The following is a list of the records made by Giess in species name order.
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No | Species | Record date | Recorder(s) | Coll. | Det. | Conf. | Herbaria | Habitat | Location | Loc code(s) | Outing code | Planted code | Country | QDS | Grid ref. | FZ Div | Alt. (m) | Notes | Lat | Long | Loc 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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
2 | |||||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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 | -18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
2 | ||||||||
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. |
0.000000 | 0.000000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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). |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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). |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
2 | ||||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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 | -18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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 | -18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
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. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 |