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Antholyza paniculata

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Identification
Isotype of Antholyza paniculata Klatt [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Crocosmia paniculata (Klatt) Goldblatt [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by de Vos, M.P.,
Related name
  • Curtonus paniculatus
  • Antholyza paniculata
  • Crocosmia paniculata

Flora

Entry for ANTHOLYZA paniculata Klatt [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
ANTHOLYZA paniculata Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Linnæa xxxv. 379;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 229.
Information
corm large, globose; stems stout, terete, 3–4 ft. long; fully developed lower leaves lanceolate, very oblique at the base, rigid, but thin in texture, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, 2–3 in. broad, with 9–11 distant prominent ribs; inflorescence copiously panicled; spikes equilateral, close, many-flowered, with a very wavy rachis; spathe-valves rigid, brown, oblong, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; perianth bright reddish-yellow; tube curved, 1–1 1/4 in. long, gradually widened to a throat 1/6 in. diam.; upper segment lingulate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; the others smaller, spreading, lanceolate; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; upper part of Tugela River, Allison! Klip River division; bank of a stream, Wood, 3499! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1530!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; by the side of streams, Lomatie Valley, near Barberton, 4000 ft., Galpin, 1211! McMac, near Pilgrims Rest, Mudd!
Notes
A very fine and distinct species, remarkable for its palm-like leaves, copiously-panicled spikes, and small rigid spathes.

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