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Gladiolus multiflorus

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Identification
Gladiolus multiflorus Welw. ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus gregarius Welw. ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus multiflorus
  • Gladiolus gregarius

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS multiflorus 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 multiflorus Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 269. —Handb. Irid. 221; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 177.
Information
Corm globose, 1–1 1/2 in. diam.; tunics of fine crisped matted fibres. Produced leaves 4–5, ensiform, glabrous, moderately firm, the lower 9–12 in. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad. Stem moderately stout, terete, 1–1 1/2 in. long, with 1–2 reduced sheathing leaves. Spike simple, dense, subsecund, 1 ft. long; spathe-valves rigid, lanceolate, imbricate, the lower 1 in. long. Perianth bright purple, 1 1/4 in. long; tube curved, slender dilated at the apex, half as long as the limb; upper segments oblong, obtuse; lower as long, but narrower and unguiculate. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-limb.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; temperate region, in woods at Monino, Welwitsch, 1538!

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