Gladiolus gracilis

Gladiolus gracilis

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. Ophiolyza
Sectio: G. sect. Homoglossum
Species: Gladiolus gracilis

Name

Gladiolus gracilis Jacq., 1791

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gladiolus tristis var. punctatus Thunb., Gladiolus: 12 (1784).
  • Gladiolus pterophyllus Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 43 (1805).
  • Gladiolus recurvus Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 4 (1814), nom. illeg.
  • Gladiolus scaber Spreng. & Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 70 (1820).
  • Gladiolus setifolius Eckl. Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 37 (1827), not validly publ.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N.J. 1791 [1789]. Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia, cum figuris. Vol. 3. Ex Officina Wappleriana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. 306 pp., 23 pl. Biblioteca Digital. Google Books Reference page. : 2: t. 246.

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

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gladiolus gracilis. Accessed: 2022 Jan 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gladiolus gracilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gladiolus gracilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Gladiolus gracilis. 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 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Gladiolus gracilis. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Gladiolus gracilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Bloupypie
English: Blue pipe

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