Records determined by Maggs

Determinations: 11

The following is a list of the records determined by Maggs 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
95540Acacia sieberiana var. woodii6 Mar 1982MAN Müller
E Irish
MAN Müller 1983 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: Siambisso. Lianshulu, in vicinity of camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

Tree; Notes: Single stemmed trees up to 8 meter high. Stem has a typical yellow bark. Common in area.

-18.12500023.3750002
93943Acanthospermum hispidum5 May 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 423 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: Lisikili, south-east of Katima Mulilo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Herb; Notes: Bushy, annual herb, 30 cm high. Stems rigid, articulated, dichotomously branched, green-brown with dense, white, scabrous indumentum. Leaves opposite but often clustered, simple, subsessile; lamina obovate, apex acute, base cuneate, margin entire but sinuate, dull green, thinly textured both surfaces densely pubescent, persistent, up to 30 x 12 mm. Inflorescence solitary, axillary, subsessile, partially hidden by foliar leaves, 7-8 mm in diameter. Florets yellow, inconspicuous. Fruit a spiny achene. (Exotic - from Brazil = a weed in cultivated fields)

-17.62500024.3750005
93948Albizia versicolor28 Feb 1982MAN Müller
MAN Müller 1821 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: Next to main road, 20 km from Muyako on road to Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Single-stemmed tree 10 m high. Tree covered with green pods.

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94309Antidesma venosum24 Feb 1982MAN Müller
MAN Müller 1707 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo. Maningi Manzi, along the water edge.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C30

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Single-stemmed trees, 6 m high. Leaves underneath velvety-brown. Berries purple.

-17.87500024.1250004
95545Asystasia intrusa21 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 672 GL Maggs WIND
Growing on river/stream bank.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Balelwa: banks of channel.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

Annual herb. Stems brittle, with dense, white, curly indumentum. Leaves ovate, apex tapering and acute, ca. 40 x 20 mm, yellow-green, venation prominent, with dense, white, adpressed indumentum. Inflorescence axillary raceme. Flowers large, subsessile, up to 20 mm long and 18 mm long, petals cream-coloured, deep purple speckled in throat.

-18.07300023.3230002
93969Cleome hirta12 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 230 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: Forestry Reserve, west of Katima Mulilo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Herb; Notes: Erect, lanky, annual herb, up to m high. Stems rigid, terete yet deeply fluted, yellow-green, unbranched, with dense, short, straight white indumentum, glandular. Leaves alternate, 5-palmatisect; petiole short, up to 2 mm long, yellow, densely pubescent; lamina circular in broad outline, up to 2 x 2 cm; pinnae unequal, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, apex rounded to minutely apiculate, base cuneate, 4-20 x 0.5-2 mm dull olive-green, margin entire to revolute, dense white hispidullous indumentum on both surfaces, glandular. Flowers solitary but concentrated terminally, axillary, strongly descending, showy. Petals 5, free, posterior 2 much enlarged, obovate and narrowly clawed, pale pink with yellow and deep purple markings, 16 mm long. Stamens 10, well exerted. Fruit a capsule, falcate, 65-120 x 2-3 mm, apiculate, slightly flattened, green, pubescent, dehiscing along 2 seams. Seeds globose, dark-brown to black, 2 mm in diameter, verrucose.

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94497Distephanus divaricatus10 May 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 440 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: 30 Km south of Katima Mulilo on Bukalo Road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Creeper; Notes: Woody creeper. Young branchlets with dense, short, white, woolly indumentum, terete to angled and ribbed. Leaves spirally arranged, simple; Petiole stout, adaxially grooved, densely pulverulent, up to 10 mm long; lamina ovate to cordiform, ca. 60 x 45 mm, broadly tapering to acute apex, base rounded to cordate (narrowly curate down petiole), adaxially olive green, minutely / sparsely pubescent; adaxially silvery, venation prominent, densely pubescent. Capitula in scorpioid cymes ( = corymbs), ellipsoid, ca. 15 x 8 mm, homogenous, disc florets 10 - 12 mm long, 5 - merous. Stigma 5-branched, well-exerted. Pappus prominent, white, straight, about 10 mm long. Involucral bract 4-6-whorled, lanceolate-ovate, green, foliaceous with white, arachnoid pubescence. Growing in forest island on termite mound.

-17.62500024.6250004
94403Eulophia livingstoneana27 Feb 1982MAN Müller
MAN Müller 1810 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: Lake Liambezi, next to main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C4 0

Herb; Notes: Perennial herb with underground rhizomes. Forming dense stand.

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94522Kedrostis foetidissima6 May 1995GL Maggs
GL Maggs 224b GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: On way from Bukalo to Schuckmannsburg. On outskirts of big vlei with Sesbania and Ficus.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Creeper; Notes: Creeping on black soil. Only one plant seen. Tiny yellow flowers, round fruits: green when immature and orange/red when ripe. Fruits often in clusters. Leave rhombic shape, hard to the touch.

-17.62500024.6250004
95598Ochna pulchra subsp. pulchra2 Dec 1990GL Maggs
GL Maggs 898 GL Maggs WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Lisalimezi - mopane woodland.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Small tree, 4 m high. Sterile specimen-ethnobotanical voucher spec: munyelenyele (Lozi), good strong wood for making porridge sticks sghara (Kwe) oil extracted from seed kernels.

-18.12500023.3750002
94456Strychnos cocculoides22 Feb 1983MAN Müller
E Irish
MAN Müller E Irish 3176 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo. On main road to Liambezi from Bucalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

2.5 m high; Tree; Notes: Single-stemmed tree, 2.5 m high. Very sparse thorny (thorns in pairs).

-17.87500024.3750004


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