The following is a list of the records made by Giess in species name order.
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| No | Species | Record date | Recorder(s) | Coll. | Det. | Conf. | Herbaria | Habitat | Location | Loc code(s) | Outing code | Planted code | Country | QDS | Grid ref. | FZ Div | Alt. (m) | Notes | Lat | Long | Loc Acc Code |
| 95026 | Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus | 23 Apr 1977 | JWH Giess MAN Müller |
MAN Müller 520 | WIND |
Growing in sandy soil. | Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Roman Catholic Mission - Station Island, next to camp. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Twiner in trees. Leaves pinnate. Pods are bearing red beans with black spot. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95043 | Adenostemma afrum | 26 Apr 1977 | JWH Giess MAN Müller |
MAN Müller 506 | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara; R.C. Mission Station Camp, in black sandy soil. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Herb; Notes: Herbs growing in running stream. Flowers in heads, white. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95044 | Aerva leucura | 16 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11425 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Caprivi: At Dikundu (19,2 kilometres south of Andara] on harvested mahango field. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | 60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Rich, grey-black soil. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95057 | Ansellia africana | 10 Nov 1965 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 8237 | WIND |
Kunene, Opuwo District: Fruiting specimen of WG & H.J. Wiss 3270 - Live plants from Otjihangasema - Epupa, October 1960. Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Lower lip pointed, boat shaped folded and margin very crenulate. Flower coloue intensier that at Andara. Plants fruiting in hort WG, Windhoek. |
2 | |||||||||
| 95061 | Asparagus racemosus | 20 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11460 | AA Mauve | WIND |
Caprivi: In omuramba at Dikundu (19,2 south of Andara). | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Climber, more than 1 m high winding in bush. Petals very narrow (0,5 mm) white with reddish veins. Sweet scent. Fruit up to 7 mm diameter, more or less inconspicuously tri-lobed, 2 lobes not completely developed. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95076 | Boerhavia diffusa | 1 Nov 1983 | JWH Giess O Köhler |
O Köhler 16023 | M Struwig | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | -18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95077 | Bonatea steudneri | 23 Apr 1977 | JWH Giess MAN Müller |
MAN Müller 519 | JC Manning | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara; Roman Catholic Mission Station - next to camp, sandy soil, in shade of trees. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | 75 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb with underground tubers, 75 cm high. |
2 | ||||||||
| 95079 | Burnatia enneandra | 11 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2088 | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Vleys 35 - 40 miles west of Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Flowers whitish. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95086 | Cassytha filiformis | 24 Apr 1977 | JWH Giess MAN Müller |
MAN Müller 552 | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara Roman Catholic Mission: camp on Island close to camp, on sandstone koppie. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Parasite; Notes: Parasite growing on fig trees and other weeds growing close to water edge. Flowers (white) as well as fruits whitish. 0,75 cm in diameter. |
0.000000 | 0.000000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95089 | Cissampelos mucronata | 9 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 202 | WIND |
Caprivi: GRN/CA Popafalls banks and islands of the Okavango. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Winding, up to 3 m long. Flowers yellow-green. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95104 | Commelina erecta | 5 Apr 1978 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 15063 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Prostrate to upright. Shoots to 50 cm long. Sheaths often very small in leaf axils. Terminal sheaths round, boat-like. Flowers blue. Live plant together with Eulophobia sp. from Andara. Flowers in garden of W. Giess, Windhoek. Corr. nom.: SB 8.2003. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95122 | Cyclosorus interruptus | 22 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11526 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara. On riverbank of side-arm of Okavango at Andara Mission Station. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | pteridophyte; Notes: Fronds up to 60 cm long. Growing in or nearly in water. Common. Corr. nom.: E. Klaassen 23.07.07 |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95123 | Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius | 14 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11377 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Caprivi: In omuramba Dikundu at Dikubdu, 19.5 km south of Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Graminoid; Notes: Tufted grass up to 1.20 m high. Very common. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95126 | Cyperus difformis | 11 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2085 | WIND |
Caprivi: Omurambas and vleys 35 - 40 miles west of Andara.Grootfontein - north. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | -18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||||
| 95236 | Cyperus dubius var. dubius | 10 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2057 | P Vorster | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara, area around rest camp. Grootfontein - north. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 165:37 (1967). |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95147 | Distephanus divaricatus | 14 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11373 | WIND |
Caprivi: At Dikundu, 19,5 km south of Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | 4 m high; Tree; Notes: Dry woodland. Small tree, 4 m high. Bark grey, very corky. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95154 | Eragrostis patens | No date | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2006 | WIND |
Caprivi: Caprivi Strip. Road Andara to Bagani. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Graminoid; |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95159 | Erythrophleum africanum | 10 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2039 | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara, in the vicinity of rest camp. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Tree; Notes: Slender tree, about 8 m high. Quoted in: Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 59:14 (1967) & Flora of Southern Africa 16,2: 12(1977). |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95160 | Ethulia conyzoides subsp. conyzoides | 8 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 1965 | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: GRN/CA: Andara, on riverbank and islands of Okavango. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: It stands in water and the flowers are light purple in colour. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95174 | Floscopa glomerata subsp. glomerata | 23 Apr 1977 | JWH Giess MAN Müller |
MAN Müller 504 | MAN Müller | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara Roman Catholic Mission, Station camp, in black sandy soil. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Herb; Notes: Slender, upright growing herb, growing in running water/stream, forming runners on the water. Flowers purple. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95196 | Heteropogon contortus | 16 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11433 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Caprivi: At Dikundu (19.2 km south of Andara) on harvested mahangu field. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Graminoid; Notes: Heavy grey-black clay soil. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95205 | Hyparrhenia filipendula | 16 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11440 | HH Kolberg | WIND |
Caprivi: In omuramba at Dikundu (19.2 km south of Andara). | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Graminoid; Notes: Up to 1.30 m high tufted grass in small stands. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95207 | Hyperthelia dissoluta | 16 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11409 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Clay, grey-black ground. | Caprivi: At Dikundu (19.2 km south of Andara, on haversted mahangofield). | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Perennial. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||
| 95208 | Imperata cylindrica | 15 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11392 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Caprivi: At Dikundu, 19.5 km south of Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Graminoid; Notes: Dry woodland. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95223 | Lagarosiphon cordofanus | 11 May 1905 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2096 | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara. Grootfontein-north: Omuramba on vleys, 35 - 40 miles west of Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | -18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||||
| 95254 | Nymphaea lotus | 8 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 1945 | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara: banks and 'inseln' of Okavango. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | -18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||||
| 95255 | Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea | 11 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2103 | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Omuramba and vleys 35 - 40 miles west of Andara. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Flowers white - blueish. Margin dentate, undersurface green. Sheet 1 of 2103. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95268 | Panicum heterostachyum | 23 Apr 1977 | JWH Giess MAN Müller |
MAN Müller 508 | R Kubirske | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara, Roman Catholic Mission Station Camp. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | 30 cm high; Graminoid; Notes: In black sandy soil. Grass 30 cm high. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95272 | Parinari curatellifolia | 10 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2067 | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara, near rest camp. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | 15 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree 15 m high. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95283 | Persicaria decipiens | 8 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 1967 | WIND |
Caprivi: Grootfontein North/Caprivi Zipfel. Andara, banks and islands of Okavango. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Plants growing in water, flowers almost white. Corr. nom.: S. Rgheimer 5.2007. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95288 | Piliostigma thonningii | 16 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11415 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara. At Dikundu, 19.2 km South of Andara on ploughed Mahango field. On grey-black loamy soil. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Multi-stemmed plant, up to 1.80 m high. Shoots from tree stump. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95291 | Polycarpaea corymbosa | 8 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 1969 | WIND |
Okavango, Rundu District: Grootfontein North district. Andara, banks and islands of Okavango. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Sepals white, lower ones pink. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95296 | Pseudognaphalium luteo-album | 23 Apr 1977 | JWH Giess MAN Müller |
MAN Müller 526 | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara Roman Catholic Mission Station, on island next to camp. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Growing between sandstone rocks in black sandy soil. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95312 | Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus | 1 Nov 1978 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 13606 | DA Snijman | WIND |
Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Flowers in garden of W.Giess, Windhoek. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Peduncle 15 cm high, 3/4 without spots. Flowers bright red. |
2 | ||||||||
| 95317 | Senna occidentalis | 8 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 1960 | WIND |
Caprivi: GRN/CA district. Andara, banks and islands of Okavango river. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Notes: Half shrub. Flowers golden yellow. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | |||||||
| 95328 | Striga asiatica | 20 Jun 1971 | JWH Giess |
JWH Giess 11472 | JWH Giess | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara. In grass stand of the Omuramba at Dikundu (19.2 km south of Andara). | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | Herb; Notes: Small, up to 15 cm high,herb. Flowers very small, bright vermilion.Quoted in: Kew Bull. 41(1): 207 |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 | ||||||
| 95334 | Stylosanthes fruticosa | 10 Mar 1958 | JWH Giess H Merxmüller |
H Merxmüller 2060 | WIND |
Caprivi: Andara, close to proximity of rest camp. | 0 | Namibia (Caprivi Strip) | 1821A2 | 0 | 40 cm high; Notes: Plant a sub-shrub, 40 cm tall. Flowers yellow. |
-18.125000 | 21.375000 | 2 |