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Gladiolus macowani

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus macowani Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus cardinalis Drège [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus speciosus Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus mortonius Herb. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., 1997
Related name
  • Gladiolus mortonius
  • Gladiolus speciosus
  • Gladiolus cardinalis
  • Gladiolus macowani

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS Macowani Baker [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 Macowani Baker [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid. 219
GLADIOLUS secundus Soland. [family IRIDACEAE], in Herb. Banks!
Information
corm not seen; stem 2–3 ft. long; produced leaves ensiform, more rigid in texture than in the other Cardinales, 1 1/2 ft. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad; flowers 6–10 in a lax distichous spike, all suberect; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, lower 1 1/2–2 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube straight, 2 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper third or quarter; segments oblong, acute, subequal, 1 1/2 in. long, 1/2 in. broad; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; on the Zuurberg and Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 236! Aliwal North Div.; on the Witte Bergen, Cooper, 3600!
Notes
Differs from the other Cardinales by the segments being subequal and shorter than the tube.

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