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Geissorhiza albens

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Identification
Isotype of Geissorhiza albens E.Mey. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Drège,
Related name
  • Gladiolus debilis
  • Geissorhiza albens

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS debilis Ker [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
GLADIOLUS debilis Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 2585;—Klatt in Linnæa xxxii. 705; Baker, Handb. Irid. 207.
Geissorhiza albens E. Meyer [family IRIDACEAE], in herb. Drège.
Information
corm globose; tunics of strong wiry fibres; flowering-stem very slender, simple, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; leaves 3, superposed, with long glabrous sheaths and long, free, subterete points of firm texture, that of the lowest overtopping the stem; flowers 1–3, white, suberect; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 3/4–1 in. long; perianth-tube straight, 3/4 in. long, narrowly funnel-shaped up to the top; segments oblong, obtuse, subequal, as long as the tube, two of the inner with a spade-shaped lilac or claret-red blotch at the throat; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Flats, Thunberg! Pappe! Mountains near Simons Town, 1000 ft., Bolus, 4949! Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof and Drakenstein Mts., 2000–4000 ft., Drège! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 3988! on the Zwartberg near the Hot Springs, 1000 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 280!
Notes
Is in Herb. Thunberg, under Ixia linearis.

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