Records made by de Winter

Records: 27

The following is a list of the records made by de Winter 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
95046 Albizia antunesiana 23 Feb 1956 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4816 WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi side of river near Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

10 ft high; Tree; Notes: Open woodland on deep sand. Small tree 10 feet, rare. Mbukushu name: muto. Quoted in: Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 58:14 (1967).

-18.125000 21.375000 2
95048 Albizia versicolor 13 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4237 WIND
Caprivi: Shitangadimba Camp at Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

20 ft high; Tree; Notes: Tree 20 feet with spreading crown. Pods pendulous green. Sandy soil. Quoted in: Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 58:14 (1967).

-18.125000 21.375000 2
95063 Asystasia intrusa 9 Jan 1956 B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4185 WIND
Growing in shade of dry Baikiea, Terminalia, Acacia forest in reddish sandy soil. Okavango, Rundu District: Some 5 miles east of Nyangana Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A1 0

Herb, 0.30 m high. Flowers cream with purple markings on lower lip.

-18.073000 21.223000 2
95080 Capparis tomentosa 17 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4296 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Island Tahus opposite Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Shrub; Notes: Scandent woody shrub with grey-green leaves and large globular fruits and small hooked thorns. Leaves and roots pounded and put in meat to poison lions. Sandy soil.

-18.125000 21.375000 2
95088 Chamaecrista mimosoides 25 Jan 1956 B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4423 WIND
Caprivi: Omuramba Mahango between Bagani and Bechuanaland border. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Herb; Notes: Blackish sandy loam in omuramba bed. Small annual herb with cream-yellow flowers.

-18.125000 21.375000 2
94479 Chloris gayana 13 Feb 1969 B de Winter
B de Winter 9156 WIND
Caprivi: 17 miles east of Katima Mulilo, Caprivi. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1724D1 0

Graminoid; Notes: Erect perennial, tufts on edge of bush group. Grey sandy loam. Altitude: between 1000 - 1500 feet.

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94993 Cissampelos mucronata 27 Jan 1956 B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4451 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Dense bush on sandy flats round small pan 5 m south of Shamvura down fire-break. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A1 0

Notes: Climber twining in shrubs. Leaves hairy. Buds cream.

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95105 Commicarpus plumbagineus 24 Feb 1956 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4843a WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

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95111 Crossopteryx febrifuga 22 Feb 1956 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4797 GOE Launert WIND
Caprivi: Andara. On Caprivi side of Okavango River near Andara Mission Station. On outcrops of metamorphosed sandstone. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

30 ft high; Tree; Notes: Tree 30 feet high. Bark roughish. Mbukushu: 'Murombe'.

-18.125000 21.375000 2
95121 Cyanotis foecunda 23 Feb 1956 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4828 WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi side of river at Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Herb; Notes: Small herb with blue flowers. Petals, 3 stamens bearded at apex. In shade of trees in soil rich in humus. Mbukushu: 'Uvuro'.Quoted in:FSA 4,2:56 (1985) as Cyanotis foecunda Hassk. by Obermeyer & Faden. Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 157:10 (1967).

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95235 Cyperus cyperoides 21 Jan 1956 B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4364 P Vorster WIND
Caprivi: Island Shamapi west of Kak Camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Herb; Notes: Soft green herb in forest. Sandy soil.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 165:38 (1967).

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95129 Cyperus papyrus 13 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4230 WIND
Caprivi: On islands in Okavango River at Andara. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

8 ft high; Notes: 8 feet high, growing along edge of river. Soft white base of stem eaten raw. Sandy soil.Quoted in:Mitt. der Bot. Staatssammlung Mnchen 111 : 521 (11:1960) as new for S.W.A.

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95130 Cyperus pectinatus 27 Feb 1956 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4888 WIND
Caprivi: Diyona Camp 2 m east of Nyangana Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

sedge; Notes: Leafless sedge with yellow-green clusters of spikes. Diriko:- 'Shininge'. Collective name for many plants growing on floating islands of Typha Cyperus and many other plants.Quoted as new for S.W.A.in Mitteilungen der Bot. Staatssammlung Mnchen 111:521 (11:1960).

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95142 Dioscorea quartiniana 16 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4280 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Twiner with attracting cream spikes of flowers. Sandy soil. Roots tuberous several at base of plant. Mbukushu: 'Dikurunga'.

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93891 Echinochloa colona 12 Feb 1969 B de Winter
B de Winter 9132 ES Klaassen WIND
In water of small pan in open grassland. Sandy, fairly humus rich soil. Caprivi: 8 miles south of northern border on firebreak 18 west of Katima Mulilo, Caprivi. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1724C1 0

Erect perennial.

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95183 Gloriosa superba 13 Jan 1956 B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4239 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara. Shitangadimba Camp at Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Herb; Notes: Erect herb, flowers with perianth, lobes yellow at base, scarlet upwards. Often also climbing in shrubs. Sandy soil. Corr. nom.: SB 8.2003.

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95212 Indigofera subulata var. subulata 17 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4298 WIND
Caprivi: Okavango Native Territory. Island Tahue opposite Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Subshrub, 2-3 meters high. Flowers orangy-red.

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95217 Kigelia africana subsp. africana 21 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4355 WIND
Caprivi: Island Tjaro in Okavango River opposite Kak Camp. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

40 ft high; Tree; Notes: Large tree 40 feet with sausage-like fruits and compound leaves. Seeds of fruits roasted, pounded and eaten. Sandy soil.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 128:3 (1967) as Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

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95247 Mimosa pigra 14 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4248 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Shrub; Notes: Thorny shrub growing on river banks. Flowering heads pink; pods rust brown setose. Leaves close up like those of M. pudica when touched.

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95252 Murdannia simplex 17 Jan 1956 B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4306 WIND
Caprivi: Andara: along Mill stream at Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Notes: Flowers blue with 2 fertile stamens and 3 staminades with elongate connective; yellow base of fertile stamens with purple hairs.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 157:11 (1967).

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93851 Panicum maximum 14 Feb 1969 B de Winter
B de Winter 9167 WIND
Caprivi: 40 miles south-west of Katima Mulilo. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1723D4 0

Graminoid; Notes: Annual with soft stem and leaves and woolly inflorescence. Common in sandy areas in most of the Caprivi. Altitude: 1000 - 1500 feet.

-17.875000 23.875000 5
95270 Panicum repens 14 Jan 1956 B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4249 WIND
Caprivi: Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Graminoid; Notes: Rhizomatous grass on riverbanks.

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95663 Pollichia campestris 7 Dec 1955 B de Winter
B de Winter 3821 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: 2 m east of Lupala Finnish Mission. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1823B3 0

Notes: Herb growing in protection of bushes. Flowers green; fruits brown. Sandy soil.

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95321 Setaria homonyma 24 Feb 1957 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4836 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Graminoid; Notes: Soft annual in moist places in rather dense bush. Sandy soil.

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95326 Sporobolus pyramidalis 24 Feb 1956 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4858 WIND
Caprivi: Millstream at Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Graminoid; Notes: Tall perennial forming lax erect tufts.

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95329 Striga forbesii 20 Feb 1956 B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4772 WIND
Caprivi: 16.8 m east of Nyangana Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Herb; Notes: Small herb growing in grass.Flowers salmon-pink. Semi-parasite? Vlei with Vetiveria, Setaria sphacelata and other grasses. Black peaty soil.

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95347 Trachypogon spicatus 17 Jan 1956 B de Winter
B de Winter 4317 WIND
On dry river bank, sandy soil. Caprivi: Along mill stream at Andara Mission Station. 0 Namibia (Caprivi Strip) 1821A2 0

Dense large glaucous tufts.

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