loamy sand. Frequent.

-18.04250022.0030602


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