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Ixia crocata

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Identification
Ixia crocata L. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Tritonia crocata
  • Ixia crocata

Flora

Entry for TRITONIA crocata 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
TRITONIA crocata Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 228;—Gen. Irid. 120; Baker, Handb. Irid. 190.
Ixia crocata Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2. 52; Linn. fil. Pl. Rar. Hort. Upsal. 13. t. 7; Thunb. Diss. No. 20; Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. i. 245; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 184; Wendl. Bot. Beobacht. 5. t. 1. fig. 4.
Gladiolus crocatus Pers. [family IRIDACEAE], Syn. i. 44.
Tritonixia crocata Klatt [family ], Ergänz. 22.
Ixia iridifolia Delaroche [family IRIDACEAE], Descr. 24 (Miller, Ic. 160, t. 239, fig. 2).
Information
corm globose, 3/4–1 in. diam.; tunics of matted, pale brown, reticulated fibres; basal leaves 4–6, ensiform, spreading, moderately firm in texture, 4–8 in. long, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad; stem slender, terete, simple or branched low down, 1–1 1/2 ft. long including the inflorescence; flowers 4–10 in a lax secund spike; spathe-valves oblong, 1/3– 1/2 in. long, green in the lower part, brown and toothed at the tip; perianth-tube slightly exserted, cylindrical, dilated into a small funnel at the top; segments obovate-spathulate, 3/4–1 in. long, much imbricated, bright fulvous-yellow, not distinctly spotted on the claw; stamens one-third the length of the limb; anthers purple, lanceolate; style-branches 1/6 in. long, overtopping the stamens. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Rondebosch, Drège! Tulbagh, Pappe! mountains between Stellenbosch and Helder Berg, 1000 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 953! Swellendam Div.; Thunberg! hills on both sides of Buffeljaghts River, Zeyher, 3974! Mossel Bay Div.; between Little Brak River and Hartenbosch, Burchell, 6199! and between Zout River and Duyker River, Burchell, 6371!
Notes
T. purpurea, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub. t. 1275, and T. sanguinea, coccinea, and aurantiaca, Eckl. Top. Verz. 29, are varieties of this, differing in the colour of the flower from the type as indicated by their names.

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