Iridaceae
Gladiolus

Gladiolus unguiculatus Baker

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 178 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Botswana. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: i-viii, 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Lejoly, J., Ndjele, L. & Geerinck, D. (2008). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 24: 1-37.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers. [Cited as Gladiolus atropurpureus.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 372
  • Mildbr. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 58: 232, for full synonymy.
  • in J. Linn. Soc. 16: 178 (1877)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 372 (1898).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 16: 178 (1877)
  • G.J. Lewis et al. in Journ. S. Afr. Bot., Suppl. 10: 292 (1972).
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 76 (1993)
  • Goldblatt in Gladiolus Trop. Afr.: 119 (1996).
  • Hepper, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 144 (1968).
  • Mildbr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 232 (1923).
  • Wickens, Fl. Jebel Marra: 158 (1976).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [937] Cameroon K000212825 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [974] Cameroon K000212826 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [2037] Cameroon K000212820 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3316] Zambia K:SPC-38422.000 No
Konomou, G.; Balde, A. [726] Guinea K001187802 Yes
Morson [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000320719 Holotype Yes
Chevalier, A. [8662] Central African Republic K000320728 Type Yes
Maiato, F.; Goyder, D.J. [2069] Angola K001622082 Yes
Oates, F. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K000320783 Type Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2637] Zambia K001635137 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3453] Zambia K:SPC-38410.000 No
Welwitsch [1534] Angola K000320785 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3317] Zambia K:SPC-38469.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3087] Zambia K:SPC-38430.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3231] Zambia K:SPC-38432.000 No
Cecil, E. [129] Zimbabwe K000320784 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2873] Zambia K:SPC-38441.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2972] Zambia K:SPC-38392.000 No

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

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0