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Gladiolus plicatus

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Identification
Gladiolus plicatus Not on sheet. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Cipura paludosa
  • Ixia plicata
  • Gladiolus plicatus
  • Babiana stricta
  • Babiana villosula
  • Babiana plicata

Flora

Entry for BABIANA plicata Ker [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
BABIANA plicata Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 576, excl. syn.;—Ker in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 234; Gen. Irid. 149; Baker, Handb. Irid. 183.
Gladiolus fragrans Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. t. 14.
Gladiolus plicatus Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Pl. edit. 2, 53, ex parte.
Gladiolus ringens Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. i. 214, ex parte.
BABIANA cærulescens Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], Top. Verz. 32.
BABIANA villosa Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], Top. Verz. 32.
BABIANA punctata Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 14.
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics of brown matted fibres; leaves 5–6, with a petiole 2–4 in. long, and a hairy, plicate, ensiform lamina 1/3– 1/2 in. broad, 3–6 in. long; flowers fragrant, arranged in a simple or forked spike usually shorter than the leaves; peduncle and rachis hairy; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, hairy, about an inch long; perianth lilac or red, with a tube equalling the spathe and unequal oblong-unguiculate segments an inch long; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb; style-branches flattened at the tip. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Flats, Burchell, 8553! Bolus, 4750! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 273! Table Mountain and Devils Mountain, under 1000 ft., Drège! Burchell, 8489! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 272! Camps Bay, MacOwan, 2559! Between Paardeneiland, Blueberg and Tygerberg, Drège, 8387! Between Paarl Mts. and Paardeberg, under 1000 ft., Drège! Paarl Mts., Drège, 8396! Laauws Kloof, near Groene Kloof, Drège, 8384! Var. β, Cape Flats at Doornhoogde, Zeyher!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Var. γ, Forster!

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