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Anomatheca grandiflora Baker [family IRIDACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 12, Part 4, (1993) Author: P. Goldblatt
Names
Lapeirousia cuenta [family IRIDACEAE], sensu Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: 332 (1916) non Lapeirousia cruenta (Lindley) Baker (1892).
Schizostylis coccinea [family IRIDACEAE], sensu Mogg in Macnae & Kalk, Nat. Hist. Inhaca Isl., Moçamb.: 11, 143 (1958).
Freesia grandiflora Baker Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], in T. Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 187 (1895).
Freesia rubella Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boissier. sér. 2. 1: 868 (1901 ).Type: Mozambique, Maputo (Delagoa Bay), 1890, Junod 166 (Z, holotype: K. flowers).
Anomatheca grandiflora Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 14: 337 (1876). — Goldblatt in J. S. African Bot. 37: 443 (1971). — Tredgold & Biegel, Rhod. Wild FL: 11, plate 7 (1979). — Plowes & Drummond, Wild Fl. Rhodesia: pl. 41 (1976). TAB. 15 fig. A. Type: Mozambique, mouth of Luaua R. (Luabo R.), 30.v.1858, Kirk s.n. (K. lectotype here designated).
Lapeirousia grandiflora Baker Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 113: t. 6924 (1887); Handb. Irid.: 173 (1892): in F.C. 6: 96 (1896); in F.T.A. 7: 355 (1898). — Schinz & Junod in Mém. Herb. Boissier, No. 10: 30 (1900). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. .Africa 5: 332 (1916). — Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 76 (1951). — Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9, 1: 83 (1954). — Letty. Wild Fl. Transvaal: 76, pl. 36 (1962),
Information
Plants (12)20–60 cm high. Corms 1–1.4 cm in diameter, globose; tunics of fine pale reticulate fibres. Foliage leaves several, usually reaching to the base of the spike but sometimes exceeding it, (6)8–12 mm wide, narrowly lanceolate. Stem erect, unbranched or 2–4-branched. Spike 2–6-flowered; outer bracts 10–15 mm long, green, becoming membranous to dry above, sometimes brown apically; inner bracts smaller than the outer, bifid. Flowers zygomorphic, red (pink), the lower 3 tepals each with a darker-red mark at the base; perianth tube erect, 20–30 mm long, campanulate, slender below, broad and cup-shaped above, the upper part, c. 4 mm long; tepals unequal, lanceolate, the upper 22–30(35) mm long, erect, the lower three 21–26 mm long, ascending to nearly horizontal. Stamens unilateral and arcuate, 15–25 mm long, exserted for (10)15–20 mm; anthers 5.5–8 mm long. Style branching between the middle and apex of the anthers, style branches 4–6 mm long, deeply forked, arched over the anthers. Capsules 8–10 mm long, 7–8 mm wide, smooth to irregularly papillate. Seeds nearly globose, c. 3 mm long, orange to dark-red, glossy.
Habitat
In light shade in deciduous woodland and scrub, coastal and inland, sometimes on anthills.
Altitude range
100
0
inferred from habitat
Distribution
Mozambique M Matutuíne (Bela Vista), 7.xii.1961, de Lemos & Balsinhas 252 (K; LMA; SRGH).Mozambique MS Inhamitanga Forest, 6.iv.1945, Simão 339 (LMA).Zambia C Lusaka, Church Road, 19.i.1986, Goldblatt 7576 (MO).Zimbabwe N Guruve (Sipolilo), Nyamunyeche (Nyamyetsi) Estate, 23.ii.1979, Nyariri 772 (MO; SRGH).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Viphya, 12.viii.1966, Agnew 427 (MAL).Mozambique N 7 km from Marrupa to Lichinga, 19.ii.1982, Jansen & Boane 7879 (K; LMU; MO).Zambia E Chipata (Fort Jameson), Mangwe Mt., 18.i.1962, Grout 272 (K; NDO).Zambia S 35 km NE of Choma, 3.i.1957, Robinson 2007 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Farm Besna Kobila, i.1955, Miller 2652 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Esigodini (Essexvale), ii.1921, Borle 117 (K; SRGH; Z).Zimbabwe E Odzani R. Valley, 1915, Teague 338 (K).Zimbabwe S Nyoni Mts., 80 km S of Masvingo, 10.iii.1976, Pope & Müller 1520 (SRGH).Malawi C Chongoni Mt., c. 1800 m, 3.ii.1959, Robson 1428 (K; LISC; MAL; SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., south-facing slopes NW of Ndirande summit, 3.iii.1970, Brummitt 8853 (BR; K; MAL; SRGH).Mozambique Z Milange, Serra do Chiperone, 24.11965, Correia & Marques 2282 (BR; LMU; MO; WAG).Mozambique T Cahora (Cabora) Bassa, planalto do Songo, 850 m, 21.i.1973, Torre, Carvalho & Ladeira 18812 (LISC).
Distribution (external)
South Africa (Natal, Transvaal)
Swaziland
S Tanzania
Zaire (Shaba)
Notes
Mostly flowering in January to April.Distinguished from Anomatheca laxa by its larger, usually entirely red flower with a wide upper perianth tube, erect upper tepals and long filaments exserted for at least 10 mm from the tube. Plants from near Mocuba in central Mozambique (Barbosa&Carvalho 2744) seem to represent an unusual variant of the species; the flowers are pink with reddish markings and the filaments are unusually short, c. 12 mm long, and included in the upper pan of the tube.
Anomatheca grandiflora Baker [family IRIDACEAE]
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