Records made by Guarino

Records: 7

The following is a list of the records made by Guarino 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
93296Acanthosicyos naudinianus24 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1047 WIND
Caprivi: West Caprivi: 41,5 km from Kongola to Bagani along 'Golden Highway' B8.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D40

Creeper; Notes: Vigorous creeper, growing on fine, grey sand in disturbed area on road verge. Also found in adjoining Aristida/Hyparrhenia grassland. Only male flowers seen, no fruits. Insect pollinators collected for identification. Locally abundant. Some individuals with leaves grey-green, prostrate; others deeper in bush with leaves yellow-green, upright, less incised.

-17.85889022.9488905
93735Citrullus lanatus23 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1046 WIND
Caprivi: East Caprivi: (Site 6) 13,5 km from the turn-off to Lianshulu (D3511) from the main tarred road between Katima- Kongola (B8).0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4980

Creeper; Notes: Prostrate, annual creeper. Great variation in leaves from deeply lobed to almost unlobed. Petals golden yellow. Fruits vary from pale green to dark green banded. Flesh pale green, not bitter but somewhat mealy. Sikululu (Lozi) is flesh made into porridge by local people. Seeds dispersed by elephants. Growing in mulapo grassland on road verge. Soil pH 8.

-17.92028023.3375005
93214Corallocarpus bainesii24 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1048 WIND
Caprivi: West Caprivi: 79, 3 km from Kongola to Bagani along 'Golden Highway' B8.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D31000

Climber; Notes: Climber on Acacia, sparse, only 1 individual found. Leaves 3-palmatilobate. Flowers clustered, minute with golden yellow petals. Fruits green, glaucous, 1 cm long. Growing together with Zehneria marlothii in Eragrostis grass-stand on fringes of mixed semi-deciduous woodland. Fine pale grey sand. Also seen: Acanthosicyos naudinianus, Citrullus lanatus.

-17.94861022.5972205
95438Corallocarpus bainesii24 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1050 WIND
Caprivi: West Caprivi: (Site 8) 106 km from Kongola to Bagani along 'Golden Highway' B8.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21030

Climber; Notes: Climber in dense Acacia undergrowth, together with Zehneria marlothii. Locally sparse. Leaves soft, palmately lobed. Fruits pointed, bright red when mature. Rootstock elongated, strong smelling when cut. Also seen: Acanthosicyos naudinianus, Citrullus lanatus. 2 Sheets: sheet2

-18.03167022.2563902
95118Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus 21 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1039 GL Maggs WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Site 3: 203 km east of Rundu along main, tarred road to Bagani.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A21080

Creeper; Notes: Cleared area in mixed semi-deciduous woodland. Soil pH 8,5. Annual creeper on road verge. Locally abundant together with Citrullus lanatus. Leaves scabrous. Flower petals golden yellow. Fruits plentiful, borne on long stalks, dark green riepening to golden yellow, extremely bitter. Pollinating beetles collected for id.

-18.12500021.3750002
93782Momordica balsamina23 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1045 WIND
Caprivi: East Caprivi: (Site 6) 13,5 km from turn-off to Lianshulu (D3511) from main tarred road between Katima - Kongola (B8).0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C40

Climber; Notes: Also seen: Acanthosicyos naudinianus, Citrullus lanatus. Growing in Terminalia sericea wooded grassland with Aristida meridionalis, Sporobolus sp, dominants. Soil pH8. Annual climber on Acacia shrub. Locally abundant, but only 1 individual with ripe fruit. Leaves deeply incised, foetid when crushed. Flowers with creamy-yellow petals. Fruits with acute apex, dark green with white flecks ripening to bright red. Photos. Pollinating insects collected.

-17.92028023.3375005
93516Zehneria marlothii23 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1044 GL Maggs WIND
Caprivi: East Caprivi: (Site 5) Singalamwe, floodplain below village at Birkinstock's camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C2980

Climber; Notes: Delicate annual limber on undergrowth shrubs. Leaves deltoid in outline, 3 - 5 lobed, thin, slightly scabrous adaxially. Flowers minute; petals creamy white. Fruits globose although slightly flattened. Also seen: Citrullus lanatus, Momordica balsamina, Cucumis anguria, C metuliferus, Acanthosicyos naudinianus.

-17.62500023.3750005


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Records made by Guarino.
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