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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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214 COLCHICACEAE<br />

Gloriosa baudii<br />

Fig. 99. Gloriosa<br />

baudii, from<br />

northern Kenya.<br />

2. Gloriosa baudii (Terr.) Chiov.<br />

The specific epithet ‘baudii’ is given in honour <strong>of</strong> one<br />

<strong>of</strong> the collectors, Baudi, from whose collection the type<br />

was designated. The species was described by Ter racciano<br />

in 1892 as Littonia baudii with the type material<br />

collected from Gerar Ama den in the Harerge floristic<br />

region by Baudi <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>eo. It was transferred to the<br />

genus Gloriosa by Chiovenda in 1916. It was also known<br />

by the name G. minor, described by Rendle from a plant<br />

collected from west <strong>of</strong> Shebelle River in Bale floristic<br />

region by Donaldson­Smith.<br />

The species is distinguished from the former species<br />

by its erect habit, narrower leaf­ blade (0.2–1.2 cm) <strong>and</strong><br />

deeply divided stigma. In the Flora <strong>of</strong> Somalia (Thulin<br />

1995) it is regarded as an ecotype <strong>of</strong> G. superba adapted<br />

to arid habitats.

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