| Gladiolus chevalierianus Marais |
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| Family : IRIDACEAE |
| 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) Heterotypic |
| =Acidanthera amoena (A. Chev.) Jacq.-Fél. |
| =Dortania amoena A. Chev. (1937) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Herb 40-60 cm tall; corm 1,5 cm Ø; leaves 4-6, with blades narrowly lanceolate, 3-16x0,4-0,8 cm, grading imperceptibly into sheathing bract-like leaves; stem unbranched; spike 1-2-flowered; flower pale yellowish green; tube 6-7 cm long, tepals c. 2 cm long; capsule 2-2,5 cm long. |
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| Ecology : |
Grassy meadows on rock terraces; c. 1000 m alt. |
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Near G. aequinoctialis, G. bellus. |
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Only known from the 2 syntypes collected in 1937. Not in S. Lisowski, Flore Rép. Guinée 1 (Scripta Bot. Belg. 41), 2009; perhaps considered as a synonym of G. aequinoctialis |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- 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: 90
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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| Record n°21382 modified 2013-09-23 |
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