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Gloriosa sessiliflora
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Lealui; Dec 2003.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Bulozi floodplain, on the side of a mound; 2 km W of Lealui; Dec 1995.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Sprouting tuber;
Nov 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated; Dec 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, grown from a tuber from Sioma; Jan 2015.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mwandi; Dec 2008.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mwandi, Zambezi floodplain; Nov 2003.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Sioma, Ngonye Falls, on Zambezi River bank; Apr 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Habit
Riverine woodland
Ngonye Falls, Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Riverine woodland
Ngonye Falls, Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Riverine woodland
Ngonye Falls, Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Riverine woodland
Ngonye Falls, Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Riverine woodland
Ngonye Falls, Sioma, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Herb, erect, to 1 m. tall, or leaning and scrambling; with a single leafy lateral branch arising below the shorter flowering branch. Differs from G. superba in the flowers usually sessile and facing sideways, exceptionally stalked; funnel-shaped, the tepals not reflexed, orange or yellow, margins sinuate. Stamens approximately half the length of the tepals, not wide spreading, slightly upturned. |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
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| Flowering time: | Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | South-western Zambia and Angola; unconfirmed reports from Caprivi. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bingham, M.G. & Smith, P.P. (2002). Zambia, in Janice S. Golding: Southern African Plant Red Data List Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No 24 SABONET Page 140. Maroyi, A. (2012). The genus Gloriosa (Colchicaceae) - ethnobotany, phylogeny and taxonomy Wageningen University, Netherlands Page 120. Thesis (Includes a picture). Nordal, I. & Bingham, M.G. (1998). Description of a new species, Gloriosa sessiliflora (Colchicaceae), with notes on the relationship between Gloriosa and Littonia. Kew Bulletin 53 Page 479. (Includes a picture). Vinnersten, A. & Manning, J. (2007). A new classification of Colchicaceae. Taxon 56 Pages 171 - 178. |
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