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Phalangium ramosum

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Name

Identification
Melasphaerula ramosa (L.) Klatt [family ANTHERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Phalangium ramosum Burm. f. [family ANTHERICACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Melasphaerula ramosa
  • Anthericum ramosum
  • Phalangium ramosum

Flora

Entry for MELASPHŒRULA graminea Ker [family ]
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
MELASPHŒRULA graminea Ker [family ], in Bot. Mag. t. 615;—Ker in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 232; Baker, Handb. Irid. 189.
Gladiolus gramineus Linn. fil. [family IRIDACEAE], Suppl. 95; Thunb. Diss. No. 26; Prodr. 9; Jacq. Ic. t. 236; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 62.
Aglæa graminea Eckl. [family ], Top. Verz. 44.
Gladiolus ramosus Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 53.
Phalangium ramosum Burm. [family ], Prodr. 3, excl. syn.
Diasia iridifolia DC. [family ], in Bull. Phil. 1803, 151; Red. Lil. t. 54.
Diasia graminifolia DC. [family ], loc. cit.; Red. Lil. t. 163.
Melasphærula intermedia Sweet [family ], Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 502.
Melasphærula graminea Sweet [family ], Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 502.
Melasphærula iridifolia Sweet [family ], Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 502.
Melasphærula parviflora Sweet [family ], Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 502.
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam.; tunics thin, brown; leaves about 6 in a distichous basal rosette, linear, thin in texture, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/2 in. broad; stem slender, 1–2 ft. long including the inflorescence, which is a broad, lax panicle; spikes few-flowered, with a very flexuose, slender rachis; spathe-valves ovate, herbaceous, 1/8– 1/6 in. long; perianth yellowish-green, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; segments all very acuminate, with purplish-black veins, the lower narrower and more spreading; stamens half as long as the perianth; capsule 1/3 in. diam., very short, acutely 3-lobed. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Table Mountain, Cooper, 3206! Harvey! Bolus, 2827! Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Paarl Mountains 1000–2000 ft., Drège! Malmesbury Div.; near Groene Kloof, Thunberg! Bolus, 1485! near Malmesbury, 400 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1544! Tulbagh Div., Galpin, 72! Knysna Div.; Ruigte Vallei, under 500 ft., Drège!
Notes
M. iridifolia, G. Don, merely differs from the type by its shorter leaves of firmer texture, and M. parviflora, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1444, by its smaller flowers.

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