---+ Genus Sparaxis <span style="font-size: medium;"> _Sparaxis_ Ker Gawl., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 225 (1804).</span> %SILVERBG% [[IrdSparaxisBulbifera][<img src="%PUBURL%//Ird/IrdSparaxisBulbifera/Sparaxis%20bulbifera%20Bot%20Repos%20T.48.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: center; height: 230px;" /> ]] [[IrdSparaxisVariegata][<img src="%PUBURL%//Ird/IrdSparaxisVariegata/Sparaxis%20variegata%20t.150.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: center; height: 230px;" /> ]] [[IrdSparaxisGrandiflora][<img src="%PUBURL%//Ird/IrdSparaxisGrandiflora/Sparaxis%20grandiflors%20258.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: center; height: 230px;" />]] [[IrdSparaxisElegans][<img src="%PUBURL%//Ird/IrdSparaxisElegans/Streptanthera%20elegans.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: center; height: 230px;" /> ]] [[IrdSparaxisGrandiflora][<img src="%PUBURL%//Ird/IrdSparaxisGrandiflora/Sparaxis%20grandiflora%20Bot%20Repos%20t.87.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: center; height: 230px;" />]] [[IrdSparaxisGrandiflora][<img src="%PUBURL%//Ird/IrdSparaxisGrandiflora/SparaxisBotMag779.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: center; height: 230px;" />]] [[IrdSparaxisGaleata][<img src="%PUBURL%//Ird/IrdSparaxisGaleata/Sparaxis%20galeata%20Bot%20repos%20t.122.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: center; height: 230px;" /> ]] %ENDBG% [[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64403#page/180/mode/1up][The standard cyclopedia of horticulture, 1919]] "SPARAXIS (Greek word referring to the torn or lacerated spathes, a character which distinguishes this genus from Tritonia). Iridaceae. WAND-FLOWER. Bulbs or corms with fibrous coating, the plants suitable for outdoor planting but grown mostly under glass.</br></br>Stems simple or slightly branched: Ivs. few, flat, sword-like or broadly linear, erect or falcate: spathes few, remote or sometimes solitary, broad-striate or frequently marked with short brown lines: fls. 1 to a spathe, sessile, rather large, yellow; perianth-tube short and slender, 6-lobed; ovary 3-celled: caps, membranaceous, ovoid or oblong, included in the spathe. About 3 species, Cape Colony, S. Afr. Sparaxis is a group of spring-blooming Cape bulbs of the Ixia tribe, with spikes of 6-petaled, more or less funnel-shaped fls. 1-2 in. across and exhibiting an extraordinary range of color and throat - markings. These plants are less popular than ixias, which they much resemble. The plants are dwarfer and more compact than ixias, usually 6-12 in. high, the spikes are shorter and fewer-fld., and the blossoms are sometimes larger. Sparaxis is essentially distinguished from Ixia and other allied genera by the subregular perianth, unilateral and arcuate stamens, and scarious lacerated spathe-valves.</br></br>Although a few plants of sparaxis are occasionally cultivated in America by bulb-fanciers, one may search through many American catalogues without finding them listed. The Dutch bulb-growers offer twenty - five distinct kinds, which is perhaps a quarter of the number of varieties of ixias in cultivation. According to J. G. Baker, there is "only one species in a broad sense, varying indefinitely in the size and coloring of the flowers." For practical purposes Baker recognizes the three species given below; of these the most important and variable is S. tricolor. Sparaxis pulcherrima of the Dutch trade is properly Dierama pulcherrima, Baker. This grows as much as 6 feet high and has pendulous bright blood-purple flowers but apparently with pale rose and perhaps other varieties (also a white variety). It is distinguished by its pendulous flowers with regular perianth, simple style-branches, equilateral stamens, and large bracts which are not laciniate. B.M. 5555. F.S. 17:1810. Gn. 20:588; 44, p. 281. G. 16:386; 29:197. G.L. 27:152. This plant is said by F. W. Burbidge to be "perhaps the most graceful of all the Cape irids." (See Vol. II, page 1007.)" ---++ 15 accepted species: * [[IrdSparaxisAuriculata][ _Sparaxis auriculata_ Goldblatt & J.C.Manning]], Bothalia 29: 59 (1999) * [[IrdSparaxisBulbifera][ _Sparaxis bulbifera_ (L.) Ker Gawl.]], Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 226 (1804). * [[IrdSparaxisCaryophyllacea][ _Sparaxis caryophyllacea_ Goldblatt]], Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 156 (1992) * [[IrdSparaxisElegans][ _Sparaxis elegans_ (Sweet) Goldblatt]], J. S. African Bot. 35: 233 (1969). * [[IrdSparaxisFragrans][ _Sparaxis fragrans_ (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.]], Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 225 (1804) * [[IrdSparaxisGaleata][ _Sparaxis galeata_ Ker Gawl.]], Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 225 (1804). * [[IrdSparaxisGrandiflora][ _Sparaxis grandiflora_ (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.]], Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 225 (1804). * [[IrdSparaxisGrandifloraAcutiloba][ _Sparaxis grandiflora_ subsp. _acutiloba_ Goldblatt]], J. S. African Bot. 35: 245 (1969) * [[IrdSparaxisGrandifloraFimbriata][ _Sparaxis grandiflora_ subsp. _fimbriata_ (Lam.) Goldblatt]], J. S. African Bot. 35: 242 (1969) * <span style="font-size: medium;"> _Sparaxis grandiflora_ subsp.<em> grandiflora</em>.</span> * [[IrdSparaxisGrandifloraViolacea][ _Sparaxis grandiflora_ subsp. _violacea_ (Eckl.) Goldblatt]], J. S. African Bot. 35: 244 (1969) * [[IrdSparaxisMaculosa][ _Sparaxis maculosa_ Goldblatt]], Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 153 (1992) * [[IrdSparaxisMetelerkampiae][ _Sparaxis metelerkampiae_ (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning]], Bothalia 29: 61 (1999) * [[IrdSparaxisParviflora][ _Sparaxis parviflora_ (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt]], Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 155 (1992) * [[IrdSparaxisPillansii][ _Sparaxis pillansii_ L.Bolus]], S. African Gard. 22: 57 (1932) * [[IrdSparaxisRoxburghii][ _Sparaxis roxburghii_ (Baker) Goldblatt]], Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 156 (1992) * [[IrdSparaxisTricolor][ _Sparaxis tricolor_ (Schneev.) Ker Gawl.]], Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 225 (1804). * [[IrdSparaxisVariegata][ _Sparaxis variegata_ (Sweet) Goldblatt]], Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 157 (1992). * [[IrdSparaxisVillosa][ _Sparaxis villosa_ (Burm.f.) Goldblatt]], Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 156 (1992) ---++Image Gallery <h3 style="background-color:rgb(125, 125, 125, 0.3)"> <section class='auto-fill-grid large'> </section> </h3> Articles about Sparaxis: [[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107741#page/352/mode/1up][Garden and Forest, 1897]] References: [[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54438#page/171/mode/1up][Flores]] ---++Further Reading for Sparaxis %SILVERBG% . ---+Library search for [[Hist.FurtherReferencesForSparaxis][Sparaxis]] . %ENDBG% -- Main.BobPries - 2013-12-11
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