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Gladiolus nyikensis

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Gladiolus nyikensis Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Gladiolus erectiflorus Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus nyikensis
  • Gladiolus erectiflorus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS nyikensis 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 nyikensis Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 283.
Information
Corm small, globose. Stem slender, 1 ft. long, bearing 6–8 superposed, narrowly linear, firm, erect leaves, the lowest 1 ft. long, 1/6 in. broad. Spike moderately lax, 3–6 in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, purple, 1–1 1/2 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 1/2 in. long; limb creamy-white, veined with red, and tinged with pink; upper segments oblong, subacute, not cucullate, 1 1/2 in. long; lower not much smaller. Stamens not reaching halfway up the perianth-limb.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Nyika Plateau, 6000–7000 ft., Whyte! between Mpata and Tanganyika Plateau, 2000–3000 ft., Whyte!

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