Records determined by Rügheimer

Determinations: 37

The following is a list of the records determined by Rügheimer 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
93065Acacia ataxacantha20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1751 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, Omega fire strip/ cutline.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31037

Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, up to 1 m high. Flowers in a dense, elongated spike, cream, sweetly scented. Leaves compound, paripinnate, many pairs of leaflets, leaflets very fine, lamina long. Stems with black paired hooks, shoots pubescent, old stems dark brown, woody. Mixed woodland-shrubland. White sand. Common.

-17.98639022.1033305
93134Cissampelos mucronata24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1819 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi strip, Rundu-Katima road, between Divundu and Omega.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41005

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Leaves alternate, cordate, felty, apex rounded or notched, mucronate. Stems trailing, many radiating from the centre, mostly unbranched, brown. Fruit small fleshy berries, red, round, sessile, in terminal leaf axils. Uncommon. On road verge.

-17.97500022.4833305
95484Cissampelos mucronata22 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1798 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, south of Omega 3, along Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2990

Climber; Notes: Climber, growing in fence. Leaves small, cordate, velvety, light green below, dark green above, apex pointed. Stems flexuous, twining around fence, pubescent, light green to brown. Flowers tiny, in terminal panicles, yellowish-green, hairy on the outside. Black clay. Rare.

-18.02722022.9619402
95436Commelina africana24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1232 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21033

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 50cm high. Leaves: alternate, ovate-elliptic, folded in midrib, margin smooth; ligule fringed. Flowers: terminal, orange-yellow.

-18.00778022.4219402
93318Commelina africana22 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1784 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, south of Omega 3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41007

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 25 cm high. Flowers yellow, petals spatulate, 2-lobed, subtended by a falcate bract. Bract slit open to base, margins covered with erect hairs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, softly pubescent, ochna hairy, densely appressed to stem. White sand. Scattered under trees in shade.

-17.89778022.8933305
93321Corchorus tridens21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1779 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, Omega 3 base camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4994

Herb; Notes: Small annual herb, 5 - 10 cm high. Stems mostly unbranched, erect, herbaceous, light green, sparsely pubescent. Leaves linear, lamina long and narrow. Stipules very long and narrow, reddish. Flowers small, yellow, sessile, in pairs in the terminal leaf axils. Pods long, linear, narrow, split into 3 horns at the apex. Common but localized.

-17.85667022.9105605
93137Cryptolepis oblongifolia24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1823 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi strip, Rundu-Katima road, between Divundu and Omega.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41015

Climber; Herb; Notes: Climbing herb. Stems thin, brown, with milky latex, occasionally climbing. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green with yellowish venation, apex pointed. Fruit a horned pod, in pairs. Occasional. In woodlands under trees in partial shade. White sand.

-17.98333022.4600005
93322Cryptolepis oblongifolia21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1780 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, woodlands around Omega 3 Camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4998

Herb; Notes: Herb, 20 - 35 cm high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green, veins yellowish, apex pointed. Stems thin, dark brown, sometimes twining, with milky latex. Fruit immature, long, cylindrical. White sand. Common.

-17.88278022.8747205
93234Eulophia livingstoneana13 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 644 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: East of Chetto.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 0

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 0.75 m when in flower, growing among thorny thicket; rhizome horizontally elongate, much-branched, with dense fibrous roots. Leaves lanceolate. Inflorescence a raceme. Flowers 2 - 2.5 cm in diameter; perianth segments mauve-pink.

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93235Eulophia speciosa13 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 645 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: East of Chetto.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 0

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m high when in flower, growing within dense thorny shrubbery. Leaves elongate-ovate, bright green, glabrous. Inflorescence a raceme, unbranched. Flowers 30 mm in diameter; perianth segments golden yellow.

5
93345Euphorbia hirta21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1160 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41017

Herb; Notes: Hairy, prostrate herb. Flower: head in leaf axils. Leaves: opposite, with brown centre, margin serrate.

-17.84639022.9063905
95498Euphorbia inaequilatera22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1192 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Omega; at Namibia - Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2982

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb. Leaves: opposite, minute, green.

-18.02750022.9622202
95390Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1739 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, along tar road between Divundu and Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11042

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers small, blue with a white centre, one open at a time. Stems many from the base, thin, covered with erect hairs. Leaves sessile. Occasional on roadverge.

-18.04250022.0030602
93346Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1180 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola; at Omega, turn-off towards Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41024

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 30cm high. Flowers: single, blue in colour.

-17.90833022.9027805
93151Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides24 Jan 2005H Haufiku
H Haufiku 34 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Katima - Kongola roadside.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41055

0.3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 0.3 m high. Stem brown, erect. Leaves green with hair, elliptic. Flower single, blue. In sand soil along the roadside.

-17.97472022.4833305
93347Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1164 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3; about 2km away from the main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 1017

1 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, about 1m high. Leaves: single. Flowers: yellow, tubular.

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93349Gloriosa superba21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1771 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, pan near Omega base camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41004

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m above ground. Stems floppy, unbranched, round. Leaves sessile, glossy green, lanceolate, tips transformed into tendrils. Flowers large, showy, held upside down like a lantern, tepals reflexed, red, yellow at the base filaments green. Black clay. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

-17.84972022.9066705
95502Gloriosa superba22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1181 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Road Divundu - Kongola; at Omega, turn-off toward Botswana.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2972

0.5 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 0.5m high. Leaves: whorled, ovate, apex end in tendrils, base broadly tapering. Flower: bright orange/ yellow corolla in six whorled lobes; 6 stamen. Exposure: shade.

-18.00611022.9472202
93153Gloriosa superba24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1217 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41009

Climber; Notes: Fleshy climber, on host Dialium. Leaves: whorled arranged, apex tendrillate. Flowers: red- orange, terminal.

-17.97944022.4675005
94855Hibiscus articulatus13 Jan 1959DJB Killick
OA Leistner
DJB Killick OA Leistner 3363 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Herb; Notes: Occasional in grassland. Erect herb, 3 inches. Flowers white. Altitude about 3000 feet.

-17.78330025.2075005
93829Ipomoea biflora5 Mar 2006PF Horn
PF Horn Not known S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Near Kwando River, turn-off to Bum Hill camp site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D30

Notes: Annual twiner, with shiny leaves and small whitish flowers.

-17.87500023.6250005
93776Ipomoea dichroa5 Mar 2006PF Horn
PF Horn Not known S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Near Kwando River, turn-off from tar road to Bum Hill camp site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C40

Climber; Notes: Twining shrub, long branches, very hairy. Flowers 1 cm, light pink.

-17.87500023.3750005
93248Jacquemontia tamnifolia5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2896 S Rügheimer WIND
Partial shade.Caprivi: Along road B8 to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31007

Annual climber. Inflorescence in clusters. Calyx hairy. Flowers trumpet-shaped, blue, tube white. Leaves heart-shaped, sparsely hairy.

-17.93277822.6686115
94708Sopubia mannii var. tenuifolia28 Feb 1982MAN Müller
MAN Müller 1857 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Kalembeza. In open grassland - seasonally overflowed plains.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Perennial herbs, 50 cm high. Flowers pale pink with dark red throat.

-17.87500024.6250004
95016Strychnos cocculoides19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1714 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Trunk grey, covered with thick corky bark, longitudinally fissured. Leaves opposite, obovate to round, hairy above and below, 5 veins arising from the base, runnning parallel. Fruit round, hard, up to 5 cm in diameter, green with white speckles. Uncommon. Dry woodland, white loamy sand.

-18.00111021.0591702
95468Tacazzea apiculata11 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 8 S Rügheimer WIND
Occurs on a depression slope dry river/stream bed. Growing in moist loamy clay, in full sun. Biotic effect: recently burnt.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A20

Annual herb, 20 cm high. Stem slender, covered by silvery hair, light green below and dark brown to pink above, stem are runners. Leaves simple, dark green above, light green below, heavily covered by hair. Obovate to ovate leaf shape, with bristle-tip and round base. Roots fibrous system, dark grey to black.

-18.01711122.4777782
95021Tribulus terrestris19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1716 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

Herb; Notes: Prostrate annual herb. Flowers yellow, less than 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 7 - 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets small, densely hairy below, apex pointed. Fruit spiny, round, segmented. Stems prostrate to ascending, maroon to light brown. White sandy loam, limestone gravel, cleared roadverge. Common.

-18.00111021.0591702
95418Tribulus terrestris20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1743 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, along tar road between Divundu and Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11042

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems prostrate to ascending, sparsely covered with erect hairs. Flowers yellow, petals up to 1.2 cm long. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets densely hairy below. White loamy sand. Frequent.

-18.04250022.0030602
93404Waltheria indica21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1778 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, Omega 3 base camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4994

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 45 cm high. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, small, pale yellow. Leaves elongated-elliptic, felty. Stems erect. Common in disturbed areas.

-17.85667022.9105605
95024Waltheria indica19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1715 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, in dense axillary clusters. Leaves elongated ovate, felty. Stems erect. White limestone roadverge, cleared.

-18.00111021.0591702
93178Waltheria indica24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1818 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi strip, Rundu-Katima road, between Divundu and Omega.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41005

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 45 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow fading to rusty brown, in dense axillary clusters, calyx hairy. Leaves elongated ovate, felty, dark green, venation below reticulate. Stems herbaceous, felty. Common on road verges.

-17.97500022.4833305
95472Waltheria indica25 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1835 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi strip, between Omega and Divundu along tar road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821B21035

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, fading to rusty brown, in axillary clusters. Leaves alternate, elongate-elliptic, hairy. Stems erect, brown at the base, green upwards. Common on roadverge.

-18.03778021.9683302
95533Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 107 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2993

Creeper; Notes: Creepeing herbaceous plant. Yellow trumpet shaped flowers with 5 fused petals and light green sepals. Leaves near sessile, ovate and with entire to biserrate margins. Undersurface of leaves covered in bristle hair. Fruit a round capsule. Grows in well-drained soil on plain next to road.

-18.00611022.9469402
95422Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1741 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, along tar road between Divundu and Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11042

Herb; Creeper; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, corolla rotate, delicate. Leaves lanceolate with a 3-lobed base, green. Stems thin, creeping or twining. Capsules round. White loamy sand. Common on roadverge.

-18.04250022.0030602
95025Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1717 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Stip, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper or climber. Flowers yellow, trumpet shaped, single. Leaves lanceolate, with 3 teeth at the base, green. Stems filiform, prostrate or twining in grasses and herbs. Frequent. White sandy soil.

-18.00111021.0591702
93406Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia21 Jan 2005H Haufiku
H Haufiku 26 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3 area.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41023

0.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 0.2 m high. Stem erect, green. Leaves big, simple, green colour. Flower yellow. Fruits single, ball, white. In full sun in sand soil along the roadside.

-17.88278022.8747205
93179Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1816 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi strip, Rundu-Katima road, between Divundu and Omega.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41005

Creeper; Herb; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, funnel shaped. Leaves lanceolate, base 3-lobed. Capsules round. White limestone gravel. Common on road verge.

-17.97500022.4833305


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