| Gladiolus microspicatus P. A. Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex Còrdova |
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| Famille : IRIDACEAE |
| Informations sur le genre : Gladiolus |
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Statut
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| Statut pour TA : | accepté (présent) |
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| Synonyme(s) hétérotypique(s) |
| =Gladiolus klattianus subsp. angustifolius Van Bockstal |
| =Gladiolus gregarius var. angustifolius (Van Bockstal) Geerinck |
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| Ecologie et distribution |
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| Biologie : |
Herb 25-35 cm tall; corm 1-2 cm Ø; fibers usually accumulating in a dense mass, often extending upwards and with the dry cataphylls forming a thick neck; leaves linear, to 25 cm x 1,5-7 mm; spike 4-10-flowered; bracts 1,8-2,5 cm long; flowers light to dark purple; tube 1-1,2 cm long; dorsal tepal 1,6-2 cm long. |
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| Ecologie : |
Copper hill; lightly copper-enriched steppe, summit of ore deposit; poisoned dambo south of metal-bearing hill; steppe with termite mounds; meadow rich in malachite; meadow with Eragrostis, Xerophyta; meadow with Sporobolus, copper rich; steppe on sand with many Lentibulariaceae; humid steppe near gallery; humid steppe; 1050-2100 m alt. A species from heavy-metal-enriched soil; but also away from such habitats. Capsules of plants growing on sandy or stony soils are not known, and without seeds their identity is difficult to determine. |
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Near G. gregarius, and considered a variety of the latter by, e.g., Geerinck (cf. Goldblatt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr., l.c., i.e. var. angustifolius). |
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Bibliographie pour l'Afrique Australe :
- 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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