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Acidanthera gracilis

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Identification
Isotype of Acidanthera gracilis Pax [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus candidus (Rendle) Goldblatt [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Acidanthera gracilis
  • Gladiolus candidus

Flora

Entry for ACIDANTHERA gracilis Pax [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 337, (1898) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
ACIDANTHERA gracilis Pax [family IRIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 154.
ACIDANTHERA zanzibarica Baker [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid. 188.
Information
Corm small, globose. Produced leaves 2–3, narrowly linear, firm, erect, 3–4 in. long, 1/8 in. broad. Stem simple, slender, under 1 ft. long, 1–2-flowered; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long. Perianth white, tinged outside with red; tube slender, 2 in. long, scarcely dilated at the apex; segments ovate, 1 in. long, not spotted at the throat. Stamens and style reaching halfway up the perianth-limb.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land near Mombasa, in heavy soil amongst grass Hildebrandt, 2015! Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 2351!

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