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Gladiolus spathaceus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus spathaceus Pappe ex Baker [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gladiolus spathaceus

Flora

Entry for BABIANA spathacea 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 spathacea Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 234, non Bot. Mag. t. 638;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 180.
Gladiolus spathaceus Linn. fil. [family IRIDACEAE], Suppl. 96; Thunb. Diss. No. 25; Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap. i. 208.
BABIANA Ecklonii Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 14.
Information
leaves ensiform, nearly a foot long, 1/2 in. broad, plicate, pilose, petioled, oblique at the base; stem a foot long including the inflorescence; spikes 2–3, dense; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, scariose, glabrous, 3/4–1 in. long; perianth pale lilac; tube slender, 1 1/2–2 in. long; limb 1/2 in. long, with oblanceolate segments; stamens nearly as long as the segments; style-branches reaching to the tip of the anthers. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Calvinia Div.; Bokkeveld and Hantam in dry regions, Thunberg!
Notes
Described from the type specimens in Thunberg's herbarium, the only ones I have seen. Its affinity is with B. tubata.

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