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Antholyza cunonia

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Name

Identification
Antholyza aethiopica L. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Linnaeus, C., Antholyza cunonia L. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Linnaeus, C., Antholyza aethiopica L. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Wikström, J.E., Antholyza aethiopica L. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Lindman, C.A.M., Chasmanthe aethiopica (L.) N.E. Br. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Lewis, G.J., 1965
Related name
  • Antholyza aethiopica
  • Antholyza cunonia
  • Anomalesia cunonia
  • Chasmanthe aethiopica

Flora

Entry for ANTHOLYZA Cunonia 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
ANTHOLYZA Cunonia Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 54;—Miller Ic. 75, t. 113; Thunb. Diss. No. 4; Prodr. 7; Fl. Cap. i. 165; Red. Lil. t. 12; Baker, Handb. Irid. 231.
Cunonia Antholyza Miller [family CUNONIACEAE], Gard. Dict. edit. viii.
Gladiolus Cunonia Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 230; Gen. Irid. 130.
Anisanthus Cunonia Sweet [family ], Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 500; Klatt in Linnæa xxxii. 728.
Information
corm small, globose; tunics membranous; stem simple, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, with several reduced leaves with short, free, linear points; produced leaves about 4, linear, moderately firm in texture, 1/2–1 ft. long; flowers 4–6, bright red, arranged in a very lax spike; spathe-valves herbaceous, green, lanceolate, 3/4 in. long; perianth-tube an inch long, faintly saccate at the base of the cylindrical upper half; upper segment spoon-shaped, 1 1/2 in. long; lateral much shorter, obovate, adnate to the upper segment halfway up; basal very small and inserted lower down; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment; capsule oblong, membranous, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; seeds discoid, with a broad wing. null
Distribution
COAST REGION near Cape Town, Thunberg! Pappe! Fish Hoek, near Muizenberg, Bolus, 4871! Simons Bay, Wright! Mossel Bay and Breede River, Rogers!

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