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Antholyza huillensis

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Identification
Isotype of Antholyza huillensis Welw. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) Goldblatt [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Petamenes vaginifer
  • Antholyza huillensis
  • Gladiolus huillensis
  • Petamenes huillensis

Flora

Entry for ANTHOLYZA huillensis Welw. ex Baker [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 huillensis Welw. ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 270. —Handb. Irid. 232; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 178.
Information
Corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics brown, of matted fibres. Stem slender, terete, 6–15 in. long, bearing 2–3 short very narrow linear rigid leaves, with a thickened stramineous midrib and edges. Spike simple, lax, secund, 6–8-flowered; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, firm, green, 1/2 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 1 in. long; upper segment oblong, bright red; lateral small, obovate; 3 lower minute. Stamens nearly as long as the upper segment; anthers 1/6 in. long. Capsule obovoid-oblong, 1/2 in. long. Seeds discoid, winged.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; temperate region, in open bushy places between Lopollo and Humpata, Welwitsch, 1539!
Notes
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium.

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