PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ALISMATALES / ARACEAE / AROIDEAE / ZANTHEDESCHIEAE / ZANTEDESCHIA / ELLIOTTIANA
Plant robust, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves deciduous, glabrous; blade up to 27 cm long and 27 cm broad, sometimes slightly longer than broad, orbicular-ovate, deeply cordate, apiculate, green with many translucent white spots; petiole more or less as long as the blade, occasionally much longer. Peduncle about 40 cm long. Spathe up to 13 cm long, funnel-shaped above, campanulate below, bright 'golden yellow' throughout, immaculate and smooth within, tip caudate. Spadix up to 7 cm long, lengths of male and female zones variable, pollen orange yellow; ovaries green. Fruit a cluster of berries up to 2.5 cm in diam. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY]
Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves ovate-orbicular, maculate. Spathe without a purple blotch at base, golden yellow. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
The species is upheld, provisionally, until more is known about it. Although the spathe is somewhat similar to those of Z. pentlandii and Z. jucunda in shape and colour, the species can be distinguished from these two by the orbicular-ovate leaves. Some specimens of Z. albomaculata subsp. albomaculata from the eastern Transvaal have leaves of this shape but, in this species, the spathe is narrowly funnel-shaped, normally cream-coloured (suffused with salmon-orange or coral pink in some abnormal specimens), with a distinct purple blotch at the base. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY]
Known only from cultivated specimens; not yet found, with certainty, in the wild state. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY]
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Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Calla elliotiana (W.Watson) W.Watson
Richardia elliotiana W.Watson
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| geelvarkblom | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| yellow arum | English | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Alismatales
FAMILY Araceae
SUBFAMILY Aroideae
TRIBE Zanthedeschieae
GENUS Zantedeschia
SPECIES elliottiana
12 results for Zantedeschia elliottiana (W.Watson) Engl.
Barcode: NH0120228-2 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 45 | 1992-12-11
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Eastern Transvaal. Lydenburg, Dullstroom.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0059338-0 Collector(s) & number: Anderssen, F, PRE 36433(cult) | --
South Africa, Mpumalanga, MIDDELBURG DIST.; DULLSTROOM DIST.; 2 MI. W. OF DRAAIKRAAL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0059336-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 11820 | 1932-11-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BELFAST DIST.; MACHADODORP.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0059337-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 7697 | 1917-1-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BELFAST DIST.; SLAAIHOEK.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0120227-1 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 44 | 1992-12-11
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Eastern Transvaal. Lydenburg, Dullstroom. Garden refuse dump.
General notes: Erect herb c. 80cm tall. Leaves spotted. Spathe yellow with purple blotch at throat. Altitude - c. 1829m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0120227-4 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 44 | 1992-12-11
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Eastern Transvaal. Lydenburg, Dullstroom. Garden refuse dump.
General notes: Erect herb c. 80cm tall. Leaves spotted. Spathe yellow with purple blotch at throat. Altitude - c. 1829m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0877505-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 15397 | 2020-12-6
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Belfast District. Lakenvlei. Farm: Langkloof 356 JT farm. 25°36'29.94"S 30°02'01.77"E.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0120227-2 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 44 | 1992-12-11
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Eastern Transvaal. Lydenburg, Dullstroom. Garden refuse dump.
General notes: Erect herb c. 80cm tall. Leaves spotted. Spathe yellow with purple blotch at throat. Altitude - c. 1829m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0110799-0 Collector(s) & number: O'Connor, CF, PRE 39366(cult) | --
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BELFAST DIST.; DULLSTROOM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0120227-3 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 44 | 1992-12-11
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Eastern Transvaal. Lydenburg, Dullstroom. Garden refuse dump.
General notes: Erect herb c. 80cm tall. Leaves spotted. Spathe yellow with purple blotch at throat. Altitude - c. 1829m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0012484-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, s.n. | 1909-12-15
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, In Botanical Gardens, Durban.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0120228-1 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 45 | 1992-12-11
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Eastern Transvaal. Lydenburg, Dullstroom.
General notes: Garden refuse dump. Erect herb, c. 80cm tall. Leaves with few spots. Spathe cream with tinge of red outside, without dark blotch at throat within. Altitude - c. 1829m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1997
SERIES
Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJStrelitzia 6: 1-681
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
1973
No results found for Zantedeschia elliottiana (W.Watson) Engl.
Status and criteria
DD
Assessor(s)
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