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Lapeirousia graebneriana

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Identification
Lapeirousia graebneriana Harms [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Freesia laxa
  • Lapeirousia graebneriana

Flora

Entry for FREESIA laxa subsp. laxa [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1996) Author: Peter Goldblatt
Names
FREESIA laxa subsp. laxa [family IRIDACEAE]
Gladiolus laxus Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap., ed. 2: 50 (1823). Type: South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Uitenhage, Thunberg (UPS, holo.!)
Anomatheca cruenta Lindl. [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Reg. 16, t. 1369 (1830). Type: South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, i}Lindley (CGE, holo.!)
Meristostigma laxum (Thunb.) A. Dietr. [family ], sp Pl., ed. 6, 2: 597 (1833)
Lapeirousia cruenta (Lindl.) Baker [family IRIDACEAE], Handb. Irid.: 173 (1892) & in F.T.A. 7: 354 (1898)
Freesia cruenta (Lindl.) Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Th. Dur. & Schinz, Consp Fl. Afr. 5: 187 (1895)
Lapeirousia graebneriana Harms [family IRIDACEAE], in E.J. 28: 366 (1900). Type: Tanzania, Iringa District, Uhehe, Ufuagi, Goetze 748 (B, holo.!, BR, iso.!)
Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N.E. Br. [family IRIDACEAE], in J.L.S. 48: 20 (1928); W.F.K.: 126 (1948); U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 324, t. 151 (1994)
Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 37: 442 (1971) & in Contr. Bolus Herb. 4: 83 (1972) & in F.Z. 12(4): 52 (1993)
Information
Plants with pink to red flowers, the lower 3 tepals each with a dark red blotch in the lower third. Perianth-tube 1.8-2.5(-3.3) cm. long; tepals 1-1.2 cm. long, elliptic, ± 4 mm. wide. Filaments exserted 1.5-2 mm.; anthers 3-4 mm. long. Style dividing opposite the middle of the anthers, branches ± 2.5 mm. long, forked for ± 1 mm., and tangled in the anthers. Fig. 8.2.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; K 2, 3; T 4, 7 Zaire (Shaba), Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, south to Eastern Cape Province,
Altitude range
1800-2000 m.; mostly flowering November to January
Distribution
UGANDA W. Nile District Mt. Otze, 7 June 1933, A.S. Thomas 1959!;KENYA W. Suk District Kongelai [Kongoli], escarpment road, July 1961, Lucas 188!;TANZANIA Ufipa District Malonje Plateau, Nsanga Mt., 13 Mar. 1959, Richards 12110!;UGANDA Karamoja District Kidepo National Park, near summit of Mt. Lonyili, 17 May 1972, Synnott 1024! & Mt. Moroto, 4 Sept. 1956, Bally & Hardy in Bally 10725!;UGANDA Mbale District without precise locality, 1905, James !KENYA Uasin Gishu District Kipkarren, 1931, Broadhurst-Hill 2! & Soy, June 1933, Mainwaring 2673!TANZANIA Iringa District Dabaga Highlands, Kibengu, 21 Feb. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1382A! & Mufindi, Lugoda Golf Course, 25 Feb. 1986, Bidgood 75!
Distribution (external)
South Africa

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