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Gladiolus spicatus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus spicatus L. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Gladiolus communis L. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Smith, Sir James Edward,
Related name
  • Gladiolus gregarius
  • Gladiolus communis
  • Gladiolus spicatus

Flora

Entry for MICRANTHUS fistulosus Eckl. [family ]
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
MICRANTHUS fistulosus Eckl. [family ], Top. Verz. 44;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 179.
Gladiolus alopecuroides Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 54, ex parte.
Gladiolus spicatus Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 53, ex Ker, non Linn. Herb.
Watsonia spicata Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 229; Gen. Irid. 123.
Ixia spicata Willd. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. i. 200.
MICRANTHUS spicatus Klatt [family ], Ergänz. 21.
Ixia cepacea Red. [family IRIDACEAE], Lil. t. 96.
Ixia fistulosa Ker [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Mag. t. 523.
Gladiolus fistulosus Jacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. t. 16
Gladiolus tubulosus Burm. [family IRIDACEAE], Prodr. 2.
Information
corm 1/2–1 in. diam., the tunics ending at the top in long bristles; leaves 3–4, superposed, sheathing the stem up to the base of the spike, lorate, falcate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, obtuse, with a conspicuous mucro, finely veined, the lowest 3–6 in. long, the upper shorter; stems simple, 1/2–1 ft. long; spike 2–5 in. long, dense, many lower flowers often abortive; spathe and flowers exactly like those of the other species. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Devils Mountain, MacOwan, 2509! Ecklon, 524! Flats near Rondebosch, Burchell, 198! between Cape Town and Simons Bay, Burchell, 8555! near Tulbagh, Burchell, 1034! Hottentots Holland Mts., Thunberg!

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