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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Fig. 115.<br />

Gladiolus<br />

sudanicus, from<br />

Blue Nile gorge,<br />

Shewa floristic<br />

region.<br />

Habitat <strong>and</strong><br />

distribution<br />

Gladiolus lithicola<br />

ZYGOTRITONIA GLADIOLUS 257<br />

Style dividing opposite middle <strong>of</strong> anthers, branches c. 2 mm long,<br />

not exceeding anthers. Capsules <strong>and</strong> seeds unknown.<br />

The species grows in relatively arid l<strong>and</strong> among shrubs<br />

in seasonally wet sites between 1000 <strong>and</strong> 1200 m in the<br />

Blue Nile Gorge in Shewa floristic region. It is further<br />

known from the Nuba Mountain in Kord<strong>of</strong>an, Sudan.<br />

The main flowering period in <strong>Ethiopia</strong> is from August<br />

to September.<br />

14. Gladiolus lithicola Goldblatt<br />

The specific epithet ‘lithicola’ refers to the habitat <strong>of</strong><br />

the plant, which literally means stone (lith-) dwelling<br />

(­icola). The species was described by Goldblatt in 1996<br />

from a plant collected on the slopes <strong>of</strong> Mojjo River <strong>and</strong><br />

south <strong>of</strong> Gara Muleta in the Harerge floristic region by<br />

Burger.

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