Iridaceae
Gladiolus

Gladiolus gregarius Welw. ex Baker

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 268 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 365
  • Hopper in Kew Bull. 21: 493 (1968).
  • in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 1: 268 (1878)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 365 (1898).
  • Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 1: 268 (1878)
  • Geerinck in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 42: 276 (1972).
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 79 (1993)
  • Goldblatt in Gladiolus Trop. Afr.: 140 (1996).
  • Hepper in Kew Bulletin 21: 493 (1968)
  • Hepper, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 144 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9752] Cameroon K000746734 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1179] Burkina Faso K000385957 Yes
[155] Zambia K002434211 Yes
[8212] Zambia K002434214 Yes
[8200] Zambia K002434213 Yes
[10846] Zambia K002434223 Yes
Jaeger, P. [5140] Mali K000385959 Yes
[1103] Zambia K002434206 Yes
[6806] Zambia K002434212 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [418] Cote d'Ivoire K001562242 Yes
[3735] Zambia K002434202 Yes
[4091] Angola K002434234 Yes
[5129] Zambia K002434216 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2104] Benin K001418961 Yes
[4816] Zambia K002434204 Yes
[s.n.] Angola K002434236 Yes
[663] Namibia K002434231 Yes
Richards Zambia K:SPC-19039.000 No
[673] Zambia K002434218 Yes
[12404] Zambia K002434219 Yes
[8862] Zambia K002434207 Yes
[7216] Angola K000963611 Yes
[19725] Zambia K002434201 Yes
[10828] Zambia K002434230 Yes
Barter, C. [s.n.] Nigeria K000320720 Type Yes
[F1966] Zambia K002434220 Yes
Sihronen, J. [221] Burkina Faso K000385958 Yes
[8304] Zambia K002434221 Yes
[832] Zambia K002434210 Yes
[1586] Angola K002434239 Yes
[4614] Zambia K002434227 Yes
[1/702] Angola K002434238 Yes
[3735] Zambia K002434209 Yes
[8401] Angola K001333306 Yes
[3794] Angola K002434233 Yes
[s.n.] Zambia K002434203 Yes
[1470] Angola K002434235 Yes
[3605] Angola K002434237 Yes
Hannington, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K000320748 Type Yes
Hannington, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K000320747 Holotype Yes
[4697] Zambia K002434222 Yes
[14339] Zambia K002434228 Yes
[8499] Angola K001333399 Yes
Welwitsch [1538] Angola K000320801 Isolectotype Yes
[6263] Angola K000787792 Yes
[24] Zambia K002434205 Yes
[5129] Zambia K002434217 Yes
[18942] Zambia K002434215 Yes
[12716] Zambia K002434224 Yes
[21385] Zambia K002434225 Yes
Welwitsch [1528] Angola K000320802 Isolectotype Yes
[3978] Angola K002434232 Yes
[12727] Zambia K002434200 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3978] Angola K:SPC-38390.000 No
[4356] Zambia K002434226 Yes
[8250] Zambia K002434229 Yes
[1003] Zambia K002434208 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9175] Tanzania Gladiolus hanningtonii K:SPC-24408.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2330] Tanzania Gladiolus multiflorus K:SPC-22413.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [3735] Zambia Gladiolus multiflorus K:SPC-22412.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0