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Ixia flexuosa

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Name

Identification
Ixia flexuosa L. [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Geissorrhiza secunda
  • Ixia micrandra
  • Ixia flexuosa
  • Ixia secunda
  • Geissorrhiza aspera

Flora

Entry for IXIA flexuosa Linn. [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
IXIA flexuosa Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 51;—Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 624; Gen. Irid. 97; Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 58; Klatt in Linnæa xxxiv. 642; Baker, Handb. Irid. 161.
IXIA erecta Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Diss. No. 18.
IXIA capitata Andr. var. stellata [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 232.
IXIA thyrsiflora Delaroche [family IRIDACEAE], Descr. 20.
IXIA tenella Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 62 (Miller Ic. tab. 156, fig. 2).
IXIA polystachya Red. [family IRIDACEAE], Lil. t. 126.
Information
differs only from polystachya in the colour of the flowers, which is various shades of red or lilac or sometimes red flushed lilac outside, without any distinct basal blotch. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, Ecklon, 441! 1601! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1629! 1689! near Genadendal, Drège, 8377! Breede River, near Swellendam, Drège, 8371!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Drège, 8365!
Notes
I. pallide-rosea, Eckl., is a form with pale red flowers with narrow segments tinged with lavender outside. I. tenella, Klatt, a form with blueish flowers with a pale yellow throat.

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