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Holotype of Gladiolus hockii De Wild. [family IRIDACEAE]

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Gladiolus hockii De Wild. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Goldblatt P., 1991

Flora

Entry for Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii [family IRIDACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora Zambesiaca

Reference Sources

FZ, Vol 12, Part 4, (1993) Author: P. Goldblatt

Gladiolus luteolus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique: 515 (1864). — Baker in F.T.A. 7: 368 (1898). Type: Mozambique, Boror, iv.1846, Peters s.n. (B, holotype).

Gladiolus corneus Oliver [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 29: 155, t. 100 (1875). — Baker, Handb. Irid.: 222 (1892); in F.T.A. 7: 365 (1898). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus saltatorum Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 29: 155 (1875). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii [family IRIDACEAE]

Watsonia natalensis Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 34 (1827) non Gladiolus natalensis Hook.f. (1831). Type from South Africa (Natal).

Gladiolus psittacinus Hook.f. [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 57: t. 3032 (1830). — Baker in F.C. 6: 158 (1896). — Gomes e Sousa, Subsid. Estudo Fl. Niassa Port.: 56 (1935). — Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 76 (1951). — Martineau, Rhod. Wild Fl.: 19, pl. 3 (1954). — Hepper in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3(1): 141 (1968). Type from South Africa (Natal).

Gladiolus quartinianus A. Rich. [family IRIDACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyssinica 2: 306 (1851). — Baker in F.T.A. 7: 371 (1898). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: 331 (1916). — Hutch, in F.W.T.A. ed. 1: 379 (1936). — Mogg in Macnae & Kalk, Nat. Hist. Inhaca Isl., Moçamb.: 143 (1958). Type from Ethiopia.

Gladiolus natalensis Reinw. ex Hook.f. [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 58: sub t. 3084 (1831) as nom. nov. pro G. psittacinus, nom. illegit. superfl. pro G. psittacinus. — G.J. Lewis et al. in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 44–53 (1972) [cited in error as (Eckl.) Reinw. ex Hook.f.]. — Geerinck in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 42: 281 (1972), excl. var. melleri (Baker) Geerinck. — Wickens, Fl. Jebel Marra: 158 (1976). — Plowes & Drummond, Wild Fl. Rhodesia: pl. 39, 40 (1976). — Tredgold & Biegel, Rhod. Wild Fl.: 11, plate 8 (1979). Type from South Africa (Natal).

Gladiolus newii Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 14: 334 (1876); Handb. Irid.: 214 (1892). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus angolensis Welw. ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, Bot. 1: 269 (1878); Handb. Irid.: 213 (1892). Type from Angola.

Gladiolus sulphureus Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, Bot. 2: 350 (1887); in F.T.A. 7: 370 (1898), nom. illegit. non Jacq. (1786–93). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus primulinus Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Card. Chron., ser. 3,8:122 (1890). — Hutch. & Dalziel, F.W.T.A. ed. 1, 2: 379 (1936). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus kilimandscharicus Pax [family IRIDACEAE], in Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. Afr.: 175 (1892). — Baker, Handb. Irid.: 214 (1892). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus spendidus Rendle [family IRIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 406 (1895). — Baker in F.T.A. 7: 369 (1898). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus taylorianus Rendle [family IRIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 405 (1895). Type from Kenya.

Gladiolus affinis De Wild. [family IRIDACEAE], Pl. Nov. Horti. Then. 1: 161, t. 35 (1905). Type: Mozambique, Morrumbala, xii.1900, Luja 393 (BR, holotype).

Gladiolus hockii De Wild. [family IRIDACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État. 3: 264 (1911). Type from Zaire (Shaba) probably subsp. dalenii but without stem base.

Gladiolus luembensis De Wild. [family IRIDACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 3: 264 (1911). Type from Zaire (Shaba).

Gladiolus calothyrsus Vaupel [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 537 (1913). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus boehmii Vaupel [family IRIDACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7, number 68: 32 (1920). Type from Tanzania.

Gladiolus coccineus L. Bolus [family IRIDACEAE], in S. African Gard. 18: 213 (1928). Type: Zimbabwe, Paulington (cult. Hort. Kirstenbosch), Stokes s.n. (BOL, holotype mounted on 4 sheets; K).

Gladiolus louwii L. Bolus [family IRIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 67: 132 (1929). Type from Kenya.

Gladiolus barnardii G.J. Lewis [family IRIDACEAE], in S. African Gard. 22: 204 (1932). Type: Zimbabwe, near Harare (cult. Cape Town), Barnard s.n. (BOL, holotype mounted on 3 sheets).

Plants (50)70–120 cm high. Corms 20–30 mm in diameter. Foliage leaves produced simultaneously with the flowers on the flowering stem, 4–6(7), at least the lower 2 basal or nearly so, about half as long as the spike, (5)10–20(30) mm wide, narrowly lanceolate to more or less linear, firm textured with moderately raised and thickened midrib and margins; the upper 1–2 leaves cauline and sheathing for at least half their length, sometimes entirely sheathing, often imbricate. Spike (2)3–7(10)-flowered; bracts green, (3.5)4–7 cm long. Flowers with the perianth tube 35–45 mm long and uppermost tepal (35)40–50 mm long. Filaments 25–30 mm long, exserted 15–20 mm; anthers 12–16 mm long.

Widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar and common throughout the Flora Zambesiaca region except for the semi-arid to arid pans of Botswana and southern Zimbabwe

Caprivi Strip c. 30 km from Katimo to Linyanti. 26.xii.1958, Killick & Leistner 3111 (PRE; SRGH).Botswana N Tsantsarra Pan, Chobe National Park. 22.i.1978, P.A Smith 2201 (PRE; SRGH).Zambia B Barotse Plain, c. 20 km NW of Mongu, 10.x.1962, Robinson 5471 (SRGH); Senanga. 31.1.1975, Brummitt, Chisumpa & Polhill 14192 (K; SRGH; WAG).Zimbabwe N Mazowe (Mazoe). iv.1906, Eyles 360 (BM).Malawi N Misuku Hills. Matipa area. c. 1920 m, 27.xii.1977, Pawek 13409 (K; MAL; MO).Mozambique N Nampula, 17.ii.1937, Torre 1215 (COI; LISC).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Nkali (Kali) Dambo, c. 1500 m, 15.i.1955, Richard 4102 (BR; K).Zambia W Kitwe, Garneton, 28.xii.1961, Linley 232 (MO; SRGH).Zambia C Serenje Distr., Kundalila Falls, 17.xii.1967, Simon & Williamson 1416 (SRGH).Zambia E Chipata Distr., Nzomane, 6.i.1959, Robson 1043 (BM; BR).Zimbabwe W Nyamandhlovu Pasture Research Station, 16.i.1954. Plowes 1660 (MO; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutasa Distr., Honde Valley, 750 m, 10.vi.1962. Plowes 2252 (SRGH).Malawi C Chongoni Forestry School, 17.i.1967, Salubeni 501 (MAL; SRGH).Malawi S Zomba, Chitinje Dambo, 3.i.1985. Salubeni & Tawakali 3919 (K; MAL; MO).Mozambique Z Milange, 550 m, 17.ii.1972, Correia & Marques 2707 (BR; LMU).Mozambique GI Xai Xai (Vila de João Belo), Chipenhe, Floresta de Chirindzeni, 9.vi.1960, de Lemos & Balsinhas 44 (BM; COI; K; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique M Bokissa, 25 km from Maputo, 22.iv.1981 Jansen & Macuácua 7697 (MO; WAG).

(Further synonymy for G.dalenii, based on plants from South Africa, is cited by G.J. Lewis et al., 1972.)Flowering usually at least five to six weeks after the onset of the rainy season, in December to May (June). The stems always have well developed foliage leaves at flowering time.