Collections made by Rügheimer

Records: 13

The following is a list of the collections made by Rügheimer in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Malawi (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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No   Species   Record date   Recorder(s)   Coll.   Det.   Conf.   Herbaria   Habitat   Location   Loc code   Outing code   Planted code   Country   QDS   Grid ref.   FZ Div   Alt. (m)   Notes   Lat   Long   Loc Acc Code   
93857 Acacia galpinii16 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3053 S Rügheimer WIND
Occasional.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Large tree with a spreading crown, 10 m high. Trunk grey, with longitudinally fissured bark. Stems yellow with hooked thorns. Thorns in pairs, bases far apart, grey with white lenticels. Leaves bipinnate. Leaflets many, glabrous, somewhat discolorous.

-17.65972224.1361115
93928 Bobgunnia madagascariensis16 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3055 S Rügheimer WIND
Occasional in Terminalia woodland.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Small tree, 3.5 m high. Pods drooping, long, sausage shaped, black. Leaves compound. Leaflets alternate, obovate, apex notched. Young shoots straw-coloured.

-17.70305624.1605565
93200 Chamaecrista absus5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2895 S Rügheimer WIND
Frequent but restricted. Omuramba. Partial shade.Caprivi: Along road B8, to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31007

Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers single, orange. Leaves compound, consisting of 4 leaflets. Stems thin, erect, hairy. Pods green, flat, sickle-shaped, covered with glandular hairs.

-17.93277822.6686115
93207 Combretum collinum5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2891 S Rügheimer WIND
Frequent. Sand. Full sun.Caprivi: Next to road B8 to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31007

Small to medium-sized tree, 3-5 m high. Fruit 4-winged, apple-shaped, copper coloured to brown, wings yellowish-green. Leaves large, drooping, opposite, softly pubescent below, glabrous above.

-17.93277822.6686115
93211 Commelina forskaolii5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2894 S Rügheimer WIND
Frequent but localised. Partial shade.Caprivi: Along road B8, to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31007

Annual herb, 10-15 cm high. Flowers blue, spathe short and compact with a few hairs on the outside. Leaves alternate, small, elliptic, sessile, leaf lamina undulating.

-17.93277822.6686115
93900 Hyperthelia 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
93248 Jacquemontia tamnifolia5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2896 S Rügheimer WIND
Partial shade.Caprivi: Along road B8 to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31007

Annual climber. Inflorescence in clusters. Calyx hairy. Flowers trumpet-shaped, blue, tube white. Leaves heart-shaped, sparsely hairy.

-17.93277822.6686115
93906 Kalanchoe lanceolata16 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3051 S Rügheimer WIND
Common.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1960

Annual succulent herb, up to 1m high. Flowers in dense terminal dichasia, tubular, orange. Stems and leaves glandular-sticky. Leaves opposite, succulent, sheathing the stem at the base.

-17.54361124.0111115
93921 Pterocarpus lucens subsp. antunesii16 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3048 S Rügheimer WIND
Uncommon in white sandy soil.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1962

Large tree, 8-10 m high. Leaves compound. Leaflets elliptic, opposite, petiole swollen, black.

-17.52250024.1950005
93270 Schinziophyton rautanenii5 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
S Rügheimer 2887 S Rügheimer WIND
Frequent. Full sun.Caprivi: Along road B8, between Divundu and Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31010

Many-stemmed shrub up to 3 m high. Leaves palmate, dark green above, light green below. Bark grey. Flowers and fruit absent.

-17.96750022.5144445
93924 Schizachyrium jeffreysii17 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3062 MM Hochobes WIND
Occasional in grasslands and at the edge of woodlands.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Grass, similar to Heteropogon contortus, but with a soft pubescent inflorescence.Spikelets with a tuft of soft woolly hairs.

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93932 Tricholaena monachne17 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3057 MM Hochobes WIND
Common in grassland.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Annual grass up to 1.5 m high. Inflorescence fine. Spikelets on wiry stalks. Leaf blade smooth, hairless.

-17.69333324.1544445
93933 Tristachya superba17 Jun 2010S Rügheimer
S Rügheimer 3059 MM Hochobes WIND
Common but restricted to marshlands.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Kasheshe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Tall marshland grass up to 3 m high. Inflorescence a long soft spike. Roots rhizomatous.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Collections made by Rügheimer.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=1104, retrieved 17 May 2025

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