Records determined by Barbara Curtis

Determinations: 21

The following is a list of the records determined by Barbara Curtis 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
94308Anthocleista liebrechtsiana24 Feb 1982MAN Müller
MAN Müller 1714 S Bartsch BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo: Maningi Manzi, along the water edge.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C30

Tree; Notes: Trees up to 6 m high. Fruit in clusters.

-17.87500024.1250004
94377Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 677 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M8, near Chaka Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high. Older stems brown, younger ones green, all very stiff and woody. Leaves with 2 leaflets below a spine. Mopane woodland, sandy plain.

-17.85778024.4700004
94596Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 633 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: 4 km NE of Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Simple stem about 2 cm in diameter, with short lateral branches low down. Branches very stiff. Stem greenish, stiff succulent. Sessile leaves green, concolorous, in whorls. Spiny. Mopane woodland. Corr. nom.: SR 01.2008.

-17.82250024.6019404
94597Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata var. obovata24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 614 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

2.5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2.5 m high. Untidy, with pods. Medium brown stems with conspicuous white lenticels. Flowers on ends of lateral shoots. All branches turning upwards. Leaves held erect, slightly paler below, obovate. Flowers pale pink with a yellow spot in throat. Lean flowers with protruding stamens. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

-17.80889024.5388904
94601Bobgunnia madagascariensis22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 601 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Rough, longitudinally fissured bark. Stem, petioles and petiolules hairy. Stems green, flecked with white lenticels. Leaves and leaflets hang down, 1-3 pairs of leaflets and terminal one. 2 large stipules at leaf bases. Thick hairy petioles. Leaflets sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate. Leaves alternate. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

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94633Dichrostachys cinerea25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 631 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site, at edge of pan.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 4 m - edge of pan. Young pods. Common in places. Mopane woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94637Diplorhynchus condylocarpon27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 681 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, up to 2 m high, with very soft, floppy branches and hanging leaves. Branches reddish brown with white lenticels. Leaves opposite. Milky latex. Bright green. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

-17.80889024.5388904
94845Flacourtia indica9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1424 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m tall. Stems: smooth, light brown with sharp spines. A single sharp spine at base of most leaves. Leaves: circular, velvety. Fruit: a round berry about 5 mm long, with a ring of persistent calyx at apex.

-17.78330025.2075005
94650Friesodielsia obovata1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 732 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B7, Mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

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93997Gloriosa superba4 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 785 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Campsite.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Notes: Spiny green leaves curling at tips. Flowers orange with yellow edges to petals.

-17.50000024.3600005
94853Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1429 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island - Eastern end of Island. Rocky hill.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Others were taller. Trunk: very smooth, shiny, silver tinged with bronze. Leaves: clustered terminally, soft, pendulous, velvety, distinctly discolorous, cordate. Herby smell. Rocky hills. Locally common.

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94524Kirkia acuminata1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 716 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B4, Burkea woodland just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Single, erect stem. Reddish brown. Leaves concolorous, smooth, soft. Hanging down.

-17.74194024.5250004
94864Kirkia acuminata8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1395 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. At lodge buildings.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Stem: rough, silvery. Leaves: whorled at ends of branches. Leaflets: small. Flowers: small, with 4 creamy petals and 4 stamens, in sprays on a long peduncle, arising away to leaves.

-17.78330025.2075005
94881Phoenix reclinata7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1380 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island, riverine..2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Leaves: long, up to 1.5 m (just the tip sampled). Clusters of oval green fruits on yellow green stalks, hanging down.

-17.78330025.2075005
94699Schinziophyton rautanenii25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 651 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B3, next to tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m high. A few very green fruit on. Palmate leaves. Discolorous. Burkea woodland.

-17.77611024.5969404
94701Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 612 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94764Securidaca longepedunculata5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1334 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D4 0

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Stem: 4 thin, smooth grey stems, all growing together. Flowers: mauve/lilac. Fruit/seed: new pods reddish/green. Someone has dug a hole around the trunk and the tree is leaning.

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94768Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica26 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 662 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site S1, floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

Tree; Notes: Large tree > 20 m high, with dark green leaves, pale and hairy below. Leathery. Bark dark and fissured.

-17.87806024.7580604
94910Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1379 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m tall, riverine. Stems: smooth, grey. New growth velvety. Leaves: with marked pulvinus, sometimes paripinnate, sometimes imparipinnate. Petiole up to 15 cm long, velvety. Rachis velvety. Petiolules thick. Leaflets smooth, dark green above, yellow green and velvety below with marked venation. Fruit: ovoid, green, velvety, with 6 segments demarcated by grooves.

-17.78330025.2075005
94731Ximenia afra var. afra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 604 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, 4 m high. Smooth grey bark. Leaves on young branches very downy, short spines at base of leaves. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94914Ximenia americana var. microphylla9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1425 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

180 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 180 cm tall, 2 m in diameter. Stems: brown to green. Leaves: blue-green, folded up along midrib, clustered on spiny lateral shoots. Fruit: oval, pendulous.

-17.78330025.2075005


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