PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ALISMATALES / ARACEAE / AROIDEAE / ZANTHEDESCHIEAE / ZANTEDESCHIA / JUCUNDA
Plants glabrous, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves deciduous, petiolate, up to 60 cm long; petioles 10-30 cm long; blade triangular-hastate 17-30 cm long. 5-15 cm broad across the base, densely maculate with long white translucent spots, semi-folded along the midrib and upwardly spreading, apex acute with a subulate tip, the length of the blade above the basal lobes usually less than twice the width. Spathe about 10-16 cm long, golden-yellow with a purple blotch at the base inside, very slightly rugose within, deep yellow without, folded from below the insertion of the spadix into a cup-shaped funnel; limb spreading, slightly recurved backwards and tapering to a subulate tip. Spadix 3-4 cm long; male zone apical about 2-2.5 cm long; female zone basal more or less 2.5 cm long; ovaries subglobose, angled from pressure, sessile, about 24 in number. Fruits about 1-3 cm in diam., 3-loculed with 5-8 ovules. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY]
Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves triangular-hastate, 170-300 x 50-150 mm, densely maculate with long, white, translucent spots. Spathe 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]
Zantedeschia jucunda is most nearly related to Z. pentlandii and Z. albomaculata. It differs from the former in having triangular-hastate, copiously spotted leaves with upwardly spreading basal lobes and an acute apex, while the spathe is more cup-shaped, a deeper yellow without and within, where it is also slightly rugose, and the limb more spreading and tapering to a subulate tip; whereas Z. pentlandii has immaculate (or rarely maculate), oblong- lanceolate leaves with short rounded basal lobes, the spathe regularly funnel-shaped, limb erect, lighter in colour, greenish outside, terminating abruptly in a subulate tip. From the form of Z. albomaculata subsp. albomaculata occurring in the eastern Transvaal, Z. jucunda differs in its consistently brilliant yellow spathes, whereas the spathes of Z. albomaculata may be white, cream or pale-yellow with an occasional coral-pink variation. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY]
Mountainsides. 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 distribution of this species seems to be restricted to the Magnet Heights region of the Lulu mountains, Sekhukhuniland. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY]
November to January
0 to 1830 m
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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
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Alismatales
FAMILY Araceae
SUBFAMILY Aroideae
TRIBE Zanthedeschieae
GENUS Zantedeschia
SPECIES jucunda
25 results for Zantedeschia jucunda Letty
Barcode: PRE0892166-0 Collector(s) & number: Grieve, KW, 47 | 2008-3-31
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Barcode: PRE0059328-2 Collector(s) & number: Barnard, WG, 991 | 1939-1-7
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Barcode: PRE0059330-0 Collector(s) & number: Law, N, PRE 36417 | 1956--
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Barcode: PRE0585700-0 Collector(s) & number: Condy, GS, 142 | 2003-1-28
General notes: 500 - 600 mm tall. 'Spots' on leaves, pure white. Growing in cracks between boulders (norite rock). Voucher for FPA plate by G. Condy (896).
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Barcode: PRE0059332-0 Collector(s) & number: Barnard, WG, 181 | 1934-11-8
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Barcode: PRE0880068-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 17317 | 2022-1-29
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Barcode: PRE0059334-0 Collector(s) & number: Govt. Off., PRE 36421(cult) | 1959--
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Barcode: PRE0059331-0 Collector(s) & number: Barnard, WG, 180 | 1934-11-8
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Barcode: PRE0059329-0 Collector(s) & number: Du Plessis, SS, PRE 28835 | 1956-12-
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Barcode: PRE0059328-1 Collector(s) & number: Barnard, WG, 991 | 1939-1-7
General notes: Hieght: 12-24 in.
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Barcode: PRE0862371-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 8923 | 2008-12-12
General notes: Biome: Grassland. Bioregion: Mesic Highveld Grassland. Vegetation type: Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland. Spathe white, flowers yellow.
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Barcode: PRE0059335-0 Collector(s) & number: Curator Pretoria Bot. Garden, PRE 28836(cult) | 1954-12-8
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Barcode: PRE0059333-0 Collector(s) & number: Govt. Off., PRE 36420(cult) | 1956-1-5
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Barcode: PRE0110803-0 Collector(s) & number: Govt. Off., PRE 39371(cult) | 1959-2-
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Barcode: NBG0074769-0 Collector(s) & number: Henderson, MR, 2232 | 1944-12-23
General notes: Hort. Kirstenbosch. No particulars. Growing mixed with MRH 2231.
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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 jucunda Letty
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