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Gladiolus andongensis

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus andongensis Welw. ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Gladiolus dalenii (Baker) Goldblatt [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Goldblatt,P.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus dalenii
  • Gladiolus andongensis

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS dalenii (Baker) Goldblatt subsp. andongensis [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1996) Author: Peter Goldblatt
Names
GLADIOLUS dalenii (Baker) Goldblatt subsp. andongensis [family IRIDACEAE], in F.Z. 12(4): 93 (1993) & Gladiolus Trop. Afr.: 217 (1996). Lectotype, chosen by Goldblatt (1996): Angola, Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 1529 (BM, lecto.!, G, K, P, isolecto.!)
GLADIOLUS andongensis Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 1: 269 (1878) & Handb. Irid.: 221 (1892)
GLADIOLUS goetzei Harms [family IRIDACEAE], in E.J. 28: 365 (1900); U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 324, t. 151 (1994). Type: Tanzania, Uhehe, hilly plateau near Iringa, Goetze 534 (B, holo.!, K, photo.)
GLADIOLUS pauciflorus De Wild. [family IRIDACEAE], in F.R. 12: 297 (1913), nom. illegit., non Baker. Lectotype, chosen by Geerinck (1972): Zaire, Shaba, Upper Katanga, Bugege, Hock (BR, lecto.!, BR, iso.!)
GLADIOLUS mildbraedii Vaupel [family IRIDACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 7: 378 (1920). Type: Rwanda, SE. of Lake Kivu, Mt. Katandaganya, Mildbraed 866 (B, holo.!)
Information
Plants 60-90 cm. high. Corm 1.5-3 cm. in diameter. Leaves produced after flowering, those on the flowering stem short and entirely sheathing, 2-4, 6-14 cm. long, or sometimes with blades 2-3(-5) cm. long and 6-12 mm. wide, imbricate and sheathing the lower half of the stem; foliage leaves emerging from separate shoots later, usually at least 2, narrowly lanceolate, 4-16 mm. wide. spike (2-)3-9-flowered; bracts (2.5-)4-5.5 cm. long. Flowers with the tube 2.5-3.3(-4) cm. long; dorsal tepal 3.5-4.5 cm. long, 2.2-3 cm. at the widest. Filaments ± 2.5 cm. long, exserted 1.5-1.8 cm. from the tube; anthers 1.2-1.8 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. U 1-4; K 3-5, 7; T 1, 4, 7, 8; throughout West Africa
Altitude range
300-3000 m
Distribution
UGANDA W. Nile District W. Madi, Abieso, May 1948, Eggeling 5774!;KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Cherangani, 20 May 1949, Maas Geesteranus 4690!; N.TANZANIA Biharamulo District Kashasha, 10 Aug. 1960, Tanner 5072!;UGANDA Kigezi District Virunga Mts., Muhavura, 18 Nov. 1934, Taylor 1771!;UGANDA Mengo District Kampala, Kakinzi [Kakenzi], 25 Apr. 1945, Greenway & Thomas 7361!KENYA N. Nyeri District 9 km. east of Nanyuki, 22 Feb. 1969, Magor 23!; N.KENYA N. Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, W. of Forest Station, 24 Apr. 1975, Friis & Hansen 2597!;KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Longo ya Mwagandi [Longo Magandi], 30 Mar. 1968, Magogo & Glover 581!TANZANIA Mpanda District Mahari Peninsula near Kasala Peak, 6 Sept. 1959, Harley 9519!;TANZANIA Ufipa District Chala Mt., 10 Dec. 1956, Richards 7205!;TANZANIA Morogoro District N. Uluguru Mts., 28 Jan. 1933, Schlieben 3300!;TANZANIA Songea District Matengo Hills, 29 Sept. 1956, Semsei 2504!
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Burundi
Rwanda
Angola
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Mozambique

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