Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
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Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel, Sert. Bot. 18 (1829)
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Van Geel
Van Geel
1829
18
Daleni
ICN
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
species
Gladiolus dalenii
Classification
Descriptions
Corm ± 5 cm diam., ± flattened, with numerous cormils at base. Stems ± 1.5 m high. Leaves ± 3 cm wide, stiff. Flowers ± 10 cm long, ± 7 cm diam., to 10 or more in a unilateral spike, yellow, reddening from bud to fully open; outer spathe-valves ± = perianth-tube; tube ± 5 cm long, curved; upper lobes ± 5 × 3 cm, broadly obovate, obtuse, red; lower lobes slightly shorter and much narrower, yellow, broad, red zone at apex. Anthers yellow. Capsule oblong, ± ½ length of spathe-valves. Seeds broadly winged.
Taxonomic concepts
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
Gladiolus natalensis Reinw. ex Hook. f.
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
Gladiolus natalensis Reinw. ex Hook. f.
Gladiolus psittacinus Hook.
Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Recorded as Gladiolus dalenii, the heterotypic synonym Gladiolus natalensis, and as Gladiolous natalensis var. cooperi. the last listed does not appear to be a valid combination.
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scientific name
Names_Plants
14 February 2006
25 March 2022