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Gladiolus ludwigii

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus ludwigii Pappe ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE ]
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  • Gladiolus ludwigii

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS Ludwigii Pappe [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 Ludwigii Pappe [family IRIDACEAE], ex Baker, Handb. Irid. 215
Antholyza hirsuta Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Linnæa xxxv. 379.
GLADIOLUS sericeo-villosus Baker var. β Ludwigii [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 175.
Information
corm large, globose; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; leaves about 6 in a subbasal distichous rosette, rigid, ensiform, with thick, stramineous ribs, finely pilose, sometimes 2–3 ft. long, 1/2–1 in. broad; stem 2–3 ft. long including the inflorescence, finely pubescent; spike distichous, often a foot long, with 20–30 flowers; spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1–1 1/2 in. long, pubescent, scariose towards the edge and top; flower plain pale yellow; perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 3/4 in. long; limb about as long as the tube; three upper segments oblong-spathulate, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad; three lower narrower, unguiculate; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Inanda, Wood, 160! 601! Polela, 4000–5000 ft., Wood, 4636! Maritzberg Road, 600 ft., Sanderson, 454! 530! Between Umkomanzi River and Umlanzi River, Drège, 4541b! and without precise locality, Pappe! Griqualand East; Enyembi Mountain near Clydesdale, 4500 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aust.-Afr., 1547! Tembuland; banks of rivers near Bazeia, 200 ft., Baur, 144!KALAHARI REGION Var. β, Transvaal; Mountain sides, Umvoti Creek, near Barberton, 3000 ft., Galpin, 925! Orange Free State, Cooper, 1198!

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