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Strelitzia parvifolia

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Identification
Strelitzia parvifolia Dryand. [family STRELITZIACEAE ]
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Entry for STRELITZIA parvifolia Dryand. [family STRELITZIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By C. H. WRIGHT.)
Names
STRELITZIA parvifolia Dryand. [family STRELITZIACEAE], in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 56;—Bauer, Strelitz. tt. 10–11; Lemaire in Ill. Hort. x. (1863), Misc. 26; Baker in Ann. Bot. vii. 201; K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Musac. 33.
STRELITZIA angustifolia Dryand. [family STRELITZIACEAE], in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 55.
STRELITZIA Principis Andr. ex Spreng. [family STRELITZIACEAE], Syst. i. 833.
STRELITZIA Reginæ Smith var. parvifolia [family STRELITZIACEAE], in Rees, Cyclop.
Information
stemless; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 9 in. long, 3 in. wide, deltoid at the base, with a narrow brown scarious flat margin; petiole slender, 4–6 ft. long; peduncle as long as the leaves; spathe 6 in. long, green edged with red; sepals bright orange, lanceolate, about 4 in. long, 3/4 in. wide; petals blue, blade of the 2 lower 2 in. long, with rounded basal auricles, upper broadly ovate, 1/2 in. long, mucronate; stamens about 3 in. long; style-arms 1 1/2 in. long, protruding beyond the petals. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Var. β, Uitenhage Div.; at Uitenhage by the Zwartkops River, Burchell, 4438/3! limestone hill or kopje near the mouth of the Zwartkops River, under 500 ft., Drège!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Villet! Var. β, Villet!

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