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Tritonia tigrina

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Name

Identification
Tritonia tigrina Pax [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Goldblatt, P., Gladiolus benguellensis Baker [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Gladiolus benguellensis
  • Tritonia tigrina

Flora

Entry for TRITONIA tigrina Pax [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 337, (1898) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
TRITONIA tigrina Pax [family IRIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 152.
Information
Produced leaves suprabasal, ensiform, rigid, with thickened stramineous ribs and margin, the longest above 1 ft. long, nearly 1 in. broad. Stem simple, slightly angled, 2–3 ft. long. Spike simple, lax, many-flowered; spathe-valves lanceolate, subherbaceous, rather shorter than the perianth. Perianth spotted, 1 in. long; tube slightly curved, funnel-shaped at the apex; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, subequal, as long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the perianth-limb; anthers linear, 1/3 in. long. Style as long as the stamens.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea between Janza and Malange, Pogge, 431.
Notes
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium.

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