Antholyza labiataPax [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus unguiculatusBaker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Antholyza labiata
Gladiolus unguiculatus
Flora
Entry for ANTHOLYZA labiata 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 labiataPax [family IRIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 156.
Information
Corm globose; tunics pale brown. Stem slender, terete, above 1 ft. long, with about 5 superposed leaves reduced to mere sheaths. Spike simple, secund, 8-flowered; outer spathe-valve ovate, acute, 1/2 in. long. Perianth red-purple; tube under 1/2 in. long; limb bilabiate; upper segment lingulate, obtuse, as long as the tube; 5 lower segments connate into a lower lip, of which the central lobe is long and linear-spathulate. Stamens as long as perianth; anthers 1/4 in. long. Style shorter than the stamens.
Distribution
Togoland Upper Guinea near Bismarckburg, Kling, 209.