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Freesia grandiflora
grandiflora
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Cliffs nr Eggardon Hill, Vumba
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Cliffs nr Eggardon Hill, Vumba
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Cliffs nr Eggardon Hill, Vumba
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Slopes of Mt Belingwe
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| Synonyms: |
Anomatheca grandiflora Baker Freesia rubella Baker Lapeirousia grandiflora Baker |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Attractive perennial herb, up to 60 cm, growing from spherical corms. Several foliage leaves, narrowly lanceolate, reach to the base of the inflorescence. Flowers usually red with darker red markings on the inside of the lower 3 tepals; stamens and style red, long exserted. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | grandiflora: large flowered |
| Habitat: | A species of deciduous woodland and scrub, often among rocks or on termite hills, growing in light shade. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC (Shaba), southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 14 March 2014 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 206 - 207. as Anomatheca grandiflora (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 18. 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. Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Pages 53 - 55. as Anomatheca grandiflora (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 39 - 40. (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (1995). Phylogeny of the African Genera Anomatheca and Freesia and a new genus Xenoscapa Systematic Botany 20(2) Page 171. Linley, K. & Baker, B. (1972). Flowers of the Veld Bundu Series Longman Zimbabwe Page 26. As Lapeirousia grandiflora (Includes a picture). Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2010). Botany and Horticulture of the Genus Freesia (Iridaceae) Strelitzia 27 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Pages 32 - 35. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 92. as Anomatheca grandiflora Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Pages 13 - 14. As Anomatheca grandiflora (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 115. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 22, plate 41 Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 109. as Anomatheca grandiflora |
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Flora of Zambia: Freesia grandiflora subsp. grandiflora
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