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Gloriosa superba - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Gloriosa superba - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Gloriosa superba - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Gloriosa superba - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 93
Date of entry: 14.07.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Flame Lily

German: Ruhmeslilie

Mandarin: 嘉兰 (jia lan)

Portuguese: Garras-de-tigre, Gloriosa-dos-jardins

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Liliales (106)

        Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Gloriosa (1)

            Epithet: superba L. (1)

superba => superb, handsome, splendid, majestic

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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