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Antholyza gracilis

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Name

Identification
Antholyza gracilis Pax [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus watsonioides Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus watsonioides
  • Antholyza gracilis

Flora

Entry for ANTHOLYZA 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
ANTHOLYZA gracilis Pax [family IRIDACEAE], in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 177. —Baker, Handb. Irid. 232.
Gladiolus watsonioides Baker var. minor [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid. 227.
Information
Corm globose, 1 in. diameter; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres. Produced leaves 3–4, narrowly linear, rigid, the lower 1 1/2 ft. long, 1/6 in. broad. Stem slender, simple, terete, 1 1/2–2 ft. long. Flowers few in a lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, firm, green, 1–1 1/2 in. long. Perianth bright crimson, much curved, 2 in. long; segments of the limb nearly equal, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3/4 in. long. Stamens a little shorter than perianth-limb; anthers 1/6 in. long. Capsule oblong, 3/4 in. long. Seeds flat, with a broad membranous wing.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Mount Kilimanjaro, 8000–13,000 ft., Johnston, 124! Volkens, 1308! Meyer.

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