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Geissorhiza gracilis

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Geissorhiza gracilis Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus parvulus Schltr. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ixia brevifolia
  • Gladiolus parvulus
  • Geissorhiza gracilis

Flora

Entry for GEISSORHIZA gracilis Baker [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
GEISSORHIZA gracilis Baker [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid. 155
Information
corm not seen; stem 1/2–1 ft. long, simple, with a rudimentary leaf at the base and a tight hairy sheath at the middle, produced into a small, erect, rigid, linear, strongly-nerved hairy blade; flowers 2–3 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve oblong, 1/3 in. long, brown and membranous above the base; perianth pale lilac; tube very short; segments oblong, 1/2 in. long; anthers lanceolate, 1/6 in. long, as long as the filaments; style-branches short. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Zuur Berg Range, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1872!

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