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Gladioli
Gladiolus
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually called by its generic name (plural gladioli).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European Gladioli
sectionGladiolus
Streaky-Guide Gladioli
sectionHomoglossum
Yellow-Guide Gladioli
sectionHebea
Lozenge-Guide Gladioli
sectionBlandus
Hairy Gladioli
sectionLinearifolius
Speckle Gladioli
sectionOphiolyza
Large-flowered Gladiolus
hybridGladiolus × hortulanus
Multiflower Gladioli
sectionDensiflorus
Acidanthera
sectionAcidanthera
Claw Gladioli
sectionHeterocolon
Leafless Lady
speciesGladiolus jonquilodorus
Decorati
sectionDecorati
Gladiolus mosambicensis
speciesGladiolus mosambicensis
Gladiolus × colvillii
hybridGladiolus × colvillii
Gladiolus benguellensis
speciesGladiolus benguellensis
Gladiolus bojeri
speciesGladiolus bojeri
Gladiolus perrieri
speciesGladiolus perrieri
Gladiolus muenzneri
speciesGladiolus muenzneri
Gladiolus ecklonii × papilio
hybridGladiolus ecklonii × papilio
Gladiolus ledoctei
speciesGladiolus ledoctei
Gladiolus schweinfurthii
speciesGladiolus schweinfurthii
Gladiolus andringitrae
speciesGladiolus andringitrae
Gladiolus verdickii
speciesGladiolus verdickii
Gladiolus horombensis
speciesGladiolus horombensis
Gladiolus dichrous
speciesGladiolus dichrous
Gladiolus luteus
speciesGladiolus luteus
Gladiolus debeerstii
speciesGladiolus debeerstii
Gladiolus carinatus × orchidiflorus
hybridGladiolus carinatus × orchidiflorus
Gladiolus sulculatus
speciesGladiolus sulculatus
Gladiolus abyssinicus
speciesGladiolus abyssinicus
Gladiolus puberulus
speciesGladiolus puberulus
Gladiolus curtilimbus
speciesGladiolus curtilimbus
Gladiolus nyasicus
speciesGladiolus nyasicus
Gladiolus bellus
speciesGladiolus bellus
Gladiolus caryophyllaceus × tristis
hybridGladiolus caryophyllaceus × tristis
Gladiolus alatus x carinatus
hybridGladiolus alatus x carinatus
Gladiolus baumii
speciesGladiolus baumii
Gladiolus robiliartianus
speciesGladiolus robiliartianus
Gladiolus actinomorphanthus
speciesGladiolus actinomorphanthus
Gladiolus tshombeanus
speciesGladiolus tshombeanus
Gladiolus antandroyi
speciesGladiolus antandroyi
Gladiolus flavoviridis
speciesGladiolus flavoviridis
Gladiolus somalensis
speciesGladiolus somalensis
Gladiolus mensensis
speciesGladiolus mensensis
Gladiolus goldblattianus
speciesGladiolus goldblattianus
Gladiolus amplifolius
speciesGladiolus amplifolius
Gladiolus calcicola
speciesGladiolus calcicola
Gladiolus canaliculatus
speciesGladiolus canaliculatus
Gladiolus chelamontanus
speciesGladiolus chelamontanus
Gladiolus davisoniae
speciesGladiolus davisoniae
Gladiolus decaryi
speciesGladiolus decaryi
Gladiolus linearifolius
speciesGladiolus linearifolius
Gladiolus longispathaceus
speciesGladiolus longispathaceus
Gladiolus manikaensis
speciesGladiolus manikaensis
Gladiolus metallicola
speciesGladiolus metallicola
Gladiolus oliganthus
speciesGladiolus oliganthus
Gladiolus pungens
speciesGladiolus pungens
Gladiolus stenosiphon
speciesGladiolus stenosiphon
Gladiolus richardsiae
speciesGladiolus richardsiae
Gladiolus murgusicus
speciesGladiolus murgusicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Marcelli Malpighii ... Anatome Plantarum
Malpighi, Marcello · 1675 · p.163
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.219
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.195
Carl Linnaeus — Hortus Cliffortianus (1737)
Carl Linnaeus · 1737 · p.81
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1161
Garden of Health
1507 · p.162
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.159
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.568
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.522
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.530
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.774
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.657
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59945.