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Gladiolus luteolus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus luteolus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus dalenii van Geel [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus dalenii
  • Gladiolus luteolus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS luteolus Klatt [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 luteolus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 515.
Information
Corm under 1/2 in. diam. Leaves linear, the longest 2–2 1/2 ft. long, 1/3 in. broad, those above and below it much reduced. Stem including inflorescence 3 ft. long. Spike distichous, with alternate flowers; spathe-valves linear, equal, 1 in. long. Perianth yellowish; tube curved, 1 1/2 in. long; segments ovate, acute, the upper 1 in. long, the 3 lower smaller.
Distribution
Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Lower Zambesi; in woods near Boror, Peters.

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