Collections made by Marianne Hochobes

Records: 27

The following is a list of the collections made by Marianne Hochobes in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Rwanda (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
93298 Albizia antunesiana21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1147 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; along Divundu-Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41023

20 cm high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 20m high, with fissured bark. Leaves: compound, opposite, leaflets oblique-asymmetric, bicolourous. Rachis and rachilla red.

-17.88278022.8747205
95482 Boerhavia diffusa22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1198 M Struwig WIND
Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kongola, Omega, at the Agriculture Office.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B21028

Herb, 0.10 m high. Leaves bicoloured, opposite, cordate, soft, margin hairy.

-18.02472022.9538902
93075 Chamaecrista mimosoides20 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1122 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going to Angola border from Divundu-Kongola main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31062

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 20cm high, with yellow flowers on long pedicels.

-17.99444022.1033305
93201 Chloris 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
93078 Coccinia adoensis20 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1137 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going to Angola border, from Divundu-Kongola main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31057

Climber; Notes: Climber with leaves palmately lobed, margins dentate, soft tendril attached at petiole base. Flowers: light orange, hairy inside.

-17.96222022.1033305
95436 Commelina 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
93319 Commelina benghalensis21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1151 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; Divundu-Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41023

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 30cm high. Flowers: blue. Leaves: elliptic - lanceolate.

-17.88278022.8747205
95487 Cyanotis longifolia22 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1186 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Divundu-Kongola main road; at Omega, turn-off towards Botswana.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2972

10 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 10cm high. Leaves: linear long. Flowers: purple-blue, stamen blue, hairy, anthers yellow.

-18.00611022.9472202
94998 Cyanotis longifolia19 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1070 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; Divundu - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11092

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Soft woolly herb, 50cm high. Flowers: filaments blue in colour and tomentose, anthers yellow. Leaves: linear, folded in the midrib.

-18.00111021.0591702
93088 Dioscorea 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
93225 Eleusine 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
93343 Erythrophleum africanum21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1176 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Omega 3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41013

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 5m high. Leaves: compound, opposite, leaflets sub-opposite arranged, tomentose, subsessile. Fruit: green, legume, leathery, constricted at seeds.

-17.85556022.9108305
93150 Erythrophleum africanum24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1222 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41033

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Leaves: compound, tomentose, opposite leaflets.

-17.98333022.4600005
93345 Euphorbia 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
95391 Gisekia 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
95500 Gisekia 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
93153 Gloriosa 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
95502 Gloriosa 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
95503 Gomphrena 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
93097 Hoslundia 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
95458 Neorautanenia mitis24 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1239 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A2991

50 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 50cm high. Leaves: trifoliate, leathery, obovate. Flowers: terminal, mauve.

-18.01889022.3066702
93107 Neorautanenia mitis20 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1134 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going to Angola border, from Divundu-Kongola main road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31057

0.5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, 0.5m high. Flowers: deep blue. Leaves: trifoliate, terminal leaflet larger than the other two.

-17.96528022.1033305
93256 Panicum maximum5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes 1953 MM Hochobes WIND
Occasional. Woodland. Growing in seasonally waterlogged plain in calcrete soil. Full sun. Roadside.Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31012

Erect grass, 1 m high. Stem thick, 1 cm in diameter, hairy at the nodes. Inflorescence paniculate, first row of the inflorescence whorled, other alternately arranged. Spikelets purplish.

-17.93305622.6686115
95282 Perotis 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
93382 Piliostigma thonningii21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1148 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; along Divundu-Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41023

12 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 12m high, leaves very big, deep lobed at the apex, base auriculate, 4 main veins going out from the base on each leaflet; petiole thickened at the base.

-17.88278022.8747205
93401 Vigna frutescens subsp. frutescens var. frutescens21 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes 1157 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; Divundu-Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41023

Climber; Notes: Climbing herb, with rough surface. Flowers: on a long petiole, bright purple. Leaves: trifoliate, leaflet base palmately lobed; petiole base stipulate.

-17.88278022.8747205
93180 Ximenia 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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