Records determined by Barbara Curtis

Determinations: 31

The following is a list of the records determined by Barbara Curtis 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.

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94467Acacia ataxacantha1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 707 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B5. Burkea woodland next to tarred road just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high.

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95632Acacia galpinii4 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1323 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Mamili National Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B3 0

5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 5 m high. Stem: a few equal, single stems. Bark: older - brown, fissured; young - yellowish. Young branches grey-brown with prominant lenticels.Thorns: paired, dark on raise bases. Leaves: very open, 5-7 pinnae pairs, well spaced, lateral branches coming out almost horizontally, with leaves held out horizontally. Small raised petiolar gland more than half way up the petiole.

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94777Acacia galpinii8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1399 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 m tall, with yellow, flaking bark. Thorns paired, large, hooked. Leaves: with 5 pinnae pairs. A small raised gland on petiole near base of pinnae pair. Confirmed by MU, 6.11.2002.

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94370Acacia nigrescens2 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 4 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M6, Mopane woodland, just north of turn-off to Iseke.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

Tree; Notes: Tree, 20 m high. Seasonally flooded.

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94779Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1374 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

210 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 210 cm tall, brown stems. New growth green and velvety. Thorns long and straight. New thorns, green with dark tips, short. Somewhat swept back. Leaves with tiny leaflets. Flowers yellow balls. Pods dark brown, constricted between the seeds. Voucher for: pods collected.

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94371Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1354 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

380 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, 380 cm tall with spreading branches, brown. Paired, straight spines deflexed backwards. Flowers in golden balls. Old pods on ground underneath. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

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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.

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94782Acacia schweinfurthii10 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1445 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. Along riverbank.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

5 m high; Climber; Notes: Scrambling climber, 5 m tall. Scattered, hooked thorns, growing on longitudinal grooves and stems. Leaves: large and feathery with prickles on rachis. Flowers: in creamy balls. Fruits: pods, reddish brown, papery-leathery.

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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
94372Acacia sieberiana var. woodii5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1348A BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m tall. Trunk simple, somewhat rough but yellowish. Spines long and narrow, younger ones short. Leaves with 15 pinnae pairs, pinnules small and closely packed. Large gland at base of first pinnae pair. Can get into very large trees with spreading canopy. Common. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

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94377Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 677 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M8, near Chaka Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high. Older stems brown, younger ones green, all very stiff and woody. Leaves with 2 leaflets below a spine. Mopane woodland, sandy plain.

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94596Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 633 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: 4 km NE of Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Simple stem about 2 cm in diameter, with short lateral branches low down. Branches very stiff. Stem greenish, stiff succulent. Sessile leaves green, concolorous, in whorls. Spiny. Mopane woodland. Corr. nom.: SR 01.2008.

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94601Bobgunnia madagascariensis22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 601 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Rough, longitudinally fissured bark. Stem, petioles and petiolules hairy. Stems green, flecked with white lenticels. Leaves and leaflets hang down, 1-3 pairs of leaflets and terminal one. 2 large stipules at leaf bases. Thick hairy petioles. Leaflets sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate. Leaves alternate. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

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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.

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94637Diplorhynchus condylocarpon27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 681 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, up to 2 m high, with very soft, floppy branches and hanging leaves. Branches reddish brown with white lenticels. Leaves opposite. Milky latex. Bright green. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

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94845Flacourtia indica9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1424 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m tall. Stems: smooth, light brown with sharp spines. A single sharp spine at base of most leaves. Leaves: circular, velvety. Fruit: a round berry about 5 mm long, with a ring of persistent calyx at apex.

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94650Friesodielsia obovata1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 732 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B7, Mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

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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.

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94853Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1429 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island - Eastern end of Island. Rocky hill.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Others were taller. Trunk: very smooth, shiny, silver tinged with bronze. Leaves: clustered terminally, soft, pendulous, velvety, distinctly discolorous, cordate. Herby smell. Rocky hills. Locally common.

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94864Kirkia acuminata8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1395 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. At lodge buildings.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Stem: rough, silvery. Leaves: whorled at ends of branches. Leaflets: small. Flowers: small, with 4 creamy petals and 4 stamens, in sprays on a long peduncle, arising away to leaves.

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94524Kirkia acuminata1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 716 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B4, Burkea woodland just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Single, erect stem. Reddish brown. Leaves concolorous, smooth, soft. Hanging down.

-17.74194024.5250004
94679Markhamia obtusifolia24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 616 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site 19, OK3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Flowers: yellow trumpet flower with red lines in throat. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

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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.

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94699Schinziophyton rautanenii25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 651 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B3, next to tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m high. A few very green fruit on. Palmate leaves. Discolorous. Burkea woodland.

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94701Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 612 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

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94764Securidaca longepedunculata5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1334 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D4 0

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Stem: 4 thin, smooth grey stems, all growing together. Flowers: mauve/lilac. Fruit/seed: new pods reddish/green. Someone has dug a hole around the trunk and the tree is leaning.

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94768Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica26 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 662 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site S1, floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

Tree; Notes: Large tree > 20 m high, with dark green leaves, pale and hairy below. Leathery. Bark dark and fissured.

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94910Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1379 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m tall, riverine. Stems: smooth, grey. New growth velvety. Leaves: with marked pulvinus, sometimes paripinnate, sometimes imparipinnate. Petiole up to 15 cm long, velvety. Rachis velvety. Petiolules thick. Leaflets smooth, dark green above, yellow green and velvety below with marked venation. Fruit: ovoid, green, velvety, with 6 segments demarcated by grooves.

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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.

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94914Ximenia americana var. microphylla9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1425 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

180 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 180 cm tall, 2 m in diameter. Stems: brown to green. Leaves: blue-green, folded up along midrib, clustered on spiny lateral shoots. Fruit: oval, pendulous.

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