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Gladiolus splendidus

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Name

Identification
Gladiolus splendidus Rendle [family IRIDACEAE ] Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Gladiolus dalenii
  • Gladiolus splendidus

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS splendidus Rendle [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 splendidus Rendle [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 406.
Information
Produced stem-leaves 4, rigid, linear, with thickened stramineous midrib and edges, the lowest 2 ft. long, 1/3 in. broad. Stem robust, 3–4 ft. long including the spike. Spike simple, lax, secund, above 1 ft. long, 7–8-flowered; spathe-valves lanceolate, 3 in. long in the lower flowers. Perianth bright crimson, above 4 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, curved, under 2 in. long; dorsal segment suborbicular, 2 1/2 in. long, 20 lin. broad; lateral rather narrower and shorter; 3 lower much smaller. Stamens 1 in. shorter than the upper segment; anthers linear, above 1/2 in. long.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Mount Kilimanjaro, above Morang, ascending to 10,000 ft., Taylor.

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