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Gladiolus brevifolius

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Identification
Gladiolus brevifolius Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE ]
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  • Gladiolus brevifolius

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS brevifolius Jacq. [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 brevifolius Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Ic. t. 249;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 177; Ker, Gen. Irid. 134; Baker, Handb. Irid. 206.
GLADIOLUS aphyllus Ker [family IRIDACEAE], Gen. Irid. 134.
GLADIOLUS carneus Andr. [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 240, non Delaroche.
GLADIOLUS Orobanche Red. [family IRIDACEAE], Lil. t. 125.
GLADIOLUS hirsutus Ker var. aphyllus [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 727.
GLADIOLUS hirsutus Ker var. brevifolius [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 727.
GLADIOLUS festivus Herb. [family IRIDACEAE], in. Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 89.
GLADIOLUS spilanthus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Linnæa xxxii. 711, ex parte.
GLADIOLUS brevicollis Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 5.
GLADIOLUS amœnus Forst. [family IRIDACEAE], MSS.
GLADIOLUS Andrewsii Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 6.
GLADIOLUS jonquilodorus Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], MSS.
GLADIOLUS fragrans Pappe [family IRIDACEAE], MSS.
Information
corm globose; tunics of parallel strands of fine matted fibres; leaf linear, firm in texture, glabrous, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, produced separately from the flowering stem; flowering stem simple, very slender, 1–2 ft. long, with about 3 superposed leaves with long glabrous sheaths and short, free, linear points; flowers 4–12, in a lax secund spike, horizontal, pink or lilac; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 3/4 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb about as long as the tube; upper segments obovate, 1/2 in. broad; lower oblong-unguiculate, with purplish, spade-shaped marks at the throat; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb; capsule oblong, 1/2 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION near Cape Town, Thunberg! Zeyher, 1627! Burchell, 908! Wynberg, Burchell, 877! Devils Mountain, - Bolus, 4652! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 947! Table Mountain 1000–2000 ft., Drège! from the gardens at Cape Town, Burchell, 748! Stellenbosch Div.; between Stellenbosch and Cape Flats, Burchell, 8362! and between Hottentots Holland and Jonkers Valley, Burchell, 8324! Bathurst Div.; between Blauw Krans and Kaffir Drift Military Post, Burchell, 3689!

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