Description of a new species, Gloriosa sessiliflora (Colchicaceae), with notes on the relationship between Gloriosa and Littonia

Summary. A new species, Gloriosa sessiliflora, is described from Zambia, differing from G. superba in its sessile flowers, connivent tepals and only slightly bent style. The new species links the genera Gloriosa and Littonia, and the latter should probably be reduced. More information on fruit and seed is, however, needed before this decision can be taken formally.