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Gladiolus antunesii

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus antunesii Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus laxiflorus Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus laxiflorus
  • Gladiolus antunesii

Flora

Entry for Gladiolus Antunesii Baker [family IRIDACEAE]
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
Gladiolus Antunesii Baker [family IRIDACEAE]
Information
Corm not seen. Stem 1 1/2–2 ft. long, moderately stout, bearing 4–5 rigid linear glabrous strongly ribbed sheath-leaves, the central ones with short free tips. Spike forked at the base, very lax, 5–6 in. long, not secund; outer spathe-valves oblong-navicular, green tinged with purple, 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, as long as the spathe; limb purple, 1 inch long; upper segments obovate-spathulate, obtuse, the central one 1/2 in. broad; lower segments as long, obovate-unguiculate. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla, Antunes, 326! in Berlin Herbarium.

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