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Gladiolus citrinus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus citrinus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gladiolus citrinus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS trichonemifolius 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 trichonemifolius Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 1483;—Gen. Irid. 137; Klatt in Linnæa xxxii. 707; Baker, Handb. Irid. 204.
GLADIOLUS citrinus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 6.
Ixia spathacea Soland. [family IRIDACEAE], MSS.!
GLADIOLUS tenellus [family IRIDACEAE], Thunb. herb., ex parte!
Information
corm globose, 1/2– 3/4 in. diam.; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; stem very slender, terete, 1/2–1 1/2 ft. long; leaves usually 3, superposed, long-sheathing, slender, terete, rigid in texture, the lower often over-topping the stem; flowers 1–3, erect; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the outer 1–2 in. long; perianth yellow; tube nearly straight, 3/4–1 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments oblong, acute, subequal, 3/4–1 in. long, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad, the three lower blotched with purple at the throat; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Piquetberg Range, 1000–4000 ft., Zeyher, 1625! Tulbagh Div.; Witsenberg Flats, Pappe! Cape Div.; near Tygerberg, Harvey! Paarl Div.; between Paarl and Paarde Berg, Drège, 8457!SOUTH AFRICA Without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Oldenberg!

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