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Clinostylis speciosa

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Name

Identification
Clinostylis speciosa Hochst. [family COLCHICACEAE ] Isotype of Gloriosa speciosa (Hochst.) Engl. [family COLCHICACEAE ] Gloriosa superba L. [family COLCHICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Clinostylis speciosa
  • Gloriosa abyssinica
  • Gloriosa superba
  • Gloriosa speciosa

Flora

Entry for GLORIOSA abyssinica A. Rich. [family COLCHICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
GLORIOSA abyssinica A. Rich. [family COLCHICACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 322. —Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 458.
GLORIOSA speciosa Engl. [family COLCHICACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 158; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 59.
Clinostylis speciosa Hochst. [family ], in Flora, 1844, 26.
Information
Stem erect, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, simple or branched. Leaves oblong, acuminate, sometimes distinctly cirrhose at the apex, the lower verticillate or opposite, 5–6 in. long, 1 1/2 in. broad, the upper smaller, alternate. Flowers produced from the axils of several of the upper leaves; pedicels 3–4 in. long, cernuous at the apex. Perianth-segments reflexed, not at all crisped, oblong, unguiculate, cuspidate, 2–3 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad at the middle. Filaments about 1 in. long; anthers linear, 1/3– 1/2 in. long. Style 1 1/2 in. long, trifid above the middle.
Distribution
Eritrea Nile Land Donkollo Heights, near Ginda, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 127; Bogos, Steudner, 446! and near Keren, Hildebrandt, 379.Abyssinia Nile Land Tigre; near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1437! Shire Province, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 48! Shoa; Aliu Amba, near Ankober, Roth, 182! and without precise locality, Schimper, 346!

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