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| Family : IRIDACEAE |
Protologue : J. Bot. 14: 334 (1876)  |
| Notes : [sensu Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2 = G. roseolus] |
| Information on the genus : Gladiolus |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Gladiolus natalensis var. melleri (Baker) Geerinck |
| Gladiolus dalenii var. melleri (Baker) Còrdova |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Gladiolus brachyandrus Baker |
| =Gladiolus brevispathus (Pax) Klatt |
| =Gladiolus welwitschii subsp. brevispathus Pax |
| =Gladiolus johnstonii Baker |
| =Gladiolus matabelensis Schltr. ex Weim. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Herb 25-60 cm tall; corm 2,5-3,5 cm Ø; flowering stem with only sheathing leaves or nearly so; foliage leaves produced after anthesis on separate shoots, solitary, lanceolate, to c. 30 cm long, 1 cm wide; stem usually unbranched; spike 5-9-12-flowered; bracts 1,5-3,5 cm long; flowers brick-red to salmon; tube 1,5-2,5 cm long; stamen filaments 0,8-1 cm long, included in perianth tube; style branches 0,5-0,6 cm long. |
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| Ecology : |
Seasonally wet sites: margins of valley grassland, poorly drained wooded grassland; flowering is stimulated by fire and signs of burning are common on specimens; 1200-2600 m alt. |
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Resembling G. oliganthus, G. roseolus; confused with G. dalenii subsp. andongensis, G. benguellensis, G. manikensis. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. Pl. South Africa 20: t.768 (1940).
- Wild Flrs Rhodesia : (1976).
- LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1995). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Monocotyledones: Limnocharitaceae à Poaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 89-92
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°21257 modified 2013-10-30 |
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