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Ixia flava

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Identification
Ixia flava Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Ixia maculata L. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Lewis, G.J., 1961 Ixia maculata L. [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by de Vos, M.P., 1990
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  • Ixia flava
  • Ixia maculata

Flora

Entry for ROMULEA bulbocodioides Baker [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
ROMULEA bulbocodioides Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88, non Eckl.;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 101; Klatt, Ergänz. 68.
Ixia bulbocodioides Delaroche [family IRIDACEAE], Descr. 19.
Ixia recurva Red. [family IRIDACEAE], Lil. tab. 251, fig. 1.
Ixia reflexa Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 55.
Trichonema caulescens Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 1392; Klatt in Linnæa, xxxiv. 663.
Trichonema hypoxidiflorum Salisb. [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 316.
Ixia flava Lam. [family IRIDACEAE], Ill. i. 109.
ROMULEA caulescens Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 65.
ROMULEA chloroleuca Eckl. [family IRIDACEAE], Top. Verz., 20, excl. syn.
Information
corm globose, 1/3– 1/2 in. diam., with pale brown, smooth, rigid tunics; basal leaves 1–2, narrow linear, firm in texture, often a foot long, 1/12 in. broad, with several distinct ribs; peduncle usually short, bearing 3–5 flowers on long pedicels, with a large linear leaf from the base of each, 1/8– 1/6 in. broad; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, closely ribbed, 3/4–1 in. long, inner smaller, brown, membranous; perianth bright yellow, with a funnel-shaped tube 1/6– 1/4 in. long, and obovate, obtuse segments 1/4– 1/3 in. broad, the outer tinged with green outside; anthers yellow, 1/6 in. long, equalling the filaments; styles equalling or just overtopping the anthers. null
Distribution
COAST REGION near Tulbagh, Burchell, 986! Near Cape Town, Bolus, 2810! Caledon Div., Houwhoek Mts., 1000–3000 ft., Zeyher, 4046!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Rogers! Villette! Bowie! Var. β, Thunberg!
Notes
There are fine specimens in the Linnean herbarium, named Ixia Bulbocodium.

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