143.0000 Family Iridaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 57 (1789), nom. cons.

70 genera, ca. 2500 spp.

Species listed in database: 2546; hybrids: 46

143.6311 Genus Gladiolus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 36 (1753)

Distribution: mostly South Africa (169) north to D.R.Congo [Zaire] and Tanzania, some Macaronesia and Europe, few Asia Minor to Caucasus. Revision for South Africa: Goldblatt & J. C. Manning (2020, Iridaceae of South Africa)

Species listed in database: 292; hybrids: 6

species :

Gladiolus abbreviatus Andrews; Bot. Repos. t. 166 (1801)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Homoglossum

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza abbreviata (Andrews) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 42 (1805)

= Homoglossum abbreviatum (Andrews) Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 37(4): 443 (1971)

= Petamenes abbreviata (Andrews) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 276 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus abyssinicus (Brongn. ex Lem.) B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 1: 1029 (1893)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Saudi Arabia

24 ERI ETH 35 SAU

Synonyms: hidden

= Anisanthus abyssinicus (Brongn. ex Lem.) Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 12: 344 (1882)

= Antholyza abyssinica Brongn. ex Lem.; Hort. Universel 4: 208 (1845)

= Gladiolus abyssinicus (Brongn. ex Lem.) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 425 (1989 publ. 1990), isonym

= Oenostachys abyssinica (Brongn. ex Lem.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 280 (1932)

= Petamenes latifolia N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 277 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus actinomorphanthus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 123 (1963)

Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

species :

Gladiolus acuminatus F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 100 (1917)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

species :

Gladiolus adanus Eker & Sagiroglu; Phytotaxa 641(3): 211 (2024)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus aequinoctialis Herb.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc. 85

Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Cameroon

22 GUI IVO SIE 23 CMN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera aequinoctialis (Herb.) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 160 (1877)

variant :

var. divina (Vaupel) Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 312 (1973)

Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Central African Republic

23 BIO CAF CMN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera divina Vaupel; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 375 (1920)

variant :

var. tomentosus Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 312 (1973)

Distribution: Sierra Leone

22 SIE

species :

Gladiolus aladagensis Eker & Sagiroglu; Phytotaxa 478(1): 152 (2021)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus alanyensis H.Duman, Sagiroglu, Teksen & Karaman; Phytotaxa 559(2): 147 (2022)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus alatus L.; Pl. Rar. Afr. 8 (1760)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus alatus var. algoensis Herb.; Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2608 (1825)

= Gladiolus alatus var. uniflorus Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 337 (1882)

= Gladiolus algoensis (Herb.) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 397 (1826)

= Gladiolus galeatus Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 2 (1768)

= Gladiolus papilionaceus Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 1: 408 (1817), nom. illeg., non Salisb. 1796

= Gladiolus uniflorus Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 12: 337 (1882)

= Hebea alata (L.) Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 42 (1827)

= Hebea galeata (Burm.f.) Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 41 (1827)

= Ophiolyza alata (L.) Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

= Ophiolyza namaquensis Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus albens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 250 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Mutabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus maculatus subsp. eburneus Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 263 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus alucratensis Sagiroglu & Eker; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 61(1): 47-53 (2024)

Distribution: N-Turkey (Giresun)

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus amplifolius Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 124 (1996)

Distribution: W-Angola

26 ANG

Remarks: known only from the type collection in 1970

species :

Gladiolus anatolicus (Boiss.) Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50(1): 81 (1885)

Name: Türkische Gladiole (DE); Anatolian Gladiolus (EN)

Distribution: East Aegaean Isl. (Chios, Samos, Kalimnos, Kos, Tilos, Simi, Chalki, Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey (SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia)

34 EAI TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus communis var. longispatheatus Stapf; Akad. Wiss. Mainz, Abh. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50(1): 81 (1885)

= Gladiolus illyricus var. anatolicus Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 140 (1882)

species :

Gladiolus andringitrae Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(3): 240 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Gladiolus angustus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 37 (1753)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], New South Wales [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus angustifolius Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 40 (1796), nom. superfl.

= Gladiolus telifer Stokes; Bot. Comm. 1: 217 (1830)

= Symphydolon angustus (L.) Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus antakiensis A.P.Ham.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 55 (1983)

Distribution: Turkey (S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Lebanon (C-Lebanon); Syria (W-Syrian Mountains)

34 LEB SYR TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus mesopotamicus A.P.Ham.

species :

Gladiolus antandroyi Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(3): 247 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Gladiolus antholyzoides Baker; J. Bot. 29: 70 (1891)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, N-Free State, Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ophiolyza

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza laxiflora Baker; 170 (1896), nom. illeg. superfl.

= Antholyza schlechteri Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1007 (1904)

= Gladiolus anorthanthus Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 94: 273 (1933)

= Gladiolus brachylimbus Baker; Handb. Irid. 178 (1904), nom. nov. illeg. for Antholyza schlechteri Baker

= Gladiolus magaliesmontanum F.Bolus; 108 (1917), nom. illeg. superfl. for Gladiolus brachylimbus Baker

= Gladiolus strictiflorus L.Bolus; J. Bot. 69: 15 (1931), nom. illeg., non (Ker Gawl.) Delile

= Gladiolus vogtsii L.Bolus; J. Bot. 67: 133 (1929)

species :

Gladiolus appendiculatus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 68 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Calcarati

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus appendiculatus var. longifolius G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 69 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus aquamontanus Goldblatt; S. African J. Bot. 55(2): 261 (1989)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

species :

Gladiolus arcuatus Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 12: 338 (1882)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus atropictus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 235 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Carinati

species :

Gladiolus atropurpureus Baker; J. Bot. 14: 335 (1876)

Distribution: Burkina Faso; Benin; E- & SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana

22 BEN BKN 23 BUR RWA ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus caerulescens Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 267 (1878)

= Gladiolus flexuosus Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 390 (1894) [non L.f. (1782)]

= Gladiolus gracilicaulis G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot. 7: 29 (1941)

= Gladiolus luridus Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 267 (1878), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus whytei Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 282 (1897)

species :

Gladiolus atroviolaceus Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 14 (1854)

Distribution: Turkmenistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, W-Iran); Lebanon (Antilebanon); Syria (Jazira, NW-Syria); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert, C-Israel); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania)

32 TKM 33 ARM AZE 34 IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SYR TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus aleppicus Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 13 (1854)

= Gladiolus armeniacus Hausskn. ex J.N.Gerard; Gard. & Forest 5: 318 (1892)

= Gladiolus petraeus Boiss. & A.Huet; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 142 (1882)

= Gladiolus sintenisii Baker; Handb. Irid. 202 (1892)

= Gladiolus szovitsii subsp. pseudopersicus Ogan. & Gabrieljan; Bocconea 13: 453 (2001)

species :

Gladiolus attilae Kit Tan, B.Mathew & A.Baytop; Phytol. Balcan. 12(1): 71 (2006)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus aurantiacus Klatt; Linnaea 35: 378 (1867 publ. 1868)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ophiolyza

species :

Gladiolus aureus Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 6: 530 (1897)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Cape peninsula)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Homoglossum aureum (Baker) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 299 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus balensis Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 181 (1996)

Distribution: Ethiopia

24 ETH

species :

Gladiolus baumii Harms; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 200 (1903)

Distribution: Angola

26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera pallida (Baker) Pax; Nat. Pflanzenfam., Aufl. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 5: 155 (1887)

= Gladiolus kubangensis Harms; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 200 (1903)

= Gladiolus pallidus Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 577 (1898), non C. D. Bouché 1838

species :

Gladiolus bellus C.H.Wright; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 169 (1906)

Distribution: S-Malawi

26 MLW

species :

Gladiolus benguellensis Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 268 (1878)

Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia

23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus longanus Harms; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 201 (1903)

= Gladiolus macrophlebius Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 576 (1898)

= Gladiolus malangensis Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 867 (1901) nom. illeg. superfl. (nom. nov. pro G. pubescens Pax)

= Gladiolus paxii Klatt; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 1244 (1894) (nom. nov. pro G. pubescens Pax)

= Gladiolus pubescens Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 154 (1892), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus pubescifolius G.J.Lewis; Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 132 (1954)

= Tritonia tigrina Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 152 (1892)

species :

Gladiolus bilineatus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 268 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

species :

Gladiolus blommesteinii L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 183 (1924)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus blommesteinii var. major L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 183 (1924)

species :

Gladiolus bojeri (Baker) Goldblatt; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69(2): 380 (1983)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Geissorhiza bojeri Baker; J. Bot. 14: 239 (1876)

species :

Gladiolus boranensis Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 186 (1996)

Distribution: SE-South Sudan; S-Ethiopia; N-Kenya

24 ETH SSU 25 KEN

species :

Gladiolus brachyphyllus F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 103 (1917)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

species :

Gladiolus brevifolius Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 156. 4: 156 (1791)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza brevifolia (Jacq.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 105 (1840)

= Gladiolus amoenus Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 409 (1817), pro syn.

= Gladiolus andrewsii Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 340 (1882), nom. nov. illeg. superf.

= Gladiolus aphyllus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 134 (1827)

= Gladiolus brevicollis Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 339 (1882)

= Gladiolus brevifolius var. minor G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 279 (1972)

= Gladiolus brevifolius var. obscurus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 280 (1972)

= Gladiolus brevifolius var. orobanche (Redouté) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 174 (1877)

= Gladiolus brevifolius var. robustus G.J.Lewis; Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 126 (1954)

= Gladiolus carneus Andrews; Bot. Repos. t. 240 (1802)

= Gladiolus festivus Herb.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 89 (1844)

= Gladiolus hirsutus var. aphyllus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 19: t. 727 (1804)

= Gladiolus orobanche Redouté; Liliac. [Redouté] 3: t. 125 (1805)

= Gladiolus spilanthus Spreng. ex Klatt; Linnaea 32: 711 (1864)

= Gladiolus tristis var. aphyllus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 8 (1784)

= Gladiolus tristis var. ruber Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 166 (1784)

species :

Gladiolus brevitubus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 171 (1972), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Brevitubi

Synonyms: hidden

= Tritonia ventricosa Baker; Handb. Irid. 192 (1892), non Gladiolus ventricosus Lam.

species :

Gladiolus buckerveldii (L.Bolus) Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 37(4): 443 (1971)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Cederberg)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza buckerveldii L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 4: 118 (1927)

= Petamenes buckerveldii (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 276 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus bullatus Thunb. ex N.E.Br.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 20 (1928)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus bullatus Thunb. ex G.J.Lewis; Bot. Not. 119(2): 286 (1966)

= Gladiolus spathaceus Pappe ex Baker; Handb. Irid. 208 (1892), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus caeruleus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Novon 6(2): 179 (1996), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus gracilis var. latifolius G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 228 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus calcaratus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 67 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Calcarati

species :

Gladiolus calcicola Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 202 (1996)

Distribution: E-Ethiopia

24 ETH

species :

Gladiolus canaliculatus Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 135 (1996)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

Conservation Status: only known from type collected in 1931

species :

Gladiolus candidus (Rendle) Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 135 (1996)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Kenya; N-Tanzania; Oman (Dhofar); Yemen

24 DJI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 35 OMA YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera candida Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 404 (1895)

= Acidanthera gracilis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 154 (1892)

= Acidanthera laxiflora Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 350 (1887), nomen non Gladiolus laxiflorus Baker (1878)

= Acidanthera ukambanensis Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 359 (1898)

= Acidanthera zanzibarica Baker; Handbook Irideae 188 (1892), superfl. pro A. gracilis (based on the same type), from South Africa

= Gladiolus ukambanensis (Baker) Marais; Kew Bull. 28: 313-314 (1973)

= Gladiolus ukambanensis var. alatus Marais; Kew Bull. 28: 314 (1973)

species :

Gladiolus cardinalis Curtis; Bot. Mag. 4: t. 135 (1790)

Distribution: Europe [I]; South Africa (W-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus speciosus Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 41 (1827), nom. illeg.

= Symphydolon cardinalis (Curtis) Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus carinatus Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 64 (1789)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Carinati

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus laevis Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 184 (1800)

= Gladiolus nivenii Baker; Handb. Irid. 210 (1892)

= Gladiolus odorus Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 40 (1796)

= Gladiolus punctatus Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 160 (1791)

= Gladiolus ringens Andrews; Bot. Repos. 1: t. 27 (1798), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus ringens var. undulatus Andrews; Bot. Repos. 4: t. 275 (1803)

= Gladiolus suaveolens Zeyh. ex Klatt; Linnaea 32: 711 (1864), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus superans N.E.Br.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 92: 467 (1932)

= Gladiolus tenellus Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 3: 255 (1791)

= Gladiolus tristis var. humilis Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 8n (1784)

= Gladiolus tristis var. inodorus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 12 (1784)

= Gladiolus tristis var. luteus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 8h (1784)

= Gladiolus violaceus Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 43 (1805)

species :

Gladiolus carmineus C.H.Wright; Bot. Mag. t. 8068 (1906)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

species :

Gladiolus carneus D.Delaroche; Descr. Pl. Nov. 30 (1766)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (South Australia [I], New South Wales [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus albidus Jacq.; Icon. 2: 5. t. 256 Coll. Suppl. 21 (1795)

= Gladiolus blandus Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 64 (1789)

= Gladiolus blandus var. albidus (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 140 (1827)

= Gladiolus blandus var. campanulatus (Andrews) Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 140 (1827)

= Gladiolus blandus var. carneus (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 140 (1827)

= Gladiolus blandus var. excelsus Ker Gawl.; Bot. Reg. 7(Misc.): 2 (1821)

= Gladiolus blandus var. purpureoalbescens Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 18: t. 645 (1803)

= Gladiolus callistus F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 105 (1917)

= Gladiolus callistus var. gracilior F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 105 (1917)

= Gladiolus campanulatus Andrews; Bot. Repos. t. 188 (1801)

= Gladiolus carneus Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 2: 370 (1789), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus carneus var. hibbertii Baker; Handb. Irid. 217 (1892)

= Gladiolus cordatus (Thunb.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 185 (1800)

= Gladiolus cuspidatus var. ensifolius Baker; Handb. Irid. 205 (1892)

= Gladiolus excelsus (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1665 (1814), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus eximius Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 89: 40 (1931)

= Gladiolus expallescens Schrank; Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 210 (1822)

= Gladiolus hibbertii Baker; Handb. Irid. 217 (1892)

= Gladiolus lemonia Pourr. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1: 369

= Gladiolus lunulatus Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 342 (1882)

= Gladiolus macowanianus Klatt; Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 3: 199 (1885)

= Gladiolus pictus Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 397 (1826)

= Gladiolus prismatosiphon Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 102 (1899)

= Gladiolus sagittifer Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 41 (1796)

= Gladiolus trimaculatus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 2: 727 (1788)

= Gladiolus tristis var. cordatus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 13 (1784)

= Gladiolus ventricosus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 2: 727 (1788)

= Gladiolus vinulus Klatt; Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 3: 199 (1885)

= Moraea ramosa Endl.; Parad. Vindob. [Hartlinger] t. 7 (1844)

= Symphydolon blandus Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus caryophyllaceus (Burm.f.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 2: 795 (1812)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Anisanthus caryophyllaceus (Burm.f.) Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 344 (1882)

= Antholyza caryophyllacea Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 1 (1768)

= Gladiolus hirsutus var. roseus Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 574 (1802)

= Gladiolus roseus Andrews; Bot. Repos. 1: t. 11 (1798), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus similis Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 40 (1827)

= Homoglossum caryophyllaceum (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 279 (1932)

= Watsonia amoena var. rosea (Ker Gawl.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 43 (1805)

species :

Gladiolus cataractarum Oberm.; Bothalia 14(1): 78 (1982)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga: between Dullstrom and Lydenburg)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

species :

Gladiolus caucasicus Herb.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 65 (1842)

Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus] (Shiga Kartli, Kartli, Mtiuleti, Kakheti, Javakheti); Armenia; Azerbaijan

33 ARM AZE GEO

species :

Gladiolus ceresianus L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 21: 367, 369 (1931)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus chelamontanus Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 179 (1996)

Distribution: SW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Gladiolus chevalieranus Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 313 (1973), nom. nov.

Distribution: +Guinea

22 GUI

Conservation Status: only known from types collected in 1937

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera amoena (A.Chev.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 9: 131 (1969)

= Dortania amoena A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), Sér. 2, 9: 402 (1938) [non Gladiolus amoenus Salisb. (1937)]

species :

Gladiolus clivorum Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Kew Bull. 69(2)-9496: 4 (2014)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

species :

Gladiolus communis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 36 (1753)

Name: Östliche Siegwurz (DE), Eastern Gladiolus (EN)

Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I], Scotland [I], Isles of Scilly [I]); Ireland [I] (SE-Ireland [I]); Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; France; +Monaco; Channel Isl. [I] (Alderney [I], Guernsey [I], Jersey [I], Sark [I]); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; San Marino [I]; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; ?North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece [I]; Crimea; Morocco [I]; Kenya [I]; Northern Caucasus [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Chatham Isl. [I]; USA [I] (Kentucky [I], Tennessee [I]); Colombia [I]; Argentina [I]

10 grb ire 11 ger 12 cis COR FRA GIB MCO POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO grc ITA KOS MNT SIC SLV sma SRB 14 KRY 20 mor 25 ken 33 ncs 50 aus 51 ctm 78 usa 82 clm 85 arg

Remarks: illyricus agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus collinus Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 40 (1796)

= Gladiolus communis subsp. notarisii (Parl.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 259 (1890)

= Gladiolus communis var. carneus Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1575 (1813)

= Gladiolus communis var. montserratii O.Bolòs & Vigo; Fl. Man. Països Catalans 4: 166 (2001)

= Gladiolus gussonei Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 67 (1909)

= Gladiolus lannesii Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 35 (1903)

= Gladiolus notarisii Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 3: 259 (1860)

= Gladiolus numidicus Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 35 (1903)

= Gladiolus ×byzantinus var. lutarius Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 114 (1940)

= Gladiolus ×byzantinus var. numidicus (Jord.) Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 6: 122 (1959 publ. 1960)

species :

Gladiolus comptonii G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 235 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Carinati

species :

Gladiolus crassifolius Baker; J. Bot. 14: 334 (1876)

Distribution: Tanzania; Angola; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]

25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus conrathii Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1005 (1904)

= Gladiolus dieterlenii E.Phillips; Ann. S. African Mus. 16: 282 (1917)

= Gladiolus junodii Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 866 (1901)

= Gladiolus masukuensis Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 283 (1897)

= Gladiolus rachidiflorus Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 339 (1882)

= Gladiolus thomsonii Baker; J. Bot. 19: 179 (1881), et Handb. Irid. (1892) 223

= Gladiolus tritoniiformis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 308 (1898)

species :

Gladiolus crispulatus L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 182 (1924)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Phoenices

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus tenuis Baker; J. Bot. 14: 335 (1876), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus cruentus T.Moore; Gard. Chron. 1868: 1138 (1868)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ophiolyza

species :

Gladiolus cunonius (L.) Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 31 (1788)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Involuti

Synonyms: hidden

= Anisanthus cunonia (L.) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 397 (1826)

= Anomalesia cunonia (L.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 271 (1932)

= Antholyza coccinea Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 1: 253 (1820)

= Antholyza cunonia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 37 (1753)

= Cunonia antholyza Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8 (1868)

= Gladiolus papilionaceus Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 41 (1796), nom. superfl.

= Petamenes cunonia (L.) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

species :

Gladiolus curtifolius Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 313 (1973), nom. nov.

Distribution: S-Tanzania; NE-Zambia; Malawi

25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera goetzei Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 278 (1901) [non Gladiolus goetzei Harms]

species :

Gladiolus curtilimbus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex Còrdova; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60(3-4): 325 (1990)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

species :

Gladiolus cylindraceus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 183 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

species :

Gladiolus dalenii Van Geel; Sert. Bot. 2(1): 18 (1829)

subspecies :

subsp. dalenii

Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen); Bhutan [I]; Philippines [I]; New Zealand [I]; Mexico [I]; Peru [I]

22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 mau MDG reu 35 SAU YEM 40 bhu 42 phi 51 nzl 79 mex 83 per

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ophiolyza

Synonyms: hidden

= Bobartia natalensis (Regel) Klatt; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 1168 (1894)

= Gladiolus adlamii Baker; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 5: 233 (1889)

= Gladiolus affinis De Wild.; Pl. Nov. Horti Then. 1: t. 35 (1905), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus angolensis Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 269 (1878)

= Gladiolus barnardii G.J.Lewis; S. African Gard. 22: 204, 205 (1932)

= Gladiolus boehmii Vaupel; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 376 (1920)

= Gladiolus buettneri Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 155 (1893)

= Gladiolus caffensis Cufod.; Sitzungsber. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math-Naturwiss. Kl., Abt. 1, Biol. 156: 471 (1947)

= Gladiolus calothyrsus Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 537 (1912)

= Gladiolus coccineus L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 18: 214 (1928) 18: 214 (1928)

= Gladiolus cooperi Baker; Bot. Mag. t. 6202 (1875)

= Gladiolus corneus Oliv.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 155 (1875)

= Gladiolus dracocephalus Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 5884 (1871)

= Gladiolus fuscoviridis Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 6: 530 (1897)

= Gladiolus gallaensis Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 533 (1912)

= Gladiolus garnieri Klatt; Linnaea 37: 511 (1872)

= Gladiolus garuanus Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 541 (1912)

= Gladiolus hockii De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 3: 264 (1911)

= Gladiolus ignescens Bojer ex Baker; J. Bot. 14: 334 (1876)

= Gladiolus leichtlinii Baker; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1889(II): 154 (1889)

= Gladiolus leptophyllus L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 22: 204 (1932)

= Gladiolus louwii L.Bolus; J. Bot. 67: 132 (1929)

= Gladiolus luembensis De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 3: 264 (1911)

= Gladiolus luteolus Klatt; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 2): 515 (1864)

= Gladiolus natalensis Reinw. ex Hook.; Bot. Mag. 58: t. 3084 (1831), nom. nov. illeg. superfl.

= Gladiolus nebulicola Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 89: 87 (1931)

= Gladiolus newii Baker; J. Bot. 14: 334 (1876)

= Gladiolus occidentalis A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 634 (1920), nomen

= Gladiolus pageae L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 18: 214 (1928)

= Gladiolus platyphyllus Baker; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1893(II): 456 (1893)

= Gladiolus primulinus Baker; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1890(II): 122 (1890)

= Gladiolus psittacinus Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 3032 (1830)

= Gladiolus quartinianus A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 306 (1850)

= Gladiolus retrocurvus G.J.Lewis; S. African Gard. 22: 204 (1932)

= Gladiolus saltatorum Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 155 (1875)

= Gladiolus schimperianus Steud. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 176 (1877)

= Gladiolus splendidus Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 406 (1895)

= Gladiolus sulphureus Baker ex Oliv.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 350 (1887), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus taylorianus Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 405 (1895)

= Gladiolus tysonii Baker; Handb. Irid. 220 (1892)

= Gladiolus ×kilimandscharicus Pax ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 2: 175 (1891 publ. 1892)

= Keitia natalensis Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 640 (1878)

= Watsonia natalensis Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 34 (1827) non Gladiolus natalensis Reinw. ex Hook.f. 1831

= Watsonia psittacina (Hook.) Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 1836: 26 (1836)

subspecies :

subsp. andongensis (Baker) Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12: 93 (1993)

Distribution: Senegal; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique

22 SEN 23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZIM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus andongensis Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 269 (1878)

= Gladiolus dalenii var. andongensis (Baker) Goldblatt ex Geerinck; Taxonomania 6: 12 (2002)

= Gladiolus goetzei Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 365 (1900)

= Gladiolus mildbraedii Vaupel; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 377 (1920)

= Gladiolus pauciflorus De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 297 (1913), nom. illeg. non G. pauciflorus Baker (1878)

subspecies :

subsp. welwitschii (Baker) Goldblatt; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 90 (1995)

Distribution: Angola

26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus welwitschii Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 267 (1878)

= Gladiolus splendens Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 268 (1878)

species :

Gladiolus debeerstii De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 296 (1913)

Distribution: E- & SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus camilae Còrdova; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60(3-4): 325 (1990)

= Gladiolus mitwabaensis P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex Còrdova; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60(3-4): 327 (1990)

species :

Gladiolus debilis Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2585 (1825)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Geissorhiza albens E.Mey.; Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. [Drège] 187 (1843)

= Gladiolus cochleatus Sweet; Brit. Fl. Gard. [Sweet] Ser. 2, t. 140 (1832)

= Gladiolus debilis var. cochleatus (Sweet) G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 186 (1972)

= Gladiolus lambda Klatt; Linnaea 32: 708 (1864)

species :

Gladiolus decaryi Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(3): 246 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Gladiolus decoratus Baker; J. Bot. 14: 333 (1876)

Distribution: Tanzania; Zanzibar; Malawi; Mozambique

25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus morrumbalaensis De Wild.; Pl. Nov. Horti Then. 1: 17 (1904)

= Gladiolus quilimanensis Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 577 (1898)

= Gladiolus zanguebaricus Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 282 (1897) (zanquebaricus)

species :

Gladiolus delpierrei Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 45(1): 84 (1979)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Cederberg)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

species :

Gladiolus densiflorus Baker; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 49: 178 (1904)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus invenustus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 65 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus deserticola Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 50(4): 457 (1984)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus dichrous (Bullock) Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 426 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: South Sudan; Uganda; W-Kenya

24 SSU 25 KEN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Oenostachys dichroa Bull.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 466 (1930)

species :

Gladiolus diluvialis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Bothalia 41(2): 324 (2012), nom. nov.

Distribution: Namibia

27 NAM

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Tristes

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus halophilus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; S. African J. Bot. 77(3): 791 (2011), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus dolichosiphon Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Bothalia 39(1): 37 (2009)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Little Karoo)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

species :

Gladiolus dolomiticus Oberm.; Bothalia 12(4): 636 (1979)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Oppositiflori

species :

Gladiolus dzavakheticus Eristavi; Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 34: 38 (1977)

Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus] (Javakheti); Armenia

33 ARM GEO

species :

Gladiolus ecklonii Lehm.; Del. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. (1835); et Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 6: 107 (1836)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 LES SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ecklonii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus carneus Klatt; Linnaea 32: 722 (1864), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus inclusus F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 102 (1917)

= Gladiolus marmoratus Tausch; Flora (Regensburg) 19: 421 (1836), nom. illeg.

= Neuberia longifolia Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 37 (1827)

= Watsonia longifolia Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 784 (1841)

species :

Gladiolus elliotii Baker; J. Bot. 29: 70 (1891); et Handb. Irid. (1892) 215

Distribution: Zimbabwe; SE-Botswana; South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal); Lesotho

26 ZIM 27 BOT LES SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Oppositiflori

species :

Gladiolus emiliae L.Bolus; J. Bot. 71: 124 (1933)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

species :

Gladiolus engysiphon G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 266 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

species :

Gladiolus equitans Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 186 (1800)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus alatus var. namaquensis (Ker Gawl.) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 177 (1877)

= Gladiolus namaquensis Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. t. 592 (1802)

species :

Gladiolus erectiflorus Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 6: 146 (1895)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique

23 BUR ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus nyikensis Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 283 (1897)

= Gladiolus venulosus Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 282 (1897)

species :

Gladiolus exalatus Goldblatt & Blittersd.; Kew Bull. 69(2)-9496: 2 (2014)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

species :

Gladiolus exiguus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 58 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

species :

Gladiolus exilis G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 229 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Mutabili

species :

Gladiolus fenestratus Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 172 (1996)

Distribution: SW-Angola

26 ANG

Conservation Status: last collection in 1968

species :

Gladiolus ferrugineus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 81 (1998), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus micranthus Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1005 (1904), nom. illeg., non Stapf 1885

= Gladiolus varius var. micranthus (Baker) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 34 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus filiformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 182 (1998)

Distribution: SE-Botswana; South Africa (North-West Prov.)

27 BOT SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Heterocolon

species :

Gladiolus flanaganii Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 6: 530 (1897)

Distribution: South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal); E-Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ophiolyza

species :

Gladiolus flavoviridis Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 71 (1993)

Distribution: E-Zimbabwe

26 ZIM

species :

Gladiolus floribundus Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 162 (1791)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Floribundi

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera forsythiana Baker; Handb. Irid. 186 (1892)

= Acidanthera graminifolia Baker; J. Bot. 14: 338 (1876)

= Acidanthera pauciflora (Baker) Benth.; Gen. 3: 706 (1883)

= Antholyza spicata Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768), non Gladiolus spicatus L. 1753

= Gladiolus bowkeri G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot. 7: 29 (1941), nom. nov. for Montbretia pauciflora Baker

= Gladiolus graminifolius (Baker) G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot. 7: 26 (1941)

= Gladiolus striatus Andrews; Bot. Repos. 2: t. 111 (1800), nom. illeg., non Jacq. 1791

= Gladiolus undulatus Schneev.; Icon. Pl. Rar. [Schneevoogt] 2(7): t. 19 (1790), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus vittatus Zuccagni; Collecteana [Roemer] 121 (1806)

= Montbretia pauciflora Baker; J. Bot. 14: 336 (1876)

= Symphydolon floribundus Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

= Tritonia pauciflora (Baker) Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 358 (1882)

species :

Gladiolus fourcadei (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 422 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Homoglossum

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza fourcadei L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 4: 117 (1927)

= Gladiolus ×sulphureus de Graaf ex Molk.; Tuinb.-Fl. 1: 39 (1855), nom. illeg.

= Homoglossum fourcadei (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 279 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus gallaecicus Pau ex J.-M.Tison & Girod; J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 68: 72 (2014)

Distribution: France

12 FRA

species :

Gladiolus geardii L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 4: 28 (1925)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus geardii var. uitenhagensis L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 24: 101 (1934)

= Gladiolus robustus Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 50: 453 (1984)

species :

Gladiolus goldblattianus Geerinck; Taxonomania 4: 2 (2001)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

species :

Gladiolus gracilis Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 159 (1791)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus pterophyllus Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 43 (1805)

= Gladiolus recurvus Willd.; Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 4 (1814), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus scaber Spreng. & Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 700 (1820)

= Gladiolus setifolius Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 37 (1827)

= Gladiolus spilanthus Spreng. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 173 (1877)

= Gladiolus tristis var. punctatus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 8g (1784)

= Ranisia gracilis (Jacq.) Salisb.; Cen. Pl. Fragm. 143 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus gracillimus Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 74 (1895)

Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; N-Malawi

25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus aphanophyllus Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 363 (1898)

species :

Gladiolus grandiflorus Andrews; Bot. Repos. 2: t. 118 (1800)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Floribundi

Synonyms: hidden

= Geissorhiza grandis Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 96: t. 5877 (1870)

= Gladiolus fasciatus Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 1: 429 (1817)

= Gladiolus floribundus subsp. fasciatus (Roem. & Schult.) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 107 (1972)

= Gladiolus floribundus subsp. milleri (Ker Gawl.) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 104 (1972)

= Gladiolus milleri Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 17: t. 632 (1803)

= Gladiolus scaphochlamys Baker; Handb. Irid. 217 (1892)

= Gladiolus socium L.Bolus; J. Bot. 69: 14 (1931)

= Gladiolus vittatus Hornem.; Hort. Bot. Hafn. [Hornemann] 2: 950 (1815), nom. illeg.

= Symphydolon milleri Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus grantii Baker; Handb. Irid. 206 (1892)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus angustus Herb.L. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 175 (1877), 176

species :

Gladiolus gregarius Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 268 (1878)

Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Chad; S-Chad; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique

22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza descampsii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 18 (1902)

= Antholyza gilletii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 19 (1902)

= Gladiolus corbisieri De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 296 (1913)

= Gladiolus elegans Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 536 (1912)

= Gladiolus hanningtonii Baker; Handb. Irid. 212 (1892)

= Gladiolus karendensis Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 867 (1901)

= Gladiolus klattianus Hutch.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 376, in clavi, 379 (1936)

= Gladiolus macrospathus Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 145 (1996)

= Gladiolus multiflorus Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 269 (1878)

= Gladiolus pseudogregarius Mildbr. ex Hutch.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 376, in clavi, 379 (1936), anglice.

= Gladiolus spicatus Klatt; Linnaea 35: 377 (1868) [non L. (1753) nom. illeg.]

= Gladiolus uhehensis Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 365 (1900)

species :

Gladiolus griseus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 242 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Carinati

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus carinatus subsp. parviflorus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 216 (1972), nom. nov.

= Gladiolus tristis var. permeabilis Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 167 (1784)

species :

Gladiolus gueinzii Kunze; Linnaea 18: 510 (1845)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (New South Wales [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Sabulosi

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera brevicollis Baker; J. Bot. 14: 339 (1876)

= Gladiolus sabulosus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot. 7: 31 (1941)

species :

Gladiolus gunnisii (Rendle) Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 313 (1973)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; N-Somalia; Kenya

24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera gunnisii Rendle; J. Bot. 36: 31 (1898)

= Acidanthera nelloi Chiov.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 26: 109 (1919)

species :

Gladiolus guthriei F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 101 (1917)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus eulophioides F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 99 (1917)

= Gladiolus odoratus L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 17: 294 (1927)

species :

Gladiolus hajastanicus Gabrieljan; Bocconea 13: 451 (2001), et Fl. Armen. 10: 154 (2001)

Distribution: Armenia

33 ARM

species :

Gladiolus halophilus Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 1, 13: 14 (1854)

Distribution: Turkey (Central Anatolia, Inner Anatolia); Iraq (NW-Iraq); Iran (NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, W-Iran)

34 IRN IRQ TUR

species :

Gladiolus hamzaoglui H.Duman, Sagiroglu & Teksen; Phytotaxa 496(3): 247 (2021)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus harmsianus Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 540 (1912)

Distribution: SW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Gladiolus hirsutus Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 161 (1791)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus biflorus Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 416 (1817), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus hirsutus var. villosiusculus Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 19: t. 727 (1804)

= Gladiolus laccatus Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 186 (1800), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus pilosus Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 38 (1827)

= Gladiolus punctulatus Schrank; Denkschr. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 216 (1822)

= Gladiolus punctulatus var. autumnalis G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 211 (1972)

= Gladiolus rubromarginatus Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 415 (1817), nom. inval.

= Gladiolus tristis var. purpureus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 166 (1784)

= Gladiolus villosiusculus Sol. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 174 (1877)

= Gladiolus villosus Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 133 (1827)

= Ranisia hirsuta Salisb.; Cen. Pl. Fragm. 143 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus hollandii L.Bolus; J. Bot. 69: 261 (1931)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus varius var. elatus F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 104 (1917)

species :

Gladiolus horombensis Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(3): 243 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Gladiolus huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 426 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Angola; Zambia

23 CON ZAI 26 ANG ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Anisanthus huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 12: 344 (1882)

= Antholyza degasparisiana Buscal. & Muschl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 463 (1913). 49: 463 (1913)

= Antholyza huillensis Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 270 (1878)

= Antholyza pubescens Vaupel; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 375 (1920)

= Gladiolus subulatus Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 577 (1898)

= Oenostachys huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 37(4): 443 (1971)

= Oenostachys vaginifer (Milne-Redh.) Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 37(4): 443 (1971)

= Petamenes degasparisiana (Buscal. & Muschl.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 277 (1932)

= Petamenes huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 276 (1932)

= Petamenes vaginifera Milne-Redh.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 35: t. 3478 (1950)

species :

Gladiolus humilis Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50(1): 81 (1885)

Distribution: Turkey (SE-Anatolia)

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus huttonii (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 422 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Homoglossum

Synonyms: hidden

= Homoglossum hollandii L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 23: 47 (1933)

= Homoglossum hollandii var. zitzikammense L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 23: 47 (1933)

= Homoglossum huttonii N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 278 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus hyalinus Jacq.; Icon. Pl. Rar. [Jacquin] 2: 4. t. 242 (1795)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Tristes

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus confusus N.E.Br.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 31 (1928)

= Gladiolus strictus Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 170 (1791), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus illyricus W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 699 (1837)

Distribution: England [I] (S-England [I]); Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; ?Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (scattered mainland, Kiklades, Kerkyra, Lefkada, Thasos); European Turkey; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Samos, Lipsi, Leros, Kalimnos, Kos, Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia)

10 grb 12 BAL FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SRB TUE 34 EAI TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus atrorubens Hanry; Prodr. Hist. Nat. Var. 353 (1853), non N. E. Br.

= Gladiolus communis proles dubius (Guss.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 85 (1912)

= Gladiolus communis subsp. illyricus (W.D.J.Koch) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 305 (1894)

= Gladiolus communis subsp. illyricus (W.D.J.Koch) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Fl. Man. Països Catalans 4: 167 (2001), isonym

= Gladiolus communis var. illyricus (W.D.J.Koch) Hook.f.; 364 (1870)

= Gladiolus communis var. ramosus Tallon; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Marseille) 34: 72 (1974), nom. inval.

= Gladiolus germanicus Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 35 (1903)

= Gladiolus glaucus Heldr. ex Halácsy; Consp. Fl. Graec. 3: 186 (1904)

= Gladiolus hanryi Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 34 (1903), nom. superfl.

= Gladiolus imbricatus proles illyricus (W.D.J.Koch) Samp.; Man. Fl. Port. 107 (1910)

= Gladiolus narbonensis Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 147 (1902)

= Gladiolus paui Sennen; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., 72: 13 (1925 publ. 1926)

= Gladiolus serotinus Welw. ex Boiss. & Reut.; Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan. 113 (1852)

species :

Gladiolus imbricatus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 37 (1753)

Name: Dachzieglige Siegwurz (DE)

Distribution: Finland [I]; E-Germany; ?Switzerland; ?Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; France [I]; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (rare Mt. Vermio, Mt. Peristeri, Mt. Agrafa, Mt. Parnassos); S-European Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; C-European Russia; Siberia (W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Northern Caucasus; Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Syria (W-Syrian Mountains); Java [I]

10 fin 11 CZE GER HUN POL SLO 12 fra 13 BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ 33 NCS 34 LEB SYR 42 jaw

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus apterus Klokov; Fl. URSR 3: 407 (1950)

= Gladiolus crispiflorus Herb.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 65 (1842)

= Gladiolus galiciensis Besser; Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 1: 51 (1809)

= Gladiolus hygrophilus Boiss. & A.Huet ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 171 (1877)

= Gladiolus imbricatus f. glabrescens Zapal.; Consp. Fl. Galic. Crit. 1: 193 (1906)

= Gladiolus imbricatus f. robustus Zapal.; Consp. Fl. Galic. Crit. 1: 193 (1906)

= Gladiolus imbricatus subsp. crispiflorus (Herb.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus imbricatus subsp. galiciensis (Besser) O.Schwarz; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 91 (1949)

= Gladiolus imbricatus subsp. parviflorus (Schur ex Nyman) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus imbricatus subsp. pauciflorus (Berdau) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus imbricatus var. crispiflorus (Herb.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 703 (1882)

= Gladiolus imbricatus var. galiciensis (Besser) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 703 (1882)

= Gladiolus libanoticus Boiss. & Kotschy; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 4: 92 (1859)

= Gladiolus marschallii Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 2: 789 (1812)

= Gladiolus neglectus Schult.; Observ. Bot. [Schultes]: 14 (1809)

= Gladiolus raddeanus Trautv.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 273 (1875)

= Gladiolus rossicus Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 46 (1805)

= Sphaerospora imbricata (L.) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 501 (1830), nom. inval.

species :

Gladiolus inandensis Baker; Handb. Irid. 207 (1892)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus microphyllus Baker; Handb. Irid. 206 (1892)

= Gladiolus microsiphon Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1006 (1904)

= Gladiolus stenophyllus Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 282 (1897), nom. illeg.

= Tritonia teretifolia Baker; Handb. Irid. 194 (1892)

species :

Gladiolus inflatus (Thunb.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 185 (1800)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus bolusii Baker; Handb. Irid. 208 (1892)

= Gladiolus hastatus (Thunb.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 185 (1800)

= Gladiolus inflatus var. louiseae (L.Bolus) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 241 (1972)

= Gladiolus louiseae L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 182 (1924)

= Gladiolus monostachyus Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 413 (1817), pro syn.

= Gladiolus ringens Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 37 (1827), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus thunbergii Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 37 (1827) non F. Dietr.

= Gladiolus tigrinus Eckl. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 173 (1877), pro syn.

= Gladiolus tristis var. hastatus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 13 (1784)

= Gladiolus tristis var. inflatus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 12 (1784)

= Gladiolus tristis var. violaceus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 166 (1784)

species :

Gladiolus inflexus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 266 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

species :

Gladiolus insolens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 139 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Piketberg)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

species :

Gladiolus intonsus Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 72 (1993)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; N-Malawi

23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM

species :

Gladiolus involutus D.Delaroche; Descr. Pl. Aliq. Nov. 28 (1766)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Involuti

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus bimaculatus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 2: 727 (1788)

= Gladiolus elatus Balb.; Cat. Pl., ed. 1813: 38 (1813)

species :

Gladiolus iroensis (A.Chev.) Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 313 (1973)

Distribution: +S-Chad

24 CHA

Remarks: status uncertain, known only from 3 collections, last 1969

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera iroensis (A.Chev.) A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), Sér. 2, 9: 401 (1938), cum descr. (1937)

= Romulea iroensis A.Chev.; Fl. Afr. Centr., Énum. Pl. Récolt. 1: 304 (1913), nomen.

species :

Gladiolus italicus Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768)

Name: Saat-Siegwurz (DE); Field Gladiolus (EN); Gladiolo silvestre (ES)

Distribution: +Switzerland; Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (widespread lowlands, incl. most islands); Crete (incl. islets); European Turkey; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt); Azores (Pico, Faial, Flores Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma); Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, N-Iran, NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Badghys, Herat, Kabul, Parwan, Samangan, Takhar); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, C-Israel); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai); Jordania (W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Kuwait; United Arab Emirates; Pakistan (Baluchistan); USA [I] (California [I], Kentucky [I], Mississippi [I], Tennessee [I])

11 SWI 12 BAL COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA PEL ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 KRY 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY MDR 32 TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 KUW SAU UAE 40 PAK 76 usa 78 usa

Synonyms: hidden

= Ballosporum segetum (Ker Gawl.) Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

= Gladiolus arvaticus Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 32 (1903)

= Gladiolus communis subsp. inarimensis (Guss.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 704 (1882)

= Gladiolus communis var. distichus Gouan; Fl. Monsp. [Gouan] 67 (1764)

= Gladiolus communis var. grandiflorus Gouan; Fl. Monsp. [Gouan] 67 (1764)

= Gladiolus communis var. parviflorus Bastard ex DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 6: 329 (1815)

= Gladiolus commutatus C.D.Bouché; Linnaea 12: 484 (1838)

= Gladiolus cyclocarpus Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 32 (1903)

= Gladiolus dalmaticus Tausch ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs., Add.: ix (1832)

= Gladiolus dubius Parl.; Fl. Panorm. 1: 44 (1839), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus guepinii Koch; Flora (Regensburg) 23: 666 (1840)

= Gladiolus inarimensis Guss.; Enum. Pl. Inarim. 326. t. 14 (1855)

= Gladiolus infestus Bianca; Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania 19: 93 (1842)

= Gladiolus leucanthus C.D.Bouché; Linnaea 12: 483 (1838)

= Gladiolus ludovicae Jan ex Bertol.; Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bononiensis 1: 74 (1834)

= Gladiolus pallidus C.D.Bouché; Linnaea 12: 482 (1838)

= Gladiolus proteiflorus G.B.Romano ex Lutati; Stud. Veg. Piemonte 200 (1929)

= Gladiolus rigescens Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 33 (1903)

= Gladiolus ruricola Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 33 (1903)

= Gladiolus segetalis St.-Lag.; Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 126 (1880)

= Gladiolus segetum f. sterilis M.Arnaud; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 24: 269 (1877)

= Gladiolus segetum Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 19: t. 719 (1804)

= Gladiolus segetum subsp. commutatus (C.D.Bouché) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus segetum subsp. guepinii (K.Koch) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 703 (1882)

= Gladiolus segetum subsp. inarimensis (Guss.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus segetum subsp. ludovicae (Jan ex Bertol.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus segetum var. grandiflorus (Gouan) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 84 (1912)

= Gladiolus segetum var. guepinii (K.Koch) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 172 (1877)

= Gladiolus segetum var. infestus (Bianca) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 703 (1882)

= Gladiolus segetum var. ludovicae (Jan ex Bertol.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 703 (1882)

= Gladiolus spathaceus Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 3: 262 (1860), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus tenuiflorus K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 636 (1848)

= Gladiolus turkmenorum Czerniak.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 58I, 750 (1935)

= Sphaerospora imbricata Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 501 (1830)

= Sphaerospora segetum (Ker Gawl.) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 398 (1826), nom. inval.

species :

Gladiolus izzet-baysalii Eker & Sagiroglu; Phytotaxa 527(2): 98 (2021)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus jonquilliodorus Eckl. ex G.J.Lewis; Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 124 (1954), as ´jonquilodorus´

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

species :

Gladiolus juncifolius Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 74 (1993)

Distribution: E-Zimbabwe

26 ZIM

species :

Gladiolus kamiesbergensis G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 128 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.: Kamiesberg)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Verni

species :

Gladiolus karooicus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Bothalia 39(1): 39 (2009)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

species :

Gladiolus kotschyanus Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 15 (1854)

Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus] (Kartli); Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran (NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, W-Iran)

33 ARM AZE GEO 34 IRN IRQ TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus alpigenus K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 635 (1848)

= Gladiolus imbricatus var. hygrophilus Boiss. & A.Huet ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 171 (1877)

= Gladiolus imbricatus var. kotschyanus (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 141 (1882)

= Gladiolus kotschyanus subsp. distichus Gabrieljan; Bocconea 13: 451 (2001)

= Gladiolus subbiflorus Boiss. ex Tchich.; Asie Min., Bot. [P.A.Tchichatscheff] 2: 519 (1860)

species :

Gladiolus lapeirousioides Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 37(3): 229 (1971)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.: Loeriesfontein)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus laxiflorus Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 268 (1878)

Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi

23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus antunesii Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 576 (1898)

= Gladiolus trichophyllus Diels; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 264 (1936)

= Gladiolus tritonioides Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 74 (1895)

species :

Gladiolus ledoctei P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 219 (1963)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus fungurumeensis P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 219 (1963)

species :

Gladiolus leonensis Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 315 (1973)

Distribution: Sierra Leone

22 SIE

Remarks: status uncertain, possible synonym of G. praecostatus

species :

Gladiolus leptosiphon F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 1: 195 (1915)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Involuti

Synonyms: hidden

= Radinosiphon leptosiphon (F.Bolus) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 263 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus liliaceus Houtt.; Natuurl. Hist. (Handleid.) 12: 55 (1780)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Tristes

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus grandis (Thunb.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 185 (1800)

= Gladiolus tristis subsp. grandis (Thunb.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 3: 571 (1906)

= Gladiolus tristis var. grandis Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 12 (1784)

= Gladiolus versicolor Andrews; Bot. Repos. t. 19 (1798)

= Gladiolus versicolor var. major Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 556 (1802)

= Ranisia versicolor (Andrews) Salisb.; Cen. Pl. Fragm. 143 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus linearifolius Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 535 (1912)

Distribution: +E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: only two collections known, last 1970

species :

Gladiolus lithicola Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 284 (1996)

Distribution: +E-Ethiopia

24 ETH

Conservation Status: only three collections known, last 1969

species :

Gladiolus longicollis Baker; J. Bot. 14: 182 (1876)

subspecies :

subsp. longicollis

Distribution: South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Tristes

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera longicollis (Baker) R.C.Foster; Contr. Gray Herb., n. s. 114: 42 (1936)

= Gladiolus cygneus Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 90: 347 (1931)

subspecies :

subsp. platypetalus (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 297 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera platypetala Baker; J. Bot. 14: 339 (1876)

= Gladiolus longicollis var. platypetalus (Baker) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 190 (1972)

= Gladiolus praelongitubus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot. 7: 27 (1941)

species :

Gladiolus longispathaceus Cufod.; Senckenberg. Biol. 50: 248 (1969)

Distribution: S-Ethiopia

24 ETH

species :

Gladiolus loteniensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43(2): 206 (1986)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal: E-Drakensberg)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Involuti

species :

Gladiolus lundaensis Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 118 (1996)

Distribution: +S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; +NE-Angola

23 ZAI 26 ANG

Conservation Status: only two collections known, last 1954

species :

Gladiolus luteus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 2: 725 (1788)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus frappieri Hermans ex Cordem.; Fl. Réunion [Cordemoy] 162 (1895)

species :

Gladiolus macneilii Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 84 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga: Abel Erasmus Pass)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Calcarati

species :

Gladiolus maculatus Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 397 (1826)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Mutabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus binervis (Ker Gawl.) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 397 (1826)

= Gladiolus breynianus Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 135 (1827)

= Gladiolus hibernus Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 90: 9 (1931)

= Gladiolus maculatus subsp. hibernus (Ingram) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 263 (1972)

= Gladiolus suaveolens Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 136 (1827), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus vaginatus var. fergusoniae L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 19: 215 (1929)

= Gladiolus versicolor var. binervis Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. t. 1042 (1807)

= Gladiolus versicolor var. inaequalis Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 556 (1802)

= Gladiolus versicolor var. tenuior Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 556 (1802)

species :

Gladiolus magnificus (Harms) Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 426 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: S-Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; N-Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip); N-Botswana

26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ophiolyza

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza magnifica Harms; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 201 (1903)

= Antholyza spectabilis Schinz; Mém. Herb. Boissier 20. 13 (1900)

= Antholyza zambesiaca Baker; Handb. Irid. 232 (1892) [non Gladiolus zambesiacus Baker]

= Chasmanthe spectabilis (Schinz) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 274 (1932)

= Oenostachys zambesiacus (Baker) Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 37(4): 443 (1971)

= Petamenes magnifica (Harms) R.C.Foster; Contr. Gray Herb. 114: 50 (1936)

= Petamenes spectabilis (Schinz) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

= Petamenes zambesiaca (Baker) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 277 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus malvinus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 155 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Pubigeri

species :

Gladiolus manikaensis Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 238 (1996)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

species :

Gladiolus mariae Burgt; Willdenowia 49(1): 118 (2019)

Distribution: Guinea

22 GUI

species :

Gladiolus marlothii G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 141 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.: Roggeveld)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Verni

species :

Gladiolus martleyi L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 23: 47 (1933)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus pillansii G.J.Lewis; S. African Gard. 25: 57 (1935)

= Gladiolus pillansii var. roseus G.J.Lewis; Fl. Pl. Africa 29: t. 1159 (1953)

species :

Gladiolus meliusculus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 232 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus alatus var. meliusculus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 166 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus melleri Baker; J. Bot. 14: 334 (1876)

Distribution: Togo; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; N-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique

22 TOG 23 BUR ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus brachyandrus Baker; Bot. Mag. t. 6463 (1879)

= Gladiolus brevispathus (Pax) Klatt; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 1214 (1894)

= Gladiolus dalenii var. melleri (Baker) Còrdova; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60(3-4): 326 (1990)

= Gladiolus johnstonii Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 283 (1897)

= Gladiolus matabelensis Schltr. ex Weim.; Bot. Not. 179, in syn. (1937)

= Gladiolus natalensis var. melleri (Baker) Geerinck; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 42(1-2): 285 (1972)

= Gladiolus welwitschii subsp. brevispathus Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 155 (1892)

species :

Gladiolus menitskyi Gabrieljan; Bocconea 13: 454 (2001), et Fl. Armen. 10: 160 (2001)

Distribution: Armenia; Azerbaijan (Talysh)

33 ARM AZE

species :

Gladiolus mensensis (Schweinf.) Goldblatt; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 91 (1995)

Distribution: Eritrea

24 ERI

Synonyms: hidden

= Tritonia mensensis Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: Appendix 2, 86 (1894)

species :

Gladiolus merianellus (L.) Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 14 (1784)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Cape peninsula)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza merianella L.; Syst. Veg., ed. 13 [J.A.Murray] 77 (1774)

= Gladiolus bonaespei Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 421 1989 (1990), nom. nov. superfl.

= Gladiolus hirsutus var. tenuiflorus Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 574 (1802)

= Homoglossum merianellum (L.) Baker; 161 (1877)

= Homoglossum merianellum var. aureum G.J.Lewis; Baker et al., 34 (1948)

species :

Gladiolus meridionalis G.J.Lewis; Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 127 (1954)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Mutabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus maculatus subsp. meridionalis (G.J.Lewis) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 262 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus metallicola Goldblatt; Novon 18(2): 164 (2008)

Distribution: Zimbabwe

26 ZIM

species :

Gladiolus micranthus Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50(1): 82 (1885)

Distribution: Turkey (SW-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus tricolor Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 82 (1885)

species :

Gladiolus microcarpus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 85 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

species :

Gladiolus microspicatus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex Còrdova; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60(3-4): 326 (1990)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; Zambia

23 BUR ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus gregarius var. angustifolius (Van Bockstal) Geerinck; Taxonomania 4: 3 (2001)

= Gladiolus klattianus subsp. angustifolius Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 126 (1963)

species :

Gladiolus miniatus Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 40 (1827)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Floribundi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus floribundus subsp. miniatus (Eckl.) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 103 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus mirus Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 534 (1912)

Distribution: Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon

22 IVO NGA 23 CMN EQG GAB

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus staudtii Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 538 (1912)

species :

Gladiolus monticola G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot. 14: 85 (1948) ex Goldblatt & J. C. Manning, Gladiolus S. Afr. 173 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Cape peninsula)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus tabularis Eckl. ex Baker; Handb. Irid. 207 (1892), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus mortonius Herb.; Bot. Mag. t. 3680 & sub t. 3693 (1838)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus blandus var. mortonius (Herb.) Baker; 217 (1892)

= Gladiolus davisoniae F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 98 (1917)

= Gladiolus macowanii Baker; Handb. Irid. 217 (1892)

= Gladiolus massonii Klatt; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 220 (1894)

= Gladiolus ochroleucus var. macowanii (Baker) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 37 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus mosambicensis Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 576 (1898)

Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique

26 MOZ ZIM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus gazensis Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 210 (1911)

species :

Gladiolus mostertiae L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 142 (1922)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.: Bokkeveld Plateau)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Verni

species :

Gladiolus muenzneri Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 542 (1912)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; N-Zambia; Malawi

23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM

species :

Gladiolus murgusicus Mikheev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 36: 98 (2004)

Distribution: Azerbaijan

33 AZE

species :

Gladiolus murielae Kelway; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 92: 107 (1932)

Distribution: Burundi; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique; Honduras [I]

23 BUR 24 ETH 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ 80 hon

Synonyms: hidden

= Acidanthera bicolor Hochst.; Flora (Regensburg) 27: 25 (1844), non Gladiolus bicolor Baker

= Acidanthera murielae (Kelway) Hoog; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 119: 3 (1946), sine descr. lat.

= Gladiolus callianthus Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 312 (1973) (nom. nov. pro Acidanthera bicolor Hochst.) [nom. superfl.]

= Ixia quartiniana A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 310 (1850), non Gladiolus quartinianus A. Rich.

= Sphaerospora gigantea Klatt; Linnaea 34: 699 (1866), nom. superfl.

species :

Gladiolus mutabilis G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 230 (1972), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Mutabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus muirii L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 1: 132 (1915), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus negeliensis Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 183 (1996)

Distribution: S-Ethiopia

24 ETH

species :

Gladiolus nerineoides G.J.Lewis; Fl. Pl. Africa 25: t. 994 (1946)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

species :

Gladiolus nigromontanus Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 50(4): 456 (1984)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

species :

Gladiolus nyasicus Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 94 (1993)

Distribution: S-Tanzania; Malawi

25 TAN 26 MLW

species :

Gladiolus oatesii Rolfe; Matabele Land [Oates], ed. 2: 410 (1889); Baker, Handb. Irid. (1892) 226

Distribution: SE-Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North West Prov., Mpulamanga)

27 BOT SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Unguiculati

species :

Gladiolus ochroleucus Baker; J. Bot. 14: 182 (1876)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus kirkii Baker; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 8: 524 (1890)

= Gladiolus masoniorum C.H.Wright; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 305 (1913)

= Gladiolus reductus Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1006 (1904)

= Gladiolus stanfordiae L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 17: 294 (1827)

= Gladiolus triangulus G.J.Lewis; S. African Gard. 23: 140 (1933)

species :

Gladiolus oliganthus Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 576 (1898)

Distribution: SW-Tanzania; ?Mozambique

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus bussei Vaupel; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 377 (1920)

species :

Gladiolus oligophlebius Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 73 (1895)

Distribution: SE-Egypt; Mali; Burkina Faso; ?Benin; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; N-Zambia; Malawi

20 EGY 22 BKN MLI 23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus caudatus Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 74 (1895)

species :

Gladiolus oppositiflorus Herb.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc. 98

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov., Transkei)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Oppositiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus blackwellii L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 77 (1921)

= Gladiolus oppositiflorus subsp. salmoneus (Baker) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 26 (1972)

= Gladiolus salmoneus Baker; Handb. Irid. 217 (1892)

species :

Gladiolus orchidiflorus Andrews; Bot. Repos. t. 241 (1802)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (W-Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza orchidiflora (Andrews) Klatt; Linnaea 32: 733 (1863)

= Gladiolus alatus Jacq.; Icon. 2: 2. t. 259 (1793)

= Gladiolus dregei Klatt; Linnaea 32: 693 (1864)

= Gladiolus viperatus Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. t. 688 (1803)

= Hebea arenaria L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 19: 123, in adnot. (1929)

= Ophiolyza orchidiflora (Andrews) Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

= Ophiolyza viperata (Ker Gawl.) Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus oreocharis Schltr.; J. Bot. 34: 504 (1896)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Phoenices

species :

Gladiolus oreophilus Eker & Sagiroglu; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 61(1): 111-117 (2024)

Distribution: Turkey (Hatay)

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus ornatus Klatt; Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 3: 198 (1885)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

species :

Gladiolus osmaniyensis Sagiroglu; Turk. J. Bot. 38(1): 31 (2013)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus overbergensis Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 421 1989 (1990), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza guthriei L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 12 (1920)

= Homoglossum guthriei (L.Bolus) Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

= Homoglossum guthriei (L.Bolus) L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 23: 47 (1933)

= Petamenes guthriei (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 276 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus paludosus Baker; J. Bot. 29: 70 (1891)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Paludosi

species :

Gladiolus palustris Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 1: 97 (1828)

Name: Sumpf-Siegwurz (DE)

Distribution: Germany (Brandenburg, +Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, +Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, +Sachsen, +Sachsen-Anhalt); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; ?Romania; Bulgaria; NE-Greece (Rhodopi, Mt. Falakron); SE-Belarus; N-Ukraine

11 AUT CZE GER HUN LIE POL SLO SWI 12 FRA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA SLV SRB 14 BLR UKR

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus boucheanus Schltdl.; Linnaea 7: 488 (1832)

= Gladiolus communis subsp. palustris (Gaudin) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 305 (1894)

= Gladiolus felicis Z.Mirek; Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 54: 161 (1985)

= Gladiolus imbricatus subsp. parviflorus K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus palustris var. vaudensis Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 1: 97 (1828)

= Gladiolus parviflorus Berdau; Fl. Cracov. 341 (1859), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus pratensis A.Dietr.; Fl. Boruss. 1: 43 (1833)

= Gladiolus tenuis Salzm. ex Nyman; Consp. 704 (1882), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus triphyllus Bertol.; Mant. Pl. Fl. Apuan. 5 (1832), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus papilio Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 5565 (1866)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Georgia [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], South Carolina [I])

27 LES SAF SWZ 78 usa

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Paludosi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus brachyscyphus Baker; Handb. Irid. 210 (1892)

= Gladiolus purpureoauratus Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 98: t. 5944 (1872)

= Gladiolus schlechteri Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1006 (1904)

= Gladiolus spathulatus Baker; Handb. Irid. 223 (1892)

species :

Gladiolus pappei Baker; Handb. Irid. 208 (1892)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

species :

Gladiolus pardalinus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 157 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (S-Limpopo)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Pubigeri

species :

Gladiolus parvulus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 91 (1907)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Pubigeri

Synonyms: hidden

= Geissorhiza gracilis Baker; Handb. Irid. 155 (1892)

= Gladiolus subaphyllus N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 53 (1909)

= Ixia brevifolia Baker; Handb. Irid. 165 (1892)

species :

Gladiolus patersoniae F.Bolus; J. Bot. 66: 14 (1928)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus inflatus subsp. intermedius G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 241 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus pauciflorus Baker ex Oliv.; H. Johnston, The Kilim. Exped. Append. (1886) 346 nomen; et in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 350 (1887); et Handb. Irid. 206

Distribution: Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA

species :

Gladiolus pavonia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Novon 6(2): 174 (1996)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga: Abel Erasmus Pass)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

species :

Gladiolus permeabilis F.Delaroche; Diss. 27 (1787)

subspecies :

subsp. permeabilis

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus punctatus Thunb.; Fl. Cap. [Thunberg], ed. 2: 44 (1823), nom. illeg.

= Hebea zeyheri Eckl.; Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 42 (1827)

subspecies :

subsp. edulis (Burch. ex Ker Gawl.) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 135 (1972)

Distribution: Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, North West Prov., N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov., Mpulamanga); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus edulis Burch. ex Ker Gawl.; Bot. Reg. t. 169 (1817)

= Gladiolus remotifolius Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 867 (1901)

species :

Gladiolus perrieri Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(3): 248 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Gladiolus persicus Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 102 (1846)

Distribution: Iran (SW-Iran)

34 IRN

species :

Gladiolus phoenix Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 126 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Phoenices

species :

Gladiolus pole-evansii I.Verd.; Fl. Pl. Africa 35: t. 1373 (1962)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, Gauteng)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Oppositiflori

species :

Gladiolus praecostatus Marais; Kew Bull. 28(2): 314 (1973)

Distribution: Guinea; Ivory Coast

22 GUI IVO

Remarks: status uncertain, probably a synonym of G. leonensis

species :

Gladiolus pretoriensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 308 (1898)

Distribution: South Africa (North-West Prov., Gauteng)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Heterocolon

species :

Gladiolus priorii (N.E.Br.) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 421 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Mutabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza priorii N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 244 (1929)

= Gladiolus hirsutus var. tenuiflorus Klatt; Linnaea 32: 713 (1864), nom. illeg.

= Homoglossum priorii (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 279 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus pritzelii Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 118 (1909)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

species :

Gladiolus puberulus Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 539 (1912)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus decipiens Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 538 (1912)

species :

Gladiolus pubiger G.J.Lewis; Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 132 (1954)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Pubigeri

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus pubescens Baker; J. Bot. 14: 333 (1876), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus pugioniformis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37(2): 299 (1979)

species :

Gladiolus pulcherrimus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 229 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus alatus var. pulcherrimus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 168 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus pungens P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex Còrdova; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60(3-4): 328 (1990)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

species :

Gladiolus pusillus Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 85 (1993)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Tanzania; Zambia

23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZAM

species :

Gladiolus quadrangularis (Burm.f.) Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. t. 567 (1802)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Homoglossum

Synonyms: hidden

= Anisanthus quadrangularis (Burm.f.) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 397 (1826)

= Antholyza quadrangularis Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. l. (1768)

= Homoglossum quadrangulare (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 279 (1932)

= Petamenes quadrangularis (Burm.f.) Salisb. ex J.W.Loudon; Ladies´ Flower-Gard. 42 (1841)

species :

Gladiolus quadrangulus (D.Delaroche) Barnard; J. S. African Bot. 36: 300 (1970)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Carinati

Synonyms: hidden

= Geissorhiza quadrangula (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 88 (1827)

= Gladiolus biflorus Klatt; Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 3(2): 197 (1885), nom. illeg., non Thunb. 1784

= Gladiolus linearis (L.f.) N.E.Br.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 48 (1928)

= Ixia linearis L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 92 (1782)

= Ixia quadrangula D.Delaroche; Desc. Pl. Nov. 16 (1766)

= Morphixia linearis (L.f.) Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 106 (1827)

= Trichonema quadrangulum (D.Delaroche) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 399 (1826)

species :

Gladiolus recurvus L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 28 (1767)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus modestus Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 90: 9 (1931)

= Gladiolus ramosus Burm.f.; (1768), nom. nov. illeg.

= Ranisia recurva (L.) Salisb.; Cen. Pl. Fragm. 143 (1866)

= Watsonia recurva (L.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 43 (1805)

species :

Gladiolus reginae Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Bothalia 39(1): 41 (2009)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga: Dwarsrivier Mts.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

species :

Gladiolus rehmannii Baker; Handb. Irid. 216 (1892)

Distribution: SE-Botswana; South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo)

27 BOT SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ecklonii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus cymbarius Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 866 (1901)

= Gladiolus ecklonii subsp. rehmannii (Baker) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 44 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus rhodanthus J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 29: 217 (1999)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

species :

Gladiolus richardsiae Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 253 (1996)

Distribution: C-Tanzania

25 TAN

species :

Gladiolus robertsoniae F.Bolus; J. Bot. 66: 13 (1928)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, Free State)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

species :

Gladiolus robiliartianus P.A.Duvign.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 91: 132 (1959)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus duvigneaudii Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 126 (1963)

species :

Gladiolus rogersii Baker; Handb. Irid. 208 (1892)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus bolusii var. burchellii L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 101 (1917)

= Gladiolus burchellii (L.Bolus) Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 92: 482 (1932)

= Gladiolus rogersii var. graminifolius G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 246 (1972)

= Gladiolus rogersii var. vlokii Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 50(4): 453 (1984)

species :

Gladiolus roseolus Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 140 (1911)

Distribution: ?Togo; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Ethiopia

22 NGA 23 CMN 24 ETH

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus heterolobus Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 535 (1912)

species :

Gladiolus roseovenosus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 238 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Carinati

species :

Gladiolus rubellus Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 74 (1993)

Distribution: Botswana

27 BOT

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Heterocolon

species :

Gladiolus rudis Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 1: 408 (1817)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Floribundi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus floribundus subsp. rudis (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot., Suppl. 10: 108 (1972)

= Gladiolus vomerculus Ker Gawl.; Irid. Gen. 142 (1827)

species :

Gladiolus rufomarginatus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 145 (1972), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Verni

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus marginatus F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 108 (1917)

species :

Gladiolus rupicola Vaupel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 541 (1912)

Distribution: SE-Kenya; Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

species :

Gladiolus saccatus (Klatt) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 424 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Involuti

Synonyms: hidden

= Anisanthus saccatus Klatt; Linnaea 35: 300 (1867)

= Anomalesia saccata (Klatt) Goldblatt; J. S. African Bot. 37(4): 443 (1971)

= Antholyza duftii Schinz; Mém. Herb. Boissier 20: 13 (1900)

= Antholyza saccata (Klatt) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 180 (1877)

= Antholyza steingroeveri Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 156 (1893)

= Gladiolus saccatus subsp. steingroeveri (Pax) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 424 (1989 publ. 1990)

= Kentrosiphon duftii (Schinz) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 272 (1932)

= Kentrosiphon gracilis N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 272 (1932)

= Kentrosiphon propinquus N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 272 (1932)

= Kentrosiphon saccatus (Klatt) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 271 (1932)

= Kentrosiphon saccatus subsp. steingroeveri (Pax) Oberm.; Fl. Pl. Africa 34: t. 1354 (1961)

= Kentrosiphon steingroeveri (Pax) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 272 (1932)

= Petamenes duftii (Schinz) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

= Petamenes gracilis (N.E.Br.) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

= Petamenes propinqua (N.E.Br.) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

= Petamenes saccata (Klatt) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

= Petamenes steingroeveri (Pax) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

species :

Gladiolus salmoneicolor P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal ex S.Córdova; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60: 328 (1990)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

species :

Gladiolus salteri G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 127 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus saundersii Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 5873 (1870)

Distribution: South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ophiolyza

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus spectabilis Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1006 (1904)

species :

Gladiolus saxatilis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Bothalia 29(1): 63 (1999), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus lithicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 82 (1998), non Goldblatt 1996

species :

Gladiolus scabridus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 94 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Scabridi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus microcarpus subsp. italaensis Oberm.; Bothalia 13(3-4): 451 (1981)

species :

Gladiolus schweinfurthii (Baker) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 425 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; N-Somalia; W-Kenya

24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza schweinfurthii Baker; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 15: 588 (1894)

= Homoglossum schweinfurthii (Baker) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 42(3): Suppl. Enum. Pl. Aethiop. Spermat. 1591 (1972)

= Petamenes schweinfurthii (Baker) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 277 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus scullyi Baker; Handb. Irid. 244 (1892)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus sekukuniensis P.J.D.Winter; Bothalia 29(2): 220 (1999)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

species :

Gladiolus sempervirens G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 18 (1972), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus splendens Baker; J. Bot. 14: 333 (1876), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus serapiiflorus Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 82 (1993)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia

23 ZAI 26 ZAM

species :

Gladiolus serenjensis Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 101 (1993)

Distribution: C-Zambia

26 ZAM

species :

Gladiolus sericeovillosus Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 5427 (1864)

subspecies :

subsp. sericeovillosus

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, E-Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Oppositiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza hirsuta Klatt; Linnaea 35: 397 (1868), nom. illeg. superfl.

= Gladiolus ludwigii (Pappe ex Baker) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 175 (1878)

= Gladiolus sericeovillosus var. ludwigii Pappe ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 175 (1877)

= Gladiolus sericeovillosus var. rubicundus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 308 (1898)

subspecies :

subsp. calvatus (Baker) Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 88 (1993)

Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, Gauteng)

26 ZIM 27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus dehnianus Merxm.; Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 76 (1951)

= Gladiolus ludwigii var. calvatus Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 6: 150 (1896)

= Gladiolus rigidifolius Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1006 (1904)

= Gladiolus sericeovillosus f. calvatus (Baker) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 31 (1972)

= Gladiolus sericeovillosus var. glabrescens L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 18: 213 (1928)

species :

Gladiolus serpenticola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Novon 6(2): 173 (1996)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

species :

Gladiolus siirtensis Pinar, Eroglu & Fidan; Phytotaxa 578(3): 287 (2023)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Gladiolus somalensis Goldblatt & Thulin; Novon 5(4): 325 (1995)

Distribution: N-Somalia

24 SOM

species :

Gladiolus speciosus Thunb.; Fl. Cap. [Thunberg] 1: 196 (1811)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus alatus var. speciosus (Thunb.) G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 167 (1972)

= Hebea speciosa (Thunb.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 724 (1840)

species :

Gladiolus splendens (Sweet) Herb.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. (1843) Misc. 46

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Involuti

Synonyms: hidden

= Anisanthus splendens Sweet; Brit. Fl. Gard. [Sweet] Ser. 2, 1: t. 84 (1830)

= Anomalesia splendens (Sweet) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 271 (1932)

= Antholyza afra Ker Gawl. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 179 (1877), nom. superfl.

= Antholyza splendens (Sweet) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 106 (1840)

= Petamenes splendens (Sweet) E.Phillips; Bothalia 4: 44 (1941)

= Tritoniopsis afra Goldblatt; S. African J. Bot. 56: 580 (1990), with incorrect basionym.

species :

Gladiolus stefaniae Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 252 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

species :

Gladiolus stellatus G.J.Lewis; Bot. Not. 119: 295 (1966)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Geissorhiza patersoniae L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 1: 132 (1915)

= Gladiolus elongatus Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 185 (1800), nom. illeg.

species :

Gladiolus stenolobus Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 282 (1996)

Distribution: W-Tanzania

25 TAN

species :

Gladiolus stenosiphon Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 201 (1996)

Distribution: SW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Gladiolus stokoei G.J.Lewis; Fl. Pl. Africa 26: t. 1004 (1947)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Linearifolii

species :

Gladiolus subcaeruleus G.J.Lewis; Fl. Pl. Africa 29: t. 1158 (1953)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

species :

Gladiolus sudanicus Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 277 (1996)

Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia

24 ETH SUD

species :

Gladiolus sufflavus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 287 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.: Bokkeveld)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus pritzelii var. sufflavus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 250 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus sulcatus Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 113 (1996), non Lam. 1791

Distribution: S-Tanzania

25 TAN

species :

Gladiolus symonsii F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 99 (1917)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Tristes

species :

Gladiolus szovitsii Grossh.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 44(2): 206 (1927)

Distribution: Armenia

33 ARM

Remarks: possibly to G. halophilus

species :

Gladiolus taubertianus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 103 (1899)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

species :

Gladiolus tenuis M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 29 (1808)

Distribution: Ukraine; Crimea; C-European Russia; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus] (Kartli, Mtiuleti); Armenia; Azerbaijan

14 KRY RUS UKR 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS

Remarks: Status uncertain, possibly to Gladiolus imbricatus

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus communis var. tenuis (M.Bieb.) Wahlb.; Fl. Carpat. Princ. 33 (1814)

species :

Gladiolus teretifolius Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 422 1989 (1990), nom. nov.

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Homoglossum

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza muirii L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 12 (1920), non L. Bolus 1915

= Homoglossum muirii (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 279 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus trichonemifolius Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 36: t. 1483 (1812)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Teretifolii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus citrinus Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 12: 340 (1882)

= Gladiolus symmetranthus G.J.Lewis; Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 122 (1954)

= Gladiolus trichonemifolius f. symmetranthus (G.J.Lewis) Bullock; Bot. Mag. 173: t. 357 (1960)

= Ixia spathacea Sol. ex Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. sub t. 1483 (1812), nomen

= Ranisia trichonemifolia (Ker Gawl.) Salisb.; Cen. Pl. Fragm. 143 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus triphyllus (Sm.) Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 25: t. 992 (1807)

Distribution: Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus, N-Cyprus)

34 CYP

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus communis var. triphyllus Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 25 (1806)

= Sphaerospora triphylla (Sm.) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 501 (1830), nom. inval.

species :

Gladiolus tristis L.; Sp. Pl., ed. 2 [Linnaeus] 53 (1762)

Name: Ever-flowering gladiolus

Distribution: Greece [I]; South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); USA [I] (California [I]); Argentina [I]

13 grc 27 SAF 50 aus 76 usa 85 arg

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Tristes

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus aestivalis Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 88: 301 (1930)

= Gladiolus concolor Salisb.; Parad. Lond., t. 8 (1806)

= Gladiolus flavidus Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 88: 301 (1930)

= Gladiolus fulvescens Ingram; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 88: 301 (1930)

= Gladiolus spiralis Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 43 (1805)

= Gladiolus tristis subsp. spiralis (Pers.) Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 6: 124 (1960)

= Gladiolus tristis var. aestivalis (Ingram) G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 195 (1972)

= Gladiolus tristis var. concolor (Salisb.) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 172 (1877)

= Gladiolus tristis var. odorus Thunb.; Gladiolus [Thunberg] 8 (1784)

= Gladiolus versicolor var. longifolius Ker Gawl.; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 556 (1802)

= Ranisia concolor (Salisb.) Salisb.; Cen. Pl. Fragm. 143 (1866)

= Ranisia tristis (L.) Salisb.; Cen. Pl. Fragm. 143 (1866)

= Tilesia spiralis (Pers.) Thunb. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 686 (1841), nomen

species :

Gladiolus tshombeanus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 126 (1963)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus peschianus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 126 (1963)

= Gladiolus tshombeanus var. parviflorus P.A.Duvign. & Van Bockstal; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 126 (1963)

species :

Gladiolus uitenhagensis Goldblatt & Vlok; S. African J. Bot. 55(2): 263 (1989)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

species :

Gladiolus undulatus L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 27 (1767)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Jamaica [I]

27 SAF 29 mau reu 50 aus 81 jam

Remarks: sect. 3 Blandi, Ser. Blandi

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus affinis Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 45 (1805)

= Gladiolus angustus Thunb.; Diss. Glad. 19 (1784), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus cuspidatus Jacq.; Icon. Pl. Rar. [Jacquin] 2(16): 5, t. 257 (1795)

= Symphydolon undulatus (L.) Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 142 (1866)

species :

Gladiolus unguiculatus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 178 (1877)

Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana

22 GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA SSU SUD 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza cabrae De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 15 (1903)

= Antholyza djalonensis A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 634 (1920), nomen, et Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 379 (1936) [in syn.]

= Antholyza fleuryi A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 634 (1920), nomen, et Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 379 (1936) [in syn.]

= Antholyza labiata Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 156 (1893)

= Antholyza sudanica A.Chev.; Fl. Afr. Centr., Énum. Pl. Récolt. 1: 305 (1913), nomen, et Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franç. 1: 634 (1920), nomen, et Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 379 (1936) [in syn.]

= Antholyza thonneri De Wild.; Etudes Fl. Bangala & Ubangi, 208 (1911)

= Gladiolus bakeri Klatt; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 1213 (1894)

= Gladiolus brevicaulis Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 267 (1878)

= Gladiolus cabrae (De Wild.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 267 (1932)

= Gladiolus cochleatus Baker; J. Bot. 14: 333 (1876) (nom. illeg. non Sweet)

= Gladiolus labiatus (Pax) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 267 (1932)

= Gladiolus thonneri (De Wild.) Vaupel; Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-1911), Bot. 2: 67 (1922)

species :

Gladiolus usambarensis Marais ex Goldblatt; Gladiolus Trop. Afr. 189 (1996)

Distribution: SE-Kenya; N-Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

species :

Gladiolus uysiae L.Bolus ex G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 156 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus uysiae L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 21: 367 (1931), nomen provis.

species :

Gladiolus vaginatus F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 103 (1917)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Mutabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus vaginatus var. subtilis Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 273 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus vandermerwei (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & M.P.de Vos; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 421 (1989 publ. 1990)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Involuti

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza vandermerwei L.Bolus; J. Bot. 69: 14 (1931)

= Homoglossum vandermerwei (L.Bolus) L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 23: 47 (1933)

species :

Gladiolus variegatus (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Novon 6(2): 178 (1996)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus debilis var. variegatus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 188 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus varius F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 104 (1917)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 1 Densiflori, Ser. Densiflori

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus varius var. brevifolius F.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 2: 104 (1917)

species :

Gladiolus velutinus De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 297 (1913)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi

23 ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus katubensis De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 297 (1913)

= Gladiolus validissimus Vaupel; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 378 (1920)

= Gladiolus xanthus L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 23: 47 (1933)

species :

Gladiolus venustus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot. 7: 56 (1941)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus formosus Klatt; Linnaea 32: 692 (1863), non Pers. 1805

species :

Gladiolus verdickii De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 29 (1901)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Zambia

23 ZAI 26 ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus arnoldianus De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 27 (1901)

= Gladiolus erectiflorus var. verdickii (De Wild. & T.Durand) Geerinck; Taxonomania 4: 3 (2001)

species :

Gladiolus vernus Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 138 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 5 Heterocolon, Ser. Verni

species :

Gladiolus vexillare Martelli; Monocot. Sardoae 101 (1901)

Distribution: Sardinia; Sicily

12 SAR 13 SIC

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

species :

Gladiolus vigilans Barnard; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 82 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.: Cape peninsula)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

species :

Gladiolus vinosomaculatus Kies; Fl. Pl. Africa 29: t. 1123 (1952)

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 2 Ophiolyza, Ser. Ecklonii

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus ecklonii subsp. vinoso-maculatus (Kies) Oberm.; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 43 (1972)

species :

Gladiolus violaceolineatus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 233 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Carinati

species :

Gladiolus virescens Thunb.; Fl. Cap. [Thunberg] 1: 196 (1811)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus bicolor Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 178 (1877), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus luridus Hornem.; Hort. Bot. Hafn., Suppl. 113 (1819)

= Gladiolus luteus Klatt; Linnaea 32: 694 (1864), nom. illeg., non Lam.

= Gladiolus pulchellus Klatt; Linnaea 32: 693 (1864), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus templemanii Klatt; Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 3: 196 (1885)

= Gladiolus virescens var. lepidus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 153 (1972), nom. nov.

= Gladiolus virescens var. roseovenosus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 154 (1972)

= Hebea pulchella Eckl. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 178 (1877)

species :

Gladiolus virgatus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 260 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Graciles

species :

Gladiolus virgineus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; S. African J. Bot. 123: 293 (2019)

Distribution: Zambia

26 ZAM

species :

Gladiolus viridiflorus G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10. 217 (1972)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus watermeyeri L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 17: 294 (1927)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Deserticola

species :

Gladiolus watsonioides Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 405 (1885)

Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; ?Malawi

25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza gracilis Pax ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 177 (1892)

= Antholyza speciosa C.H.Wright; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 338 (1914)

= Antholyza watsonioides (Baker) Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 376 (1898)

= Gladiolus aberdaricus N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 267 (1932)

= Gladiolus mackinderi Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 7860 (1902)

= Gladiolus watsonioides var. minor Baker; Handb. Irid. 227 (1892)

= Homoglossum gracile (Pax ex Engl.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 278 (1932)

= Homoglossum watsonioides (Baker) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 278 (1932)

species :

Gladiolus watsonius Thunb.; Diss. Glad. 14 (1784)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I])

27 SAF 50 aus

Remarks: sect. 7 Homoglossum, Ser. Homoglossum

Synonyms: hidden

= Antholyza acuminata N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 133 (1929)

= Antholyza gawleri (Baker) L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 11 (1920)

= Antholyza watsonius (Thunb.) L.Bolus; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 11 (1920)

= Gladiolus gawleri (Baker) Klatt; Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 341 (1882)

= Gladiolus praecox Andrews; Bot. Repos. 1: t. 38 (1798)

= Gladiolus recurvus Houtt.; Nat. Hist. [Houttuyn] 2(12): 49 (1782), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus watsonius var. maculosus M.P.de Vos & Goldblatt; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Ser. 4, 11(4): 421 (1989 publ. 1990)

= Homoglossum acuminatum (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 278 (1932)

= Homoglossum flexicaule N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 279 (1932)

= Homoglossum gawleri (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 278 (1932)

= Homoglossum praecox (Andrews) Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 325 (1812)

= Homoglossum revolutum var. gawleri Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 161 (1877)

= Homoglossum watsonium (Thunb.) N.E.Br.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 278 (1932)

= Watsonia praecox (Andrews) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 42 (1805)

= Watsonia revoluta Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 42 (1805), nom. superfl.

species :

Gladiolus wilsonii (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning; Gladiolus S. Afr. 206 (1998)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: sect. 6 Hebea, Ser. Permeabili

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus frederickii L.Bolus; S. African Gard. 21: 367 (1931)

= Gladiolus permeabilis subsp. wilsonii (Baker) G.J.Lewis; J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 133 (1972)

= Tritonia wilsonii Baker; Gard. Chron., n. s. 26: 38 (1886)

species :

Gladiolus woodii Baker; Handb. Irid. 207 (1892)

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: sect. 4 Linearifolii, Ser. Pubigeri

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus trichostachys Baker; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 1007 (1904)

= Gladiolus nudus N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 298 (1921)

species :

Gladiolus zambesiacus Baker; Handb. Irid. 212 (1892)

Distribution: S-Malawi; Mozambique

26 MLW MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus buchananii Baker; Handb. Irid. 212 (1892)

species :

Gladiolus zimbabweensis Goldblatt; Fl. Zambes. 12(4): 72 (1993)

Distribution: E-Zimbabwe; W-Mozambique

26 MOZ ZIM

species :

Gladiolus ×byzantinus Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 3 (1768)

Distribution: France; Spain; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Italy; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; etc.

12 COR FRA SAR SPA 13 ITA SIC 20 ALG MOR TUN

Remarks: Gladiolus dubius x G. italicus

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus (Mill.) A.P.Ham.; Gladiolus Ann., 1976: 38 (1976) [without basionym ref.], et Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 358 (1978)

= Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus (Mill.) Douin; Fl. Ill. France 11: 6 (1931)

= Gladiolus communis var. byzantinus (Mill.) Martyn; Gard. Dict., ed. 9, 2: s. p. (1797)

= Gladiolus segetum proles bornetii (Ardoino) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 84 (1912)

= Gladiolus segetum subsp. bornetii (Ardoino) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 305 (1894)

= Gladiolus segetum var. bornetii (Ardoino) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 192 (1935)

= Gladiolus ×bornetii Ardoino; Fl. Anal. Alpes-mar. 363 (1867)

= Gladiolus ×gawleri Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 36 (1903), nom. illeg.

= Gladiolus ×littoralis Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 34 (1903)

= Gladiolus ×porrigens Jord.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 33 (1903)

species :

Gladiolus ×colvillei Sweet; Brit. Fl. Gard. [Sweet] Ser. 1, t. 155 (1826)

Distribution: Europe [I]; South Africa (Cape Prov.); USA [I] (Illinois [I])

27 SAF 74 usa

Remarks: Gladiolus cardinalis x tristis

species :

Gladiolus ×dubius Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl. 8 (1832)

Distribution: Sicily; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya

13 PEL SIC 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN

Remarks: Gladiolus communis x G. illyricus

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus illyricus subsp. reuteri (Boiss.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 260 (1890)

= Gladiolus illyricus var. reuteri (Boiss.) Font Quer

= Gladiolus illyricus var. reuteri (Boiss.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 704 (1882)

= Gladiolus reuteri Boiss.; Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan. 112 (1852)

= Gladiolus reuteri var. subuniflorus Rouy; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31: 54 (1884), nomen

= Gladiolus tineoi Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 68 (1909)

species :

Gladiolus ×gandavensis Van Houtte; Cat. (1844); et Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. (1846), t. 1

Name: Gartengladiole

Distribution: South Africa (Cape Prov.); Java [I]; Australia [I] (South Australia [I], New South Wales [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Florida [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Virginia [I]); Mexico [I]; Bolivia [I]

27 SAF 42 jaw 50 aus lhi nfk 75 usa 78 usa 79 mex 83 bol

Remarks: Gladiolus cardinalis x natalensis

Synonyms: hidden

= Gladiolus ×hortulanus L.H.Bailey; Hortus 277 (1930)

species :

Gladiolus ×lewisiae Oberm.; Fl. Pl. Africa 40: t. 1596 (1970)

Distribution: South Africa (Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Gladiolus caryophyllaceus x G. tristis

species :

Gladiolus ×sulistrovicus Kaminski, Szczep. & Cieslak; Preslia 88(1): 156 (2016)

Distribution: Poland; etc.

11 POL

Remarks: Gladiolus imbricatus x G. palustris

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Covering 356,002 accepted species,
8,748 hybrids, 51,756 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,002,400 synonyms,
in total 1,418,905* names

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 25.02 (February 20th, 2025)

Covering 356,002 accepted species, 8,748 hybrids, 51,756 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,002,400 synonyms, in total 1,418,905* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,209 pictures of 15,787 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life

Covering 356,002 accepted species,
8,748 hybrids, 51,756 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,002,400 synonyms,
in total 1,418,905* names

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]