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Acidanthera platypetala

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Name

Identification
Acidanthera platypetala Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus longicollis Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Goldblatt, P.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus longicollis
  • Acidanthera platypetala

Flora

Entry for ACIDANTHERA platypetala 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
ACIDANTHERA platypetala Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 339;—Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 160; Handb. Irid. 186.
Gladiolus longicollis Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 182.
Information
corm globose, 3/4 in. diam.; tunics of parallel wiry fibres; stems slender, terete, simple, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; leaves usually 3, distant, superposed, firm in texture, subterete, strongly ribbed, the lowest a foot long, the upper much shorter; flowers 1–2 in a lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, moderately firm, 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 2–3 in. long, funnel-shaped at the apex; limb an inch long, yellowish-white, flushed with dull purple; segments obovate, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad; stamens reaching halfway up the limb; capsule oblong, an inch long; seeds large, thin, discoid. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; Galgebosch, Zeyher!EASTERN REGION Natal; Attercliffe, Sanderson, 265! Inanda, Wood, 232! 243! near Durban, Wood, 108! without precise locality, Sanderson, 16! Gerrard, 547! Mrs. K. Saunders! Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 3000–4000 ft., Baur, 505!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Sabie River, Mudd! Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 3000–5000 ft., Galpin, 530! Lake Chrissie, Elliot, 1603!

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