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Ixia maculata

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Identification
Ixia maculata L. [family IRIDACEAE ]
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  • Ixia maculata

Flora

Entry for IXIA maculata Linn. [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
IXIA maculata Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. ed. 2, 1664;—Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 60; Thunb. Diss. No. 19, ex parte; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 21; Baker, Handb. Irid. 163.
IXIA conica Salisb. [family IRIDACEAE], Prodr. 36; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 539; Red. Lil. t. 138; Ker, Gen. Irid. 99; Klatt in Linnæa xxxiv. 644.
IXIA Milleri Berg. [family IRIDACEAE], Pl. Cap. 8 (Miller Ic. 104, tab. 156, fig. 1).
IXIA capitata Andr. [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 50.
IXIA abbreviata Houtt. [family IRIDACEAE], Handl. xii. 41, t. 78, fig. 3.
IXIA dubia Vent. [family IRIDACEAE], Choix, t. 10.
IXIA fusco-citrina Red. [family IRIDACEAE], Lil. t. 86; Klatt, Ergänz. 63.
IXIA crocea Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], Top. Verz. 25.
IXIA alboflavens Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], Top. Verz. 27.
Information
corm globose, 3/4–1 in. diam.; tunics of strong parallel fibres; produced basal leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/8– 1/4 in. broad, acuminate; stems slender, terete, 1–2 ft. long, simple or branched; flowers many, arranged in dense, erect spikes; outer spathe-valve oblong, tricuspidate, membranous, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; perianth-tube slender, usually twice as long as the spathe; limb campanulate, yellow, 3/4–1 in. long, with a dark purple or black blotch at the throat and oblong, obtuse segments; anthers yellow, lanceolate, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, much exceeding the free filaments; style-branches 1/6 in. long, shorter than the anthers. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2235! Malmesbury Div.; near Berg River, Thunberg! near Paardeberg, Ecklon, 445! Groene Kloof, MacOwan, 2914! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 941! Tulbagh, Pappe! Worcester Div., Cooper, 3610! vicinity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 433! Zeyher, 1600! MacOwan, 2277! Bolus, 3320! Camps Bay, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 263! Rondebosch, Drège!

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