Records determined by Marianne Hochobes

Determinations: 29

The following is a list of the records determined by Marianne Hochobes 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
95481Bergia pentheriana22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 112 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B20

Creeper; Notes: Creeper-like plant. Stems covered in hard hair. Leaves ovate and opposite with slightly serrate margins. Tiny pink flowers with 5 petals, 6 stamens and pink pistil, flowers sessile in leaf axils. Common, grows in omuramba in clay soil.

-18.02667022.9647202
93201Chloris virgata5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes 1949 MM Hochobes WIND
Common. Growing in seasonally waterlogged plain, in hard calcrete. Shade. Roadside.Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3912

Erect grass 30 cm high. Branched at flattened nodes. Leaves very soft, folded from the base. Inflorescence a spike, it opens up when it gets wet.

-17.93305622.6686115
93082Corchorus tridens20 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1142 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road to Angola border, form Divundu-Kongola main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31152

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 20cm high. Flower: bright yellow. Leaves: single, ovate - elliptic, margin wavy.

-17.97806022.1036105
93217Cynodon dactylon5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes 1957 MM Hochobes WIND
Common. Woodland. Growing on plain in well-drained, calcrete soil. Full sun. Roadside.Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31007

Perennial grass, 40 cm high. Short nodes. Inflorescence digitate.

-17.93638922.6475005
93088Dioscorea quartiniana20 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1141 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going to Angola border, from Divundu-Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31152

Climber; Notes: Climbing herb. Inflorescence: a spike, cream in colour. Leaves: whorled, arranged around the stem.

-17.97806022.1036105
93225Eleusine indica5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes 1950 MM Hochobes WIND
Common. Woodland. Growing on seasonally waterlogged plain in hard calcrete soil. Full sun. Roadside.Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31012

Grass 40 cm high. Stem flattened, smooth towards the base. Ligule fringe of short hairs. Inflorescence digitate.

-17.93305622.6686115
95494Enicostema axillare subsp. axillare22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 116 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Along Namibia - Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2976

15 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Tiny herbaceous shrub, 10 - 15 cm high. Stem herbaceous and green, some are squared. Leaves sessile, linear, light grey in colour, velvety below and shiny on top. Flowers in a whorl in leaf axils, sessile, 5 linear petals fused into a tube and yellow centre. Rare. Grows in omuramba in white sandy soil.

-18.02611022.9577802
93336Enicostema axillare subsp. axillare21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1166 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3, 3km away from the main road; Divundu-Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41017

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 20cm high. Leaves: opposite. Flowers: appears in whorled arranged bracts, orange.

-17.84639022.9063905
93228Enneapogon cenchroides5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes 1945 MM Hochobes WIND
Common. Woodland. Growing on plain in well-drained, sandy soil. Full sun. Roadside.Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31010

Grass 70 cm high. Erect, smooth and stiff. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, blackish-green single spikelets.

-17.96777822.5311115
93338Entada arenaria subsp. arenaria21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1177 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: At Omega.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 1013

1 m high; Shrub; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex shrub, up to 1m high. Leaves: compound, whole plant smooth; leaflets sub-sessile, base asymmetric; petiole base thickened, stipitate gland present at the base. Pods green, flattened, broad, constricted between seeds.

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93428Erythrina baumii23 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1205 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Along Omega 3 - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1991

Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex plant. Stem: with hooked thorns. Leaves: opposite, tomentose, leathery, midrib undersurface with hooked thorns. Inflorescence: terminal raceme, flowers bright red. Filed at WIND as Erythrina decora but this is highly unlikely and the description rather fits E. baumii

-17.74944023.1569405
93152Gisekia africana24 Jan 2005H Haufiku
H Haufiku 36 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Katima-Kongola-Omega 3 road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41209

0.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 0.2 m high. Stem brown, erect, separate into 4 - 5. Leaves long, shiny. Flower pink. In sand soil along the roadside in grassland.

-17.97944022.4675005
95500Gisekia pharnaceoides var. pharnaceoides22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1184 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola main road; turn-off towards Botswana.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2972

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Leaves: linear. Flowers: purple, minute.

-18.00611022.9472202
95391Gisekia pharnaceoides var. pharnaceoides20 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1114 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going off the Divundu-Kongola road towards the Angola border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11044

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Flowers: purple, clustered, stamen more than 5. Leaves: linear-lanceolate, bicolourous. Stem: red.

-18.02861022.1033302
95503Gomphrena celosioides22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1197 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: At the Agriculture Office, Omega 3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B21028

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb, soft hairy. Leaves: obovate. Inflorescence: a terminal spike, white flowers.

-18.00278022.9550002
93155Guibourtia coleosperma24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1219 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41033

15 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 15m high. Leaves: paired and joined at the base where it is connected to the petiole, shiny green

-17.98333022.4600005
93357Hoslundia opposita22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 104 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4999

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Small shrub, 1 m high. Stems woody. Leaves opposite, obovate, velvety. Flowers carried on tips of plant, white petals. Grows in stony to sandy soil.

-17.90806022.9025005
93773Hoslundia opposita5 Mar 2006PF Horn
PF Horn Not known MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Near Kwando River, turn-off to Bum Hill campsite.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C40

Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, about 1 m high. Flowers small. Seed fleshy, orange.

-17.87500023.3750005
93097Hoslundia opposita20 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1138 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going to Angola border, from Divundu-Kongola main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31057

Shrub; Notes: Shrub with squared stem and tendrils. Inflorescence: terminal flowers white, minute. Leaves: whorled, margins dentate.

-17.96528022.1033305
93900Hyperthelia dissoluta17 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3063 MM Hochobes WIND
Occasional in marshland.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Tall marshland grass with untidy inflorescence, 1.6 m high. Inflorescence fanning out and in regular intervals along the culms. Spikelets with long brown wiry awns.

-17.69333324.1544445
95282Perotis patens4 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes 1942 MM Hochobes WIND
Occasional. Woodland. Growing on plain in well-drained, sandy soil. Full sun.Okavango, Rundu District: Divundu, Road D3497.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A21057

Erect grass, 60 cm high. Leaves basel, ovate, margins ciliate. Inflorescence a terminal spike, about 15 cm long.

-18.08027821.4275002
93916Pogonarthria fleckii17 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3058 MM Hochobes WIND
Frequent.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Small grass up to 40 cm high. Inflorescence a compact panicle, fish-bone like, purple, spherical if viewed from the top.

-17.69333324.1544445
93920Pterocarpus angolensis7 Nov 2004BJ Strohbach
BJ Strohbach 6074 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: 15Km out of Katima towards Kongola, near turn off to Mpache.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1 958

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Perennial tree, 4-6m high. Inflorescence: dense racemes, about 20cm long. Flower colour: yellow. Bark: smooth, seem to be flaking. Stem: single to multistemmed, ascending (upright). Slope: flat.

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93854Syzygium cordatum subsp. cordatum4 Sep 2006P Reiner
P Reiner 2006/A1 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Camp Kwando, at the banks of the Kwando river. 1756'32.8'S 2359'45.9'E0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D40

Tree; Notes: Trees 8 m high.

-17.94250023.9961105
93282Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma17 May 1966KL Tinley
KL Tinley 1446 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Western Caprivi Strip. Near Bwabwata camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Tree; Notes: Common small tree up to 20 feet tall in sandveld, normally on sand - loam soils. Savanna.

-17.87500022.6250005
95343Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma28 Jan 1959PJ Le Roux
PJ Le Roux 290 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Andara: East. Okavango.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

10 ft high; Tree; Notes: Grow as small tree 10 feet high in sandy ground. Very common. Flowers yellow; Fruit flat peal with one seed. Juice not milky. No haires on leaves or stems.

-18.12500021.3750002
93398Trachyandra arvensis21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1171 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 1013

0.5 m high; Herb; Notes: Smooth, many branched herb, 0.5m high. Flowers: yellow, corolla curved outwards.

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95532Waltheria indica22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1195 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Omega; at Namibia - Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2991

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Tomentose herb, 60cm high. Leaves: broadly ovate, margins dentate. Inflorescence axillary, flowers white, minute.

-18.02361022.9538902
93180Ximenia afra var. afra24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1215 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41055

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Tomentose shrub, 1m high. Leaves: alternate, tomentose, base tapering, apex emarginate, margin hairy.

-17.97472022.4833305


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