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Gladiolus microphyllus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus microphyllus Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Gladiolus inandensis Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Gladiolus permeabilis Burm.f. [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gladiolus permeabilis
  • Gladiolus inandensis
  • Gladiolus microphyllus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS microphyllus 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 microphyllus Baker [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid. 206
Information
corm small, globose; tunics of parallel strands of fibres, prolonged at the top into bristles; root-leaves narrow linear, rigid, 4–5 in. long; stem 6–8 in. long, with about 4 glabrous sheaths with short, free, linear tips; spike subsecund, lax, 2–4 in. long; outer spathe-valves oblong, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; perianth-tube shorter than the spathe; segments obovate, obtuse, pale red, 1/2– 5/8 in. long; stamens nearly as long as the segments. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Zuurberg Range, near Kokstad, 5500 ft., Tyson, 1852!

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