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Gladiolus muenzneri
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Along M9 between Thazima Gate and Zambia border, Nyika National Park.
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Plants 30–60 cm high, growing from corms 20–35 mm in diameter; tunics brownish, more or less leathery or fibrous. Foliage leaves 2–3, entirely sheathing or with short occasionally narrowly lanceolate blades 1–12 cm long; margins and midribs hyaline and usually slightly thickened. Stem erect, unbranched. Spike 2–8-flowered; bracts 18–25 mm long, the inner somewhat shorter than the outer and apically bifid. Flowers white to cream, pale yellowish, mauve, pink or pale orange, lacking contrasting markings on the lower tepals; perianth tube 7–8 mm long; tepals nearly equal, 20–25 mm long, directed forwards and weakly curving outward. Filaments 4–5 mm long, usually included in the perianth tube. Capsules globose, 10–12 mm long. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | muenzneri: named after Max Münzner, German botanist who participated in the Fromm Expedition to western Tanzania in 1908. |
| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland and submontane grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec-Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southwestern Tanzania, northern Malawi and northern Zambia. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 23 February 2020 |
| Literature: |
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. (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Page 83. (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. (1996). Gladiolus in Tropical Africa Timber Press. Portland, Oregon. Pages 133 - 135. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 116. |
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