Records determined by Marianne Hochobes

Determinations: 22

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
93949Alternanthera sessilis9 Nov 1982MAN Müller
MAN Müller 3002 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Maningi manzi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Notes: Prostrate herb, growing at waters edge.

-17.62500024.3750005
93733Chamaecrista absus5 Mar 2006PF Horn
PF Horn Not known MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Near Kwando River, at turn-off to Bum Hill campsite.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C40

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Stems hairy. Leaves composite, shiny green. Flowers 1 cm, yellow. Thick clusters of seed pods, brown, hairy with black seed, 2 cm.

-17.87500023.3750005
93075Chamaecrista 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
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
94994Cleome hirta19 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch 1718 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip, along Rundu-Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 - 60 cm high. Flowers pastel purple with dark purple stripes, in terminal racemes. Leaves alternate, palmate, with 5 - 7 leaflets, leaflets linear, long. Stems erect, green, glandular, round, mostly unbranched. Whole plant sticky glandular, with a pungent smell. Frequent on roadverge.

-18.00111021.0591702
93078Coccinia 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
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
93896Erythrophleum africanum7 Nov 2004BJ Strohbach
BJ Strohbach 6073 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: About 5km out of Katima towards Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1959

Climber; Notes: Perennial climber, 5-8m. Leaves: compound, drooping, velvety. Bark: young branches velvety. Stem: ascending (upright). Slope: flat. Sap: none. Smell of crushed leaf: none.

-17.58806024.2291705
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
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
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
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
93107Neorautanenia 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
95458Neorautanenia 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
93256Panicum 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.

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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
93401Vigna 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
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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