Records made by Giess

Records: 35

The following is a list of the records made by Giess 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
95026 Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus 23 Apr 1977 JWH Giess
MAN Müller
MAN Müller 520 WIND
Growing in sandy soil. Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Roman Catholic Mission - Station Island, next to camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Twiner in trees. Leaves pinnate. Pods are bearing red beans with black spot.

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95043 Adenostemma afrum 26 Apr 1977 JWH Giess
MAN Müller
MAN Müller 506 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara; R.C. Mission Station Camp, in black sandy soil. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Herb; Notes: Herbs growing in running stream. Flowers in heads, white.

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95044 Aerva leucura 16 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11425 JWH Giess WIND
Caprivi: At Dikundu (19,2 kilometres south of Andara] on harvested mahango field. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Rich, grey-black soil.

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95047 Albizia harveyi 16 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11435 JWH Giess WIND
Caprivi: In the omuramba at Dikundu (19.2 km south of Andara). 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Tree; Notes: Regrowth from felled tree.

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95057 Ansellia africana 10 Nov 1965 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 8237 WIND
Kunene, Opuwo District: Fruiting specimen of WG & H.J. Wiss 3270 - Live plants from Otjihangasema - Epupa, October 1960. Andara. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Lower lip pointed, boat shaped folded and margin very crenulate. Flower coloue intensier that at Andara. Plants fruiting in hort WG, Windhoek.

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95058 Antidesma rufescens 23 Apr 1977 JWH Giess
MAN Müller
MAN Müller 525 WIND
Caprivi: Andara. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Tree; Notes: Single-stemmed tree with bright green leaves. Fruits in clusters. Growing in shade of Ficus species.

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95059 Antidesma venosum 22 Apr 1977 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 14884 JWH Giess WIND
Caprivi: At Andara. West of Okavango. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Low spreading shrub on rocks. 1 m high. Fruit round, red to black. Rocky bank.

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95076 Boerhavia diffusa 1 Nov 1983 JWH Giess
O Köhler
O Köhler 16023 M Struwig WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

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95077 Bonatea steudneri 23 Apr 1977 JWH Giess
MAN Müller
MAN Müller 519 JC Manning WIND
Caprivi: Andara; Roman Catholic Mission Station - next to camp, sandy soil, in shade of trees. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

75 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb with underground tubers, 75 cm high.

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95086 Cassytha filiformis 24 Apr 1977 JWH Giess
MAN Müller
MAN Müller 552 WIND
Caprivi: Andara Roman Catholic Mission: camp on Island close to camp, on sandstone koppie. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Parasite; Notes: Parasite growing on fig trees and other weeds growing close to water edge. Flowers (white) as well as fruits whitish. 0,75 cm in diameter.

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95089 Cissampelos mucronata 9 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 202 WIND
Caprivi: GRN/CA Popafalls banks and islands of the Okavango. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Winding, up to 3 m long. Flowers yellow-green.

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95091 Cleome iberidella 8 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 1947 WIND
Caprivi: Grootfontein - North/Caprivi Strip district. Andara, banks and islands of Okavango River. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Flowers pink, markings yellow with crimson lines.

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95102 Combretum zeyheri 11 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11342 JWH Giess WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Dikundu, 19.5 km south of Andara, not far from the Dikundu Omuramba. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Shrub or tree.

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95236 Cyperus dubius var. dubius 10 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 2057 P Vorster WIND
Caprivi: Andara, area around rest camp. Grootfontein - north. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 165:37 (1967).

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95133 Dialium englerianum 15 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11403 JWH Giess WIND
Caprivi: Andara. At Dikundu, 19.5 km South of Andara. In dry forest. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Tree; Notes: Tree up to 10 m high. Young twigs used as toothbrushes by bushmen.

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95147 Distephanus divaricatus 14 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11373 WIND
Caprivi: At Dikundu, 19,5 km south of Andara. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Dry woodland. Small tree, 4 m high. Bark grey, very corky.

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95159 Erythrophleum africanum 10 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 2039 WIND
Caprivi: Andara, in the vicinity of rest camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Tree; Notes: Slender tree, about 8 m high. Quoted in: Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 59:14 (1967) & Flora of Southern Africa 16,2: 12(1977).

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95160 Ethulia conyzoides subsp. conyzoides 8 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 1965 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: GRN/CA: Andara, on riverbank and islands of Okavango. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: It stands in water and the flowers are light purple in colour.

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95182 Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii 22 Jan 1969 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 10556 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Dikundu, south of Andara. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Bulbs received from Prof. Dr. O. Khler for identification purposes. Veldkos of bushmen. Knolle with light, fibreous outer layer and numerous new bulbs, which are up to pea-size. Erect plant, up to 60 cm high. Flowers sulphur yellow, with very fine red stripes, which are unconspicuous. Bulbs were received in October 1968. Khwe-name: /on.

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95186 Grewia flavescens var. flavescens 18 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11454 JWH Giess WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: In riverine woodland of omuramba at Otjikundu (19.2 km south of Andara). 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Up to 2 m high shrub with angular stems and branches. Berries single or in pairs.

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95084 Mystroxylon aethiopicum 4 Oct 1966 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 9536 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: At Kake (camp), 20 km east of Andara on Kavango banks. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Many stemmed, thornless tree, 12 m crown diameter and height of 10 m, branched from the base. Bark grey-black.

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95254 Nymphaea lotus 8 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 1945 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara: banks and 'inseln' of Okavango. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

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95255 Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea 11 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 2103 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Omuramba and vleys 35 - 40 miles west of Andara. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Flowers white - blueish. Margin dentate, undersurface green. Sheet 1 of 2103.

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95272 Parinari curatellifolia 10 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 2067 WIND
Caprivi: Andara, near rest camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

15 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree 15 m high.

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95283 Persicaria decipiens 8 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 1967 WIND
Caprivi: Grootfontein North/Caprivi Zipfel. Andara, banks and islands of Okavango. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Plants growing in water, flowers almost white. Corr. nom.: S. Rgheimer 5.2007.

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95231 Philenoptera violacea 15 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11397 JWH Giess WIND
Caprivi: At Dikundu, 19.5 km south of Andara. Dry woodland. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

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95288 Piliostigma thonningii 16 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11415 JWH Giess WIND
Caprivi: Andara. At Dikundu, 19.2 km South of Andara on ploughed Mahango field. On grey-black loamy soil. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Multi-stemmed plant, up to 1.80 m high. Shoots from tree stump.

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95291 Polycarpaea corymbosa 8 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 1969 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Grootfontein North district. Andara, banks and islands of Okavango. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Sepals white, lower ones pink.

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95296 Pseudognaphalium luteo-album 23 Apr 1977 JWH Giess
MAN Müller
MAN Müller 526 WIND
Caprivi: Andara Roman Catholic Mission Station, on island next to camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Growing between sandstone rocks in black sandy soil.

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95314 Securidaca longepedunculata 14 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11372 JWH Giess WIND
Caprivi: Andara. At Dikundu, 19.5 km South of Andara. In dry woodland. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Shrubby plant.

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95317 Senna occidentalis 8 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 1960 WIND
Caprivi: GRN/CA district. Andara, banks and islands of Okavango river. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Half shrub. Flowers golden yellow.

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95331 Strychnos cocculoides 10 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 2040 WIND
Caprivi: Andara, near rest camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Tree; Notes: Tree up to 6 m high. Fruits 12 - 14 cm in diameter.

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95332 Strychnos pungens 10 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 2041 WIND
Caprivi: Andara, near rest camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Tree or shrub, up to 4 m high.

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95334 Stylosanthes fruticosa 10 Mar 1958 JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller 2060 WIND
Caprivi: Andara, close to proximity of rest camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

40 cm high; Notes: Plant a sub-shrub, 40 cm tall. Flowers yellow.

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95359 Vangueriopsis lanciflora 12 Jun 1971 JWH Giess
JWH Giess 11353 S Schubert WIND
Caprivi: At Dikundu (19.2 km south of Andara). At bank of Omuramba close to the waterhole. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

1 m high; Notes: 1 m high.

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