Gladiolus alatus

Gladiolus alatus

Gladiolus alatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Gladioleae
Genus: Gladiolus
Subgenus: G. subg. Gladiolus
Sectio: G. sect. Hebea
Species: Gladiolus alatus

Name

Gladiolus alatus L. (1760)

Homonyms

• Gladiolus alatus Jacq. = Gladiolus orchidiflorus Andrews
• Gladiolus alatus Burm.f. = Tritoniopsis parviflora var. parviflora

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hebea alata (L.) Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon 42. 1827.

• Heterotypic
  • Gladiolus alatus var. algoensis Herb., Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2608. 1825.
  • Gladiolus algoensis (Herb.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 397. 1826.
  • Gladiolus galeatus Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 2. 1768.
  • Gladiolus papilionaceus Licht. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 408. 1817, nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
  • Gladiolus uniflorus Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 337. 1882.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa SW. Cape Prov. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1760. Plantae Africanae rariores; quas praeside Car. Linnaeo, proposuit Jacob Printz, Dalekarlus. Upsaliae 1760. Maj 20 BHL Reference page. : 8.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gladiolus alatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Gladiolus alatus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Gladiolus alatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Gladiolus alatus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 26 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gladiolus alatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooikalkoentjie
English: Turkey-chick
فارسی: گلایول جنوب آفریقا

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