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Gladiolus erectiflorus
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Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Niassa Game Reserve, Cabo Delgado.
Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Niassa Game Reserve, Cabo Delgado.
Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Niassa Game Reserve, Cabo Delgado.
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| Synonyms: |
Gladiolus nyikensis Baker Gladiolus venulosus Baker |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial, 60-90 cm high, growing from a corm. Leaves 5-6, lower 3 more or less basal and larger, up to about the base of the spike, narrowly lanceolate to linear, 205 mm wide. Flowering spike 4-8-flowered, erect. Flowers whitish, cream to pale pink, normally heavily veined red or purple, veining rarely inconspicuous or absent and flowers all whithish, cream or all red or purple. The lower 3 tepals each with a broad yellowish mark in the lower part. |
| Notes: | The striking flowers are normally very heavily veined red to purple but rarer formes without the conspicuous veining also occur. |
| Derivation of specific name: | erectiflorus: with erect flowers, referring to the stiffly erect flowering spikes, unlike most species which have an inflorescence somewhat inclined towards the ground. |
| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, often in rocky, hilly areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern DRC, southwestern Tanzania, Malawi, northern Mozambique and Zambia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 210 - 211. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 310. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 127. As Gladiolus trichonemifolius Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Pages 185 - 187. (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. (1996). Gladiolus in Tropical Africa Timber Press. Portland, Oregon. Pages 194 - 198. (Includes a picture). Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 16. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 116. as Gladiolus trichonemifolius |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gladiolus erectiflorusAfrican Plant Database: Gladiolus erectiflorus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gladiolus erectiflorus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gladiolus erectiflorus
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