About: Ixia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 34 publications have been published within this topic receiving 204 citations. The topic is also known as: African Corn Lilies.
TL;DR: Ixia viridifolia (ixia) and a new hybrid Gladiolus × Homoglossum (GH hybrid) were propagated by in vitro techniques and dormancy of the plants in vitro was dependent on the hormone composition of the medium.
TL;DR: A new species of this western Cape and western Karoo genus, Sparaxis auriculata, and changes to the infrageneric classification of the southern African winter rainfall genus Ixia are proposed and described.
Abstract: Sparaxis auriculata is a new species of this western Cape and western Karoo genus It resembles S. villosa (Burm.f.)Goldblatt in its (lowers but is probably allied to S. galeata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl. Sparaxis metelerkampiae, currently a subspecies of S. variegata Sweet is raised to species rank. We propose changes to the infrageneric classification of the southern African winter rainfall genus Ixia . and describe a new species, I . aurea It is related to I odorata Ker Gawl. but differs in the larger deep yellow or orange flowers which are unscented In Gladiolus, we propose the new name. G saxatilis . for the Mpumalanga endemic, originally described as G litliicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, a homonym for an Ethiopian species.
TL;DR: In Iridaceae subfamily Crocoideae, the tropical African Gladiolus erectif orus subsp.
Abstract: In Iridaceae subfamily Crocoideae, the tropical African Gladiolus erectiflorus subsp verdickii and South African Tritonia marlothii subsp delpierrei are restored to species rank as G verdickii and