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Ixia micrandra

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Name

Identification
Ixia micrandra Baker [family IRIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for IXIA micrandra Baker [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 micrandra Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 90; Handb. Irid. 162; Klatt, Ergänz. 62.
IXIA filifolia Pappe [family IRIDACEAE], MSS.
Agretta grandiflora Eckl. [family ], Top. Verz. 23?
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics of very fine fibres; leaves very narrow; stem very slender, always simple; flowers few, arranged in a short, erect spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, tinged brown, 1/6– 1/4 in. long; perianth-tube slender, about as long as the spathe; limb pure white, 1/2 in. long, with a concolorous throat; anthers linear-oblong, 1/12 in. long, with very short filaments; style not exserted from the perianth-tube. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Caledon Div. 1000–3000 ft.; Zwartberg, Pappe! Zeyher, 4009! Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 4010! Houw Hoek Mts., Zeyher, 4011! near Palmiet River and Houw Hoek, Drège, 8372!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Thom, 357! Stanger!
Notes
Is in Herb. Thunberg as a doubtful variety of aristata.

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