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Kniphofia galpinii

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Identification
Kniphofia galpinii Baker [family ASPHODELACEAE ]
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Entry for Kniphofia galpinii [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Kniphofia galpinii [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Plants solitary or few-stemmed. Leaves grass­like, recurved, 400-650(-1000) x 3-6(-8) mm, markedly fibrous, triangular in cross section; margin entire or minutely denticulate towards apex. Scape overtopping recurved leaves, 300-600 mm tall. Raceme subglobose to ovoid, dense, 50-80 x 40 mm; buds flame-red to orange-red; flowers pendulous, yellow to orange. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 9-13 mm long, acumi­nate; margin entire to minutely denticulate towards apex. Pedicels 1.5-3.0 mm long, elon­gating to 4 mm in fruit. Perianth subcylindrical, 27-35 mm long; lobes ovate, 2 mm long, not spreading. Stamens not or scarcely exserted at anthesis, later withdrawn. Fruit not seen. Figure 30.
Habitat
The narrow, grass-like leaves of this species are similar to some forms of K. triangularis (No. 33) but are, in general, more nervose and fibrous. The floral characters of the two are also similar, though in K. galpinii the perianth lobes are not spreading and the raceme is bicolorous, with flame-red buds grading down to yellowish flowers. In K. triangularis the raceme is more or less concolorous, coral-red to orange-red in colour, and the perianth lobes are spreading.
Use
32. Kniphofia galpinii Baker in Flora capensis 6: 281 (1896); A.Berger; 56 (1908); E.Phillips: t. 783 (1940); Letty: 36, t. 20,3 (1962); Codd: 466 (1968); A.Fabian & Germish.: 44, t. 14f (1997); Relief & P.PJ.Herman: 101 (1997). Type: Transvaal [Mpumalanga], near Barber-ton, Galpin 1208 (K, nolo.!; BOL!, PRE!).
Range
Grows in dense grass on hdlsides and grassy vleis at altitudes of 1 000-2 000 m in Mpuma­langa and northern Swaziland. A few specimens collected in the Helpmekaar District of Kwa-Zulu-Natal are included here, though further investigation may indicate that they are worthy of separate status. Map 16.

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