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Gladiolus luridus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus luridus Welw. ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Gladiolus atropurpureus Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Goldblatt,P.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus atropurpureus
  • Gladiolus unguiculatus
  • Gladiolus luridus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS luridus Welw. ex 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 337, (1898) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
GLADIOLUS luridus Welw. ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 267. —Handb. Irid. 211.
Information
Corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics of parallel fibres, reticulated upwards. Produced leaves 3–4, narrowly linear, erect, firm, 1 ft. long, 1/8 in. broad. Stem slender, terete, 1 ft. long, bearing 2 reduced leaves. Spike very lax, secund, 1 ft. long, 10–12-flowered; outer spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, green, 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Perianth dull purple, 1 in. long, tube curved; upper segment as long as the tube, oblong, obtuse, with a cuneate base, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad; lower segments smaller, with a narrow claw. Stamens nearly as long as the upper segments.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; subtemperate region near Lopollo, in maize fields, Welwitsch, 1533!

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