Gladiolus L.
Details
Biostatus
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
36-37
ICN
Gladiolus L.
genus
Gladiolus
Classification
Subordinates
- Gladiolus ×brenchleyensis
- Gladiolus ×colvillii
- Gladiolus ×hortulanus
- Gladiolus alatus
- Gladiolus albidus
- Gladiolus ambiguus
- Gladiolus angustus
- Gladiolus aureus
- Gladiolus bicolor
- Gladiolus byzantinus
- Gladiolus callianthus
- Gladiolus capitatus
- Gladiolus cardinalis
- Gladiolus carinatus
- Gladiolus carmineus
- Gladiolus carneus
- Gladiolus citrinus
- Gladiolus cochleatus
- Gladiolus communis
- Gladiolus concolor
- Gladiolus corymbosus
- Gladiolus cuspidatus
- Gladiolus dalenii
- Gladiolus debilis
- Gladiolus floribundus
- Gladiolus fragrans
- Gladiolus gramineus
- Gladiolus huttonii
- Gladiolus inflatus
- Gladiolus italicus
- Gladiolus laccatus
- Gladiolus laxus
- Gladiolus lineatus
- Gladiolus meliusculus
- Gladiolus merianellus
- Gladiolus mucronatus
- Gladiolus murielae
- Gladiolus nanus
- Gladiolus natalensis
- Gladiolus nervosus
- Gladiolus ochroleucus
- Gladiolus orchidiflorus
- Gladiolus papilio
- Gladiolus priorii
- Gladiolus psittacinus
- Gladiolus pubescens
- Gladiolus quadrangularis
- Gladiolus quadrangulus
- Gladiolus ramosus
- Gladiolus refractus
- Gladiolus scullyi
- Gladiolus secunda
- Gladiolus securiger
- Gladiolus silenoides
- Gladiolus sparmanii
- Gladiolus strictus
- Gladiolus trichonemifolius
- Gladiolus tristis
- Gladiolus undulatus
- Gladiolus villosus
- Gladiolus virescens
- Gladiolus watermeyeri
- Gladiolus watsonius
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Gladiolus L.
Summer-green perennial. Corm globose; tunic fibrous, brown. Leaves often ensiform, equitant. Spike loose, unilateral or distichous. Flowers showy, each with 2 large, herbaceous, lanceolate, green spathe-valves (inner valve bifid); tube funnel-shaped, gradually dilated, curved; iobes usually unequal, 3 upper larger. Stamens asymmetric. Style-branches entire. Capsule oblong, globose to cylindrical. Seeds many. Spp. c. 180 of Europe, Asia, tropical and S. Africa. Adventive spp. 2.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Collections
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
24 March 2022