| Gladiolus somalensis Goldblatt & Thulin |
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| Famille : IRIDACEAE |
| Protologue : Novon 5(4): 325 (1995) |
| Informations sur le genre : Gladiolus |
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Statut
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| Statut pour TA : | accepté (présent) |
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| Ecologie et distribution |
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| Biologie : |
Herb 7-30 cm tall; corm obconic, c. 1,2 cm Ø; tunics of softly-textured layers, these decaying into fine netted fibers; leaves 4-5, lower 3 basal reaching at least base of spike; spike 2-10-flowered; flowers zygomorphic, orange; lower lateral tepals (or lower median) bright yellow in lower half; dorsal tepal inclined over the stamens, 1,6-1,8x0,8 cm, the upper lateral tepals as long or nearly so; tube, 6-8 mm long; capsule and seeds unknown. |
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| Ecologie : |
Limestone escarpments in evergreen bushland dominated by Buxus hildebrandtii, Cadia purpurea; 1350 m alt. |
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Flowers superficially resembling those of a Tritonia, fair resemblance to G. calcicola, G. mensensis. |
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Bibliographie pour l'Afrique Australe :
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| Plus d'info sur : |
| voir d'autres informations sous Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| voir d'autres informations sous The International Plant Name Index |
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