Gladiolus gregarius Welw. ex Baker |
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Family : IRIDACEAE |
Protologue : Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1(5): 268 (1880 [1878]) |
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 |
=Antholyza descampsii De Wild. (1903) |
=Antholyza gilletii De Wild. (1904) |
=*Gladiolus pseudogregarius Mildbr. ex Hutch. (1936) |
=*Gladiolus spicatus Klatt non L. |
=Gladiolus hanningtonii Baker |
=Gladiolus karendensis Baker |
=Gladiolus uhehensis Harms |
=Gladiolus corbisieri De Wild. (1913) |
=Gladiolus elegans Vaupel |
=Gladiolus macrospathus Goldblatt (1996) |
=Gladiolus klattianus Hutch. |
=Gladiolus multiflorus Baker |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Herb 0,15-1,4 m tall; corm 1,2-4 cm Ø; tunics seldom accumulating, base without neck of fibres; leaves 4-7, 3-5 basal, 0,6-2 cm wide, upper ones cauline and shorter; stem erect, unbranched; floral bracts 2-5 cm long, overlapping; flowers light to dark purple, fading later, the lower tepals with dark purple mark; tube 1,2-1,5 cm long; dorsal tepal 2-2,6 cm long. |
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Ecology : |
Open woodland; often in rocky habitats where it is sheltered from competition; occasionally reported from wetter sites such as edges of seasonally flooded valley grassland; locally abundant; sand very humid; forest gallery; moist savanna; hollow on hard-pan; Katanga copper soil (Pl. Ecol. & Evol. 146: 185, 2013); 130-2621 m alt. |
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Near G. microspicatus, G. harmsianus. |
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Note: Geerinck treats G. microspicatus as a variety of G. erectiflorus (= var. angustifolius; cf. Taxonom. 4: 3, 2001, etc.), a smaller plant with linear leaves and not overlapping flower bracts. See below under G. microspicatus. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:63 (2012)
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 89-92 (1995).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 775 (2006).
Bibliography other :
- Lebrun J.P. (1999). Supplément au Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Candollea 54(2): 376
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