- Family:
- Colchicaceae DC.
Gloriosa L.

[FTEA]
Colchicaceae, Kim Hoenselaar. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Plants erect or scandent, simple or branching, with a stoloniferous corm
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, opposite, or verticillate and clustered, sometimes falcate or ending in a tendril
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers large and showy, solitary in leaf axils (sometimes corymbose); pedicel erect, recurved apically
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth segments free, (strongly) reflexed, clawed at the base, sometimes falcate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens free; filaments filiform or sometimes flattened; anthers narrowly linear-oblong, dorsifixed, versatile, dehiscing latrorsely to extrorsely by longitudinal slits
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary (narrowly) elliptic-oblong to oblong; style entire in the lower part, trifid towards the apex with 3 subulate forks obliquely stigmatose at the apex, bent at right angles at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule oblong, loculicidal, coriaceous; seeds globose, fleshy, red.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Climbing or erect herbs with a lobed corm
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves spirally arranged, the lower ones opposite or whorled, linear to ovate, often attenuate into a ± recurved tendril at the tip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers on long pedicels in upper part of plant
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
- Tepals 6, similar, free, yellow, orange or red, reflexed or spreading, persistent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens with filiform filaments
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary ovoid to oblong; style filiform, straight or bent sharply outwards at the base, 3-branched
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule ovoid to oblong
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds subglobose, fleshy, red or orange.
- Distribution
- About eleven species in Africa and Asia.
[FTEA]
Colchicaceae, Kim Hoenselaar. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Plants with a stoloniferous corm; stem erect, simple, leafy
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves ± distichously arranged, the base sheathing the stem Lowermost leaf or leaves a membranous, sheathing, tubular cataphyll, not protracted into a leaf-blade
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary, born in the axils of many leaves, bright-colored; pedicel recurved
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth campanulate, perianth segments forming a small tube, otherwise free, segments nectariferous and obscurely pouch-shaped at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth segments; filaments filiform; anthers narrowly linear-oblong, dorsifixed, versatile, dehiscing extrorsely by longitudinal slits
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary globose; style erect, entire in lower part, 3-forked above, stigmas minute, capitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule elliptic-oblong, septicidal, coreacious; seeds globose.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Line Is., Nauru, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Réunion, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Suriname, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Gloriosa baudii (A.Terracc.) Chiov.
- Gloriosa carsonii Baker
- Gloriosa flavovirens (Dammer) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Gloriosa lindenii (Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Gloriosa littonioides (Welw. ex Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Gloriosa modesta (Hook.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Gloriosa revoilii (Franch.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Gloriosa rigidifolia (Bredell) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Gloriosa sessiliflora Nordal & Bingham
- Gloriosa simplex L.
- Gloriosa superba L.
Gloriosa L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 305 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
- Maroyi, A. (2012). The genus Gloriosa (Colchicaceae) - ethnobotany, phylogeny and taxonomy: 1-194. Thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 7: 563.
- Sp. Pl. 305 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Field in Kew Bull. 25: 243 (1972)
- Field in The genus Gloriosa, Lilies and other Liliaceae 1973: 93–95 (1972).
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Baker in J.L.S. 17 (103): 457–458 (1879)
- Field in K.B. 25: 243–244 (1971)
- In F.T.A. 7: 563–565 (1898)
- Nordenstam in Kubitzki, Fam. & Gen. Vasc. Pl. 3: 183 (1998)
- in Sp. Pl. 2 (1753)
- in The genus Gloriosa, Lilies and other Liliaceae 1973: 93–95 (1972)
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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