Gladiolus communis L. subsp. byzantinus (Mill.) Hamilton
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1998-11-12 (Verbatim: 12-NOV-1998)
Preferred name:
Gladiolus byzantinus Mill.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Iridaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research, East Block
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.632 172.48
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln, Science Research Centre, East Block
Verbatim collector:
Oliver S
Standardised collector:
S. Oliver
Verbatim date:
10-NOV-1998
Start date:
1998-11-10
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S83 863 429 (WGS84 -43.641095 172.478092)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
M36 679 295 (WGS84 -43.640767 172.478086)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43°38´ S 172°28.7´ E (WGS84 -43.633333 172.478333)
Habitat:
Bank of water race.
Notes:
GM 75/12. Cormous herb; corm collected. Stem about 90cm tall to apex of inflorescence. Stem leaves about five, lower ones eaten off. Inflorescence purplish-flushed, curving slightly. Lowest bract about 7cm long. Flowers secund and in two ranks. Perianth 6-7cm long, curving forward; segments not diverging in lower part greatly. Perianth tube 1.5-2cm long, bent. Outer three perianth segments more or less rosy-magenta, elliptic-obovate; lowest with narrow central white band bordered with magenta-purple. Inner three perianth segments magenta-purple with lower third rosy-magenta, two lower ones with narrow central white band bordered by deeper magenta-purple. Filaments shining red, greater than the dark anthers. Style branches magenta-pink. Two plants only. Appeared spontaneously and not cultivated there ever. Sheets A and B.