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Ixia viridiflora

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Ixia viridiflora
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Entry for IXIA viridiflora Lam. [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 viridiflora Lam. [family IRIDACEAE], Encyc. iii. 340;—Lam. Ill. i. 112; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1548.
IXIA viridis Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 62.
IXIA maculata Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Diss. No. 19, et Ker, Gen. Irid. 99, ex parte.
IXIA spicata Andr. var. viridi-nigra [family IRIDACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 29.
IXIA pulchra Salisb. [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Hort. Sec. i. 320.
IXIA maculata Jacq. var. viridis [family IRIDACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. t. 23; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 549.
IXIA spectabilis Salisb. [family IRIDACEAE], Prodr. 35.
IXIA prasina Soland. [family IRIDACEAE], MSS.
Information
corm depresso-globose, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics fibrous; leaves narrow, linear, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, the lower a foot or more long; stem long, slender, simple, terete; flowers numerous, arranged in a long, lax, erect spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, pale green, 1/3 in. long; perianth-tube slender, cylindrical, as long as or a little longer than the spathe; limb campanulate, 3/4–1 in. long, pale green with a black throat, the segments oblong; anthers linear, yellow, 1/3 in. long, exceeding the free black filaments; style branches not reaching to the top of the anthers. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Tulbagh Div.; between Breede River and the Bokkeveld, Drège! near Tulbagh (Roode Sand), Thunberg! Ecklon, 439! MacOwan, 2692! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 542!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Forster! Masson! Oldenburg! Thom! Var. β, Ecklon, 440!

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