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Gladiolus venulosus

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

Flora

Entry for GLADIOLUS venulosus 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 venulosus Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 282.
Information
Corm small, globose. Stem slender, 1 1/2 ft. long, with 6–9 sheaths with rather long, narrowly linear, erect, free tips. Spike lax, secund, 3–6 in. long; lower outer spathe-valves lanceolate, 1–1 1/4 in. long. Perianth-tube slightly curved, 1/2 in. long; upper segments oblong, subacute, not cucullate, 1 1/4 in. long, beautifully veined with claret-purple on a white ground; 3 lower nearly as large. Stamens rather more than half as long as the perianth-limb. Capsule oblong, 3/4 in. long.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500–4000 ft., Whyte! Mesuku Plateau, 6500–7000 ft., Whyte!

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