Records determined by Coleen Mannheimer

Determinations: 42

The following is a list of the records determined by Coleen Mannheimer 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
94774Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1402 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

250 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 250 cm high, with woody stems and twining upper branches. Leaves: very similar to 1403, but not hairy. Compound, leaflets oval, opposite, very slightly discolorous, mostly imparipinnate. Fruits: pods, clustered, brown and leathery, splitting to reveal oval red seeds with a black tip.

-17.78330025.2075005
94780Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha10 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1444 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

25 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 25 m tall. Single trunk, yellowish and somewhat powdery. Strong, paired, hooked thorns. Branches come out somewhat horizontally. Leaves large and feathery, with more than 15 pinnae pairs and a very large, squat, petiolar gland. Flowers: cream coloured, in long spikes. Fruits: pods papery - leathery, long and narrow, reddish brown.

-17.78330025.2075005
94584Acacia sieberiana var. woodii1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 742 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site A1, Mixed woodland near Sikanjabuka.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Yellowish green stems. Straight white thorns with darker tips.

-17.77694024.5038904
94375Albizia versicolor15 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1342 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

6 m high; Tree; Shrub; Notes: Tree or multistemmed shrub, 6 m high. Trunk yellowish with dark, rough areas. Leaves dark green above, lighter below, velvety. Leaflets large, almost rectangular, asymmetric. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

-17.95306024.4491704
94741Boscia integrifolia5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1327 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

4 m high; Tree; Shrub; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Stem: one thick central stem, but lots of others growing outward around it, rough, grey, young growth straw coloured. Leaves: very stiff and leathery, alternate to subopposite, badly eaten and infested. Very sharp tip. There are others - more suffrutex, but stiff stems.

-17.90861024.8388904
94807Capparis tomentosa9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1433 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

120 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 120 cm high. Stems: velvety, with very small prickles. Leaves: concolorous, velvety, especially below.

-17.78330025.2075005
94476Capparis tomentosa2 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1294 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Floodplain island on eastern floodplain, East Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 4 m tall, climbing into other trees. Stems green. Paired hooked thorns at nodes. Leaves velvety. Fruit globose, hanging down. Most species shaded.

-17.54333024.7388904
80229Chamaecrista falcinella var. parvifloraNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Red sandy plainOkonjima Lodge0Namibia2016D31638

-20.84493016.6493007
94627Crossopteryx febrifuga1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 740 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site B7, Mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

-17.78889024.5069404
93324Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1365 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: 141 km from Bagani bridge to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41033

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Leaves blue-green in colour. Ligule a fringed membrane, base cordate. Inflorescence terminal, spikelets clustered. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun in moist depression.

-17.87444022.8755605
93418Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius23 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1417 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Kongola Airstrip, in a westerly direction.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1998

grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a membrane. Leaf base cordate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Common, in full sun, in sandy soil.

-17.74972023.1594405
95488Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius22 Jan 2006S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1393 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Caprivi/Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2987

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass, blue-green in colour. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point, leaf base cordate. Ligule a membrane. Common, in damp clay soil of omuramba, in full sun.

-18.02583022.9675002
95440Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1443 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21021

grass; Notes: Tall tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

-18.00778022.4219402
95378Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1337 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11044

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Leaves linear, blue-green. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescencea spike. Spikelet awns twisted, black.

-18.05750022.1025002
93139Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1428 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41016

1.2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1.2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

-17.97583022.4833305
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
93992Erythrophleum africanum5 Oct 2001CJH Hines
CJH Hines 1119 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: On small track between Katima Mulilo and Kwena village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2930

Tree; Notes: Tree. Up to 8 m in height. Growing on deep dystrophic sands which are heavily leached. Flowers in axillary spikes (few in tree). Leaves pale green when young. Softly hairy. Common.

-17.65000024.3333305
94640Erythrophleum africanum24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 618 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high, with soft, hanging, bright green leaves. Uncommon. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

-17.80889024.5388904
94647Ficus verruculosa1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 720 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site A1. Mixed woodland near Sikanjabuka.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Shrub; Notes: Growing under Diospyros. Milky latex. Shrub, 1.6 m high.

-17.77694024.5038904
95576Fimbristylis complanata21 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 682 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: East Caprivi. Balelwa: on banks of channel.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

sedge; Notes: Tall, tufted sedge. Height: about 0.5 m high. Leaves relatively inconspicuous, grey-green to yellowish-green, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, linear, apex acute, basis persistent. Inflorescence: lax panicle with scorpioid branching; spikelets 6-8 mm, reddish brown; spikelets caducous.

-18.12500023.3750002
95643Fimbristylis complanata21 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 331 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Inkasa island: malapo on banks of Linyandi River.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B30

-18.37500023.6250002
94563Gisekia pharnaceoides var. pharnaceoides9 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 169 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Nsundwa?: South of Schuckmannsburg: - marshy plain along river.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb. Stems trailing, limp, slender but gibbose, terete, green to maroon-tinted, glabrous or with scattered, fine, white indumentum. Leaves opposite but normally tending to cluster, simple, sessile; lamina narrowly ovate to lanceolate, apex minutely apiculate, base cuneate, margin entire, somewhat revolute, midrib abaxially prominent, up to 40 x 30 mm, dull green to yellow-green to maroon-tinted, adaxially glabrous, abaxially with very sparse white adpressed indumentum. Flowers in axillary umbels, small, up to 3 mm in diameter; peduncle 2 - 45 mm long (usually elongating after flowering). Pedicel 4 - 10 mm long. Sepals 5, free, ovate, up to 3 x 1.5 mm, pink with hyaline margins. Petals lacking. Stamens 10; filaments pink; anthers cream-coloured. Common: especially in disturbed areas!.

-17.62500024.8750004
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
95589Hoslundia opposita21 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 678 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Balelwa - banks of channel.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

subshrub; Notes: Straggly subshrub, 1 m or more. Stems brittle, 4-angled, initially with short brown indumentum. Lamina ovate, 50 x 18 mm, gradually tapering, dark green, more or less glabrous, thinly textured, margin coarsely dentate. Inflorescence axillary/terminal panicle; branchlets opposite. Flower 8 mm long, bilabiate, yellow-cream.

-18.12500023.3750002
95648Hoslundia opposita6 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 637 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Nkasa Island - 'Chivumu' - on banks of pool.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B30

Herb; Notes: Perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Stems rigid, 4-angled; branchlets densely pubescent. Lamina ovate - elliptic, 50 x 20 mm, dark green, margin dentate, minutely pubescent. Inflorescence terminal panicle. Flowers 6 mm long; sepals fused, extending 2/3 of length.

-18.37500023.6250002
94419Hoslundia opposita4 Mar 2003CJH Hines
CJH Hines 1146 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: About 14 km south-east of Bukalo on the main Bukalo - Muyako road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C4940

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1.2 meters high. Growing on side of termitaria. Flowers in terminal clusters, white. Fruits when young green, hard. When mature bright orange with distinct fruit, softly fleshy. Area of mopane woodland with scattered termitaria, numerous small pans. Soils largely clays and clay loams, blackish.

-17.84639024.4438904
93157Hyperthelia dissoluta24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1427 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41016

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green 2 m high grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a sharp point. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Occasional.

-17.97583022.4833305
93438Hyperthelia dissoluta23 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1418 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Kongola Airstrip, in a westerly direction.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1998

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green in colour grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

-17.74972023.1594405
95399Hyperthelia dissoluta20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1335 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11027

grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate.

-18.04417022.0116702
94430Maerua angolensis5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1353 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

310 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, 310 cm tall, brown stems, lanceolate, velvety leaves. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

-17.93417024.4013904
94870Mimosa pigra7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1381 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 80 cm tall, riverine. Stems: reddish-brown, hairy, with tiny, hooked, scattered thorns. Rachis hairy, glandular, with paired thorns between pinnae. Flowers in pink balls. Pods: in clusters. Very hairy and glandular.

-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
94691Piliostigma thonningii28 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 698 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site GH2. Floodplain edge near Maunpa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

-17.89806024.7219404
95092Rotheca myricoides23 Dec 2003PF Horn
PF Horn Number unknown C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo District: near Mangamba - 2 km from tar road from Rundu to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

150 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Straight shrub, 150 cm high. Stems many, straight, thin, growing upwards. Bark glandular, light grey. Flowers light mauve/green, smooth, clustered. Uncommon, in well-drained sand in interdunal street, in open woodland.

-18.12500021.3750002
94891Sesbania sesban var. nubica7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1378 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. On side of Zambezi River.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Main stem brown, young stems green. Leaflets fairly large. Habitat: river bank.

-17.78330025.2075005
95412Setaria sphacelata25 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1454 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Track to Ncaute, from Mashare to Rundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11106

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, blue-green, 1 m high grass. Basal sheaths pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelet bristles yellow. Occasional.

-18.00500022.0750002
93452Setaria sphacelata23 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1413 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Kongola Airstrip, in a westerly direction.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1998

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 80 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, softly pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, bristles yellow. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

-17.74972023.1594405
93388Setaria sphacelata21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1366 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: 141 km from Bagani bridge to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41033

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, 1 m high, softly pubescent grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike, bristles yellow coloured. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun in moist depression.

-17.87444022.8755605
93114Setaria sphacelata20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1356 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31051

grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence a raceme, spikelets clustered.

-17.98194022.1036105
93117Sporobolus festivus20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1352 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31051

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 80 cm high grass. Leaves mainly basal. Inflorescence an open panicle, red tinged, delicate. Common.

-17.98194022.1036105
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
95622Ximenia afra var. afra31 Oct 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1248 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Lianshulu Lodge.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

360 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 360 cm tall. Spiny. Leaves soft, floppy, velvety. Fruit pendulent, ovoid.

0.0000000.0000002


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