| Gladiolus tshombeanus P. A. Duvign. & Van Bockstal |
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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 peschianus P. A. Duvign. & Van Bockstal |
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| Ecologie et distribution |
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| Biologie : |
Herb 15-40 cm tall, growing in clumps; corm 0,9-1,2 cm Ø, tunics of tough reddish brown fibres, usually accumulating in a neck around base; leaves 2, the lower basal, sheathing for most of its length, terminating in a 2-6 cm long, terete, 4-grooved blade; spike 4-7-flowered, inclined 45°; bracts c. 1 cm long; flowers usually pale blue to lilac; tube c. 1 cm long; tepals unequal, dorsal largest 1,2-1,4 cm long, lower lateral tepals each with a dark purple mark at base or marginal spots. |
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| Ecologie : |
Copper rich soils (to 50.000 ppm); lateritic dambo with copper (fide Duvigneaud & Denaeyer, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 96: 126, 1963, not validated by Faucon et coll., Pl. Ecol. Evol. 143: 10, 2010); thicket of Uapaca kirkiana; meadow with Eragrostis on malachite stowage. |
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Near G. gracillimus, G. robiliartianus. |
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