PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ALISMATALES / ARACEAE / AROIDEAE / ZANTHEDESCHIEAE / ZANTEDESCHIA / VALIDA

Zantedeschia valida (Letty) Y.Singh
VU Indigenous Endemic
Morphological description

Plant robust up to 70 cm tall. Leaves petiolate. petiole up to 30 cm long; blades thickish textured up to 30 cm long, up to 20 cm broad, ovate-cordate to ovate-orbicular-cordate with apiculate apex, immaculate. Spathes vary in size up to 15 cm long. 12 cm broad, ivory to cream coloured with purple area at base inside. Berries medium sized about 1 cm diam., numerous, 3 locular, 2 to 3-ovuled. It flowers from October to March with the peak in November. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY] As: Zantedeschia albomaculata (Hook.) Baill. subsp. valida Letty

Diagnostic description

Without the flowering spathes, plants of Zantedeschia albomaculata subsp. valida could easily be mistaken for Z. aethiopica by the robust habit and the shape and texture of the leaves. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY] As: Zantedeschia albomaculata (Hook.) Baill. subsp. valida Letty

Habitat

Found in rock-clefts on the mountains and foothills as well as on the banks of streams and in vleis. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY] As: Zantedeschia albomaculata (Hook.) Baill. subsp. valida Letty

Distribution

Its distribution seems to be restricted to the region bounded by the Biggarsberg, Giants Castle and Collings Pass, in Natal. From: Letty, CL. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11(1): 5-26. [CC BY] As: Zantedeschia albomaculata (Hook.) Baill. subsp. valida Letty

Altitude

1120 to 2045 m

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Residence status

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

FSA

SA

BOT

NAM

ESW

LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

LP

MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Zantedeschia valida (Letty) Y.Singh
Synonym(s)

Zantedeschia albomaculata (Hook.) Baill. subsp. valida Letty


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Alismatales

FAMILY Araceae

SUBFAMILY Aroideae

TRIBE Zanthedeschieae

GENUS Zantedeschia

SPECIES valida

14 results for Zantedeschia valida (Letty) Y.Singh

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Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0062423-0 Collector(s) & number: Mitchell-Innes, P, PRE 36554 | 1967-3-7

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Barcode: PRE0239872-0 Collector(s) & number: Letty, CL, PRE 45491(cult) | 1973--

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Barcode: PRE0062426-0 Collector(s) & number: Trauseld, WR, 302 | 1965-1-15

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Barcode: PRE0062422-0 Collector(s) & number: Letty, CL, 493 | 1967-11-

General notes: Growing in damp ground on stream side.

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Barcode: PRE0062425-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 13373 | 1933-1-12

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Barcode: PRE0062421-0 Collector(s) & number: Marais, W, 360(cult) | 1954-3-27

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Barcode: PRE0062424-0 Collector(s) & number: Mitchell-Innes, P, PRE 36556(cult) | 1967-11-

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Barcode: NH0127797-0 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 53 | 1994-11-15

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Barcode: NH0151253-0 Collector(s) & number: Naicker, K, 210 | 2019-1-7

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Barcode: PRE0062427-0 Collector(s) & number: Letty, CL, 492 | 1967-11-

General notes: Spathe cream with purple throat. Leaves immaculate . Growing in rock fissures in open.

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Barcode: NH0120236-1 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 53 | 1994-11-15

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Barcode: NH0120237-2 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 58 | 1994-11-16

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Barcode: NH0120237-1 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 58 | 1994-11-16

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Barcode: NH0120236-2 Collector(s) & number: Singh, Y, 53 | 1994-11-15

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1996

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Taxonomic notes on the genus Zantedeschia Spreng. (Araceae) in southern Africa Baijnath, H; Singh, Y; Van Wyk, AE

South African Journal of Botany 62: 321-324

1973

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

The genus Zantedeschia Letty, CL

Bothalia 11(1)5-26

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Status

Status and criteria

VU

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